[XCSSA] Tips for DIY NAS?

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:54 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio  
wrote:

> On Monday 09 March 2009, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> [...]
>> HOLY MOLY. Openfiler is OMFG slow.
>>
>> I've got it on a p3 500 with 256 mb of ram (should be enough to do  
>> NAS-y
>> type things.) But it's taking forever for it to manage volumes. I was
>> handier with a CLI.
>
> Well.. considering their requirements:
> # 32-bit 1GHz or higher performance processor*
> # 512MB or higher of RAM
> # 512MB disk space for memory swap area
> # 1GB disk space for Openfiler OS installation
> # 100MB Ethernet network interface
> # Separate storage volumes/disks for data export
>
> It sounds like you shouldn't even be trying to run it. ;)
> OpenFiler is NOT a small little samba-like app. It's a beast that  
> does a LOT
> more than juse basic NAS and SAN man.

This might not work for me if I go with a homebrew because I want to  
be able to use JungleDisk but I thought I'd point out that the VIA C7  
with 512MB of RAM (or even 1GB) is both cheap and very low power.  
Might give you a very different experience on this platform over the  
P3 *shrug* As much as I like the idea of modding the Buffalo (it'll  
definitely look nicer that's for sure), I think I may keep going with  
my original plan, although I'll have to wait a bit since I just blew  
the cost of the new hardware I would need to get on a new video card  
and gaming mouse :P Stupid impulse buys...(although Left4Dead is much  
more enjoyable to play!)