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  • July 31, 2018 at 12:24 pm #23907
    Ed PEd P
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      Dan mentioned that he had a NAS based on a Raspberry Pi. For those interested a how-to is here. The only contributions that I would make are to use an SSD as the boot/storage drive as SD cards fail pdq under continuous write/read conditions. It is also advisable to use a Pi 3B+heat sinks as this is faster and has better wifi. (however using both wifi+Bluetooth reveals buggy Broadcom drivers)

      July 31, 2018 at 2:25 pm #23915
      Dave RiceDave Rice
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        One problem Ed, it’s NFS only.

        July 31, 2018 at 2:34 pm #23916
        Ed PEd P
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          Other than not being common on Windows networks what is the issue with that?

          “NFS is often used with Unix operating systems (such as Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), Apple’s macOS, and Unix-like operating systems (such as Linux and FreeBSD). It is also available to operating systems such as Acorn RISC OS,[13] the classic Mac OS, OpenVMS,[3] MS-DOS,[14] Microsoft Windows,[15] Novell NetWare,[16] and IBM AS/400.[17] Alternative remote file access protocols include the Server Message Block (SMB, also termed CIFS), Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), NetWare Core Protocol (NCP), and OS/400 File Server file system (QFileSvr.400). NFS Wiki”

          [edit] I think the issues you may have had in mind have now disappeared (Windows Home may be an issue?). link

          July 31, 2018 at 2:44 pm #23919
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            I double checked NFS can just be turned on in Windows Pro but in theory it is not available for Windows Home.

            July 31, 2018 at 4:39 pm #23930
            Dave RiceDave Rice
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              I have some (slightly wrong) instructions on setting up CIFS for a Pi Nas. I must get around to turning my experiments into something that can be replicated and written up. It’s been too flipping hot in the workshop and now it’s full of 2 student houses kit for the summer break.

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