Hehehe - I don't think Netap will be in the running here. The next version of the Synology GUI is apparently going to be made accessible, I have one of their units so will see how this goes. There are some other interesting NAS projects that use your own hardware - one I was looking at was UnRaiD - heard good things about it, as it can run virtual servers as well. Haven't got enough disks to try it out yet though. One advantage with the pre-built units is their power consumption which is usually lower than general purpose kit. I used a Thekas NAS at my old job for a while and that had a usable GUI, all be it that it used an ancient version of the firmware. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: 20 December 2015 23:22 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility I have worked with a Lenovo NAS and it was an entirely unix shell type environment. Also, way up the price spectrum I have done a lot with Netapp and they have a very good CLI.

On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hello listers

I'm currently in the market for a NAS. Being new to these devices, my concern is accessibility, as i'd like to make full use of the device.

I do understand that one may manage these devices via a web interface which sounds abit promising.

I can get my hands on the following nas devices: QNAP HS-210, which is what I'd like to get. Lenovo iomega ix2 synology ds414J and also some NAS devices from Thecus.

If you've used NAS devices from the above listed Manufacturers, your advice would be much appreciated.

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Hi, That would be really nice if they are. I'm using a Seagate Central here but it's really only for media consumption and Facebook backups. It's IOS app is accessible but it won't play ogg vorbis files natively. It doesn't have an FTP but does support remote sharing in a clunky web UI type way. Barry -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 21 December 2015 10:57 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility Hehehe - I don't think Netap will be in the running here. The next version of the Synology GUI is apparently going to be made accessible, I have one of their units so will see how this goes. There are some other interesting NAS projects that use your own hardware - one I was looking at was UnRaiD - heard good things about it, as it can run virtual servers as well. Haven't got enough disks to try it out yet though. One advantage with the pre-built units is their power consumption which is usually lower than general purpose kit. I used a Thekas NAS at my old job for a while and that had a usable GUI, all be it that it used an ancient version of the firmware. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: 20 December 2015 23:22 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility I have worked with a Lenovo NAS and it was an entirely unix shell type environment. Also, way up the price spectrum I have done a lot with Netapp and they have a very good CLI.

On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hello listers

I'm currently in the market for a NAS. Being new to these devices, my concern is accessibility, as i'd like to make full use of the device.

I do understand that one may manage these devices via a web interface which sounds abit promising.

I can get my hands on the following nas devices: QNAP HS-210, which is what I'd like to get. Lenovo iomega ix2 synology ds414J and also some NAS devices from Thecus.

If you've used NAS devices from the above listed Manufacturers, your advice would be much appreciated.

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Hi. to install nas4free, you can either install it directly to your hard drive, or you can use what's known as an embedded image. this is an image you would write to a USB or SD card device and boot the server from that device. I used a pen drive in my case that plugged directly in to the motherboard of my server via the internal USB port. all the best, Mo. On 21/12/2015 11:12, Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hi there.

Thanks for all the replies so far.

I've read up on building of Nas devices and I must say it looks interesting, I've never given it much thought initially. However, I'm not sure on how I would go about installing NAS4free as I've not used anything to do with Linux before.

My reason for considering the hs-210 storage server, as it is fanless and has a compact design. If I could somehow build a fanless system which I'm not sure is possible, perhaps I might really consider a self-build.

@Andrew, do you perhaps know if they might upgrade all their NAS devices at the same time to the new version? Or are newer software versions ment for specific NAS devices only?

Kind regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" To: "Blind sysadmins list" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

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Hehehe - I don't think Netap will be in the running here.

The next version of the Synology GUI is apparently going to be made accessible, I have one of their units so will see how this goes.

There are some other interesting NAS projects that use your own hardware - one I was looking at was UnRaiD - heard good things about it, as it can run virtual servers as well. Haven't got enough disks to try it out yet though. One advantage with the pre-built units is their power consumption which is usually lower than general purpose kit.

I used a Thekas NAS at my old job for a while and that had a usable GUI, all be it that it used an ancient version of the firmware.

Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: 20 December 2015 23:22 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

I have worked with a Lenovo NAS and it was an entirely unix shell type environment.

