Re: Setting Up A File Server
Openfiler and FreeNAS are both pretty much tailor made for what you're trying to do. FreeNAS is a little more user friendly.
Re: Setting Up A File Server
Debian/Ubuntu server will do all the above and will have much more flexibility
Edit: FreeNAS is designed for n00bs
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+1 for freenas, recently downloaded it to have a play with and its really simple to set up, use and manage.
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The steam Client is Windows only so for this you will probably need an XP/Vista based home "server" (I doubt you will need a true server setup)
If you can live without steam downloads then I would say use FreeNAS.
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Jay
The steam Client is Windows only so for this you will probably need an XP/Vista based home "server" (I doubt you will need a true server setup)
If you can live without steam downloads then I would say use FreeNAS.
I'm not to bothered about steam it was just a if it's possible it would be good.
Otherwise it looks like freenas.
Is it fairly easy to set up as i'm about to go to their website and have a look.
Re: Setting Up A File Server
It is, on the site they have a walk through guide on how to set it up :mrgreen: follow that, and it'll be done in a few minutes. Downloads wise, freenas does support torrents (needless to say legal torrents :P)
EDIT: http://www.freenas.org/contrib/sloan/freenas1.htm thats the walkthrough available on the site. The layout has changed, but where things are in freenas is still the same.
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Well just installed it on a virtual machine and i like it alot.
Nice and easy and very clean.
Definatly going the freenas route.
Thanks guys :)
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Try the liveCD version with a USB stick for config , then all of your drives can be for data.
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Moby-Dick
Try the liveCD version with a USB stick for config , then all of your drives can be for data.
I'm planning to partion it in the install it gives you so i have only 250mb for the install.
One problem i've found is when i try to use BitTorrent its doesn't do any downloading. Do i have to set it up to allow it to connect to the internet.
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you'll proably need to set a port forward rule on the bittorrent port selected on your router.