[ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

[Matthew Daubney]

I've got a Linksys NSLU2 USB2 to Network box and it works fantastically. 
It does prefer your disks to be in ext3 (so it can set permissions 
properly I think!) and it's just a stripped down linux box with samba on 
it and a web interface.

I've never had it fail on me (though I did have to upgrade the firmware 
so my housemates could plug a FAT32 disk into it).

There's also lots of hacking of it gone on (search google for Unslung or 
NSLU2). I'm very tempted to get a second one for a second set of HD's I 
have kicking around awaiting USB boxes.....

Can be a pain to set up a mount point for them though!

-Matt Daubney

Tom Bamford wrote:
> We have a 500GB NAS hard drive in a cheap enclosure. You're right, they 
> use a stripped down Linux kernel with Samba, ftpd etc, with a web 
> interface for configuring it as you would a home router. I wouldn't 
> recommend one though, they give poor performance compared to USB2 and 
> you're at the mercy of the frankenstein daemons running on the box. The 
> ftp server on ours dies a horrible death when you try to push lots of 
> small files without giving it time to breathe. Ours will only use FAT32 
> filesystem on the drive as well, which is annoying to say the least.
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