linux as backup device

[Mturner]

i am a total novice to linux, ive never used it, basicly what i would like to have is an old server i have (intel x86) to run linux, i would like it to have all of its drives as ntfs aswell, and to be able to appear as a station in an 2k based system, reason being is that i would like to have a few large hard drives in there and allow departments to compress files and dump them on this server, i would like ntfs so that i can set permissions on the drive for certain deps etc, this is all it would do, a bit of a do it yourself nas device really. can anyone throw in any sugestions of any images i could use and where to download them etc?

cheers

Marc Marc Turner
Network Manager

E-Mail: Mturner@turnerm3.fsnet.co.uk

 

[sleipnir214]

Forget using the NTFS on a Linux box. Last time I checked, the driver was experimental enough that the authors had set the driver to be read-only in the current version. Use the ext2 or ext2 filesystem.

Any thought to using NTFS on Linux so that you can share drives is wasted time, too. Linux does not "speak" the Mi¢ro$oft networking system by default. Linux has to run an application called Samba for a Linux server to be visible on a Mi¢ro$oft network. Permissions are a mix of Linux filesystem permissions and Samba permissions.

Most Linux distributions have a version of Samba bundled with them. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[marsd]

Sleipnir is right.
Using samba is the way to go and can work quite well.
In a win2k environment, assuming AD, it can be a chore
to configure but will save you $$ on an NAS device
in the long run.

http://www.samba.org

 

[Mturner]

thanks for that, its not vital that its ntfs, i just wanted a file system that can have file permission set, i think im gouing to orger red hat as the download is 900 meg, i got slaughterd last time i left a download running for 2 days, staff's email was taking 10 minutes to download a plain text email!, would red hat be sutable do you think? and is it packaged with samba?

Marc Turner
Network Manager

E-Mail: Mturner@turnerm3.fsnet.co.uk

 

[Mturner]

thanks for that, its not vital that its ntfs, i just wanted a file system that can have file permission set, i think im gouing to order red hat as the download is 900 meg, i got slaughterd last time i left a download running for 2 days, staff's email was taking 10 minutes to download a plain text email!, would red hat be sutable do you think? and is it packaged with samba?

Marc Turner
Network Manager

E-Mail: Mturner@turnerm3.fsnet.co.uk

 

[sleipnir214]

RedHat somes with Samba. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!