File Server

solarwind · 2008-08-04 02:08:03

I've built a new computer and I want to turn my old one into a central file server that will hold all my music movies and so on.

Other than setting up an FTP server on the machine, is it possible to access the drive on the server and see it like a local partition on Linux? I want it to mount the remote partitions at boot so I will be able to access the server's disk as if it were in my client computer. How can this be done? Also, can this be done at the same time from multiple client computers at the same time?

fukawi2 · 2008-08-04 02:34:47

NFS is probably what you want:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nfs

EDIT: I say 'probably' because as usual in Linux, there are a hundred ways to skin this cat But NFS should be the easiest

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solarwind · 2008-08-04 03:42:39

fukawi2 wrote:

NFS is probably what you want:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nfs
EDIT: I say 'probably' because as usual in Linux, there are a hundred ways to skin this cat But NFS should be the easiest

Very nice! Exactly what I needed. Thank you!

Zepp · 2008-08-04 03:55:05

NFS or SAMBA if you want windows support as well. There are also drivers to mount FTP/SFTP like a physical drive, however NFS and SMB are better options in your scenario. Just thought I would mention them though.

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solarwind · 2008-08-04 13:58:01

Zepp wrote:

NFS or SAMBA if you want windows support as well. There are also drivers to mount FTP/SFTP like a physical drive, however NFS and SMB are better options in your scenario. Just thought I would mention them though.

Are those drivers that mount FTP like a physical drive FUSE based?

Zeist · 2008-08-04 14:46:31

solarwind wrote:

Zepp wrote:
NFS or SAMBA if you want windows support as well. There are also drivers to mount FTP/SFTP like a physical drive, however NFS and SMB are better options in your scenario. Just thought I would mention them though.
Are those drivers that mount FTP like a physical drive FUSE based?

CurlFtpFS which is dependent on FUSE is the most common way for mounting FTP:s I think.

fukawi2 · 2008-08-05 04:55:54

solarwind wrote:

Zepp wrote:
NFS or SAMBA if you want windows support as well. There are also drivers to mount FTP/SFTP like a physical drive, however NFS and SMB are better options in your scenario. Just thought I would mention them though.
Are those drivers that mount FTP like a physical drive FUSE based?

NFS and SMB are independant to FTP. You need an NFS server or a Samba (SMB) server respectively to use them.

quetzyg · 2008-08-05 08:33:51

Hi solarwind!

You can also try to use sshfs (FUSE based).

Cheers

Zeist · 2008-08-05 08:52:20

quetzyg wrote:

Hi solarwind!
You can also try to use sshfs (FUSE based).
Cheers

SSHFS, being encrypted, is quite a bit slower than just basic NFS though.

QuimaxW · 2008-09-13 02:35:56

Zeist wrote:

quetzyg wrote:
Hi solarwind!
You can also try to use sshfs (FUSE based).
Cheers
SSHFS, being encrypted, is quite a bit slower than just basic NFS though.

I'd have to run some speed testing on my local network. I know it's slower from the overhead of the encryption, but it's never 'felt' slower in real world use.

I acutally use both sshfs and nfs. I use NFS for my internal desktop system that connects to the sever every time it boots. And it's never away from home, much like solarwind's scenario. My notebooks use nfs or sshfs (I'm transitioning) to mount the server's shares on demand. The nice thing about sshfs is that the server doesn't have to 'share' any specific folder, ssh does the dirty work.

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