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Setup a NAS using an old p3 pc and freenas.
Atm its only got a couple small IDE drives in since i'm waiting on a Sata card.
Thought id do a couple of test transfers.
noticed that FTP is quicker than Samba (windows shares) for transferring files any perticular reason.
I can push around 40 - 60mbit/s on average over samba.
On ftp its pushing 70+ mbit/s
Any perticuallar reason for this?
This was from my desktop pc running windows vista, across a 8port 100mbit belkin switch.
I'd imagine transfers from the other pcs on the network would be a LOT slower since they'd have to over wi-fi and homeplugs to get to the server.
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Thats why i prefer the NFS i think.No transfer times with a mounted share.
I`ve really only got Freenas on an old p3(700Mhz,256Mb) just to try it out but i actually quite like the thing.It would need a proper home though....(wfa??)
Saying all that,i think it`s also quite probably overkill for our needs at the moment.
I currently(pre-freenas)have a 40G partition on one of my own desktops two drives given over to NFS,hence the kids all have easy access to our shared videos & stuff from their own pc`s if needs be.
I`ll only even start the nfs server daemon/portmapper if someone needs access though and it`s not exactly a constant need.
A whole machine needing left on just so the young un`s have constant access to their videos & junk seems a wee bit much.Still a great idea though...as well as being a good recycling solution of course