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Title: ATA over Ethernet
Post by: KillaB on March 02, 2009, 04:19:31 PM

Anyone know the performance difference between AoE and Samba?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_over_Ethernet

Since FW 1.01 is using Kernel 2.6.22, it shouldn't be too hard getting the module working with "fun plug".

I'm an Ubuntu user, so would like to try something other than Samba.  Wish I had known this wasn't a "true" NAS device before buying it!

Title: Re: ATA over Ethernet
Post by: fordem on March 02, 2009, 04:23:39 PM

Quote from: KillaB on March 02, 2009, 04:19:31 PM

Anyone know the performance difference between AoE and Samba?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_over_Ethernet

Since FW 1.01 is using Kernel 2.6.22, it shouldn't be too hard getting the module working with "fun plug".

I'm an Ubuntu user, so would like to try something other than Samba.  Wish I had known this wasn't a "true" NAS device before buying it!

I think you're confused - the DNS-321 is as true a NAS device as they come.

Quote from: Wikipedia

A NAS unit is essentially a self-contained computer connected to a network, with the sole purpose of supplying file-based data storage services to other devices on the network. The operating system and other software on the NAS unit provide the functionality of data storage, file systems, and access to files, and the management of these functionalities. The unit is not designed to carry out general-purpose computing tasks, although it may technically be possible to run other software on it. NAS units usually do not have a keyboard or display, and are controlled and configured over the network, often by connecting a browser to their network address.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage)

As for your attempt to compare AoE to SAMBA - they are two completely different things, performing two completely different tasks and there is no meaningful way to compare them.

Title: Re: ATA over Ethernet
Post by: KillaB on March 02, 2009, 04:33:59 PM

Quote from: fordem on March 02, 2009, 04:23:39 PM

I think you're confused - the DNS-321 is as true a NAS device as they come.

Sorry, I meant NFS.

As far as after market support for NFS goes, there is a solution here:  http://wiki.dns323.info/howto:ffp?s=nfs#nfs_network_file_system

Title: Re: ATA over Ethernet
Post by: brmiller on March 07, 2009, 09:48:45 AM

I'm running NFS on my DNS-321.  "fun_plug" 0.5 includes unfsd (user-space nfs daemon) and it works quite well.