Also, way up the price spectrum I have done a lot with Netapp and they have a very good CLI.

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On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hello listers

I'm currently in the market for a NAS. Being new to these devices, my concern is accessibility, as i'd like to make full use of the device.

I do understand that one may manage these devices via a web interface which sounds abit promising.

I can get my hands on the following nas devices: QNAP HS-210, which is what I'd like to get. Lenovo iomega ix2 synology ds414J and also some NAS devices from Thecus.

If you've used NAS devices from the above listed Manufacturers, your advice would be much appreciated.

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Hi. No you would be controling the machine either via the web or via SSH. You don't have speech on the server at all I don't think sound's enabled either. All the best, Mo. Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for letting me know the procedure for installing.

Just curious, does one have speech after installing or writing the image? or does it have to be installed manually?

Kind regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mobeen Iqbal" To: "Blind sysadmins list" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

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Hi.

to install nas4free, you can either install it directly to your hard drive, or you can use what's known as an embedded image. this is an image you would write to a USB or SD card device and boot the server from that device. I used a pen drive in my case that plugged directly in to the

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motherboard of my server via the internal USB port.

all the best,

Mo.

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Hi there.

Thanks for all the replies so far.

I've read up on building of Nas devices and I must say it looks interesting, I've never given it much thought initially. However, I'm not sure on how I would go about installing NAS4free as I've not used anything to do with Linux before.

My reason for considering the hs-210 storage server, as it is fanless and has a compact design. If I could somehow build a fanless system which I'm not sure is

On 21/12/2015 11:12, Zameer Mahomed wrote: possible,

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perhaps I might really consider a self-build.

@Andrew, do you perhaps know if they might upgrade all their NAS devices at the same time to the new version? Or are newer software versions ment for specific NAS devices only?

Kind regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" To: "Blind sysadmins list" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

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Hehehe - I don't think Netap will be in the running here.

The next version of the Synology GUI is apparently going to be made

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accessible, I have one of their units so will see how this goes.

There are some other interesting NAS projects that use your own hardware - one I was looking at was UnRaiD - heard good things about it, as it can run virtual servers as well. Haven't got enough disks to try it out yet though. One advantage with the pre-built units is their

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power consumption which is usually lower than general purpose kit.

I used a Thekas NAS at my old job for a while and that had a usable GUI, all be it that it used an ancient version of the firmware.

Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: 20 December 2015 23:22 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

I have worked with a Lenovo NAS and it was an entirely unix shell type environment.

Also, way up the price spectrum I have done a lot with Netapp and they have a very good CLI.

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On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hello listers

I'm currently in the market for a NAS. Being new to these devices, my concern is accessibility, as i'd like to make full use of the device.

I do understand that one may manage these devices via a web interface which sounds abit promising.

I can get my hands on the following nas devices: QNAP HS-210, which is what I'd like to get. Lenovo iomega ix2 synology ds414J and also some NAS devices from Thecus.

If you've used NAS devices from the above listed Manufacturers, your advice would be much appreciated.

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Hi, I have a Lenovo (called Iomega back then) IX series NAS. It is an IX4 from the top of my head. Unfortunately, it sems the network interface of this device died, so it is useless now. I was glad to discover the NAS used standard Linux RAID, so I could at least read the disks on another Linux machine. So, I'm now looking for a new NAS to house the 4 disks that came from the Lenovo unit. I'm also thinking to build my own machine, because after this experience I really want to be able to read the NAS disks when the unit dies for whatever reason using other hardware. Anyone here have recommendations for low power hardware to house 4 disks and be able to get goot read and write speeds for a RAID set. I'm considering FreeNAS or another ZFS based system. I've worked with ZFS on servers and really like it. Bram On 22-12-2015 11:24, Zameer Mahomed wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

Kind regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mobeen Iqbal" To: "Blind sysadmins list" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

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Hi.

No you would be controling the machine either via the web or via SSH. You don't have speech on the server at all I don't think sound's enabled either.

All the best,

Mo.

Zameer Mahomed wrote:

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Hi,

Thanks for letting me know the procedure for installing.

Just curious, does one have speech after installing or writing the image? or does it have to be installed manually?

Kind regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mobeen Iqbal" To: "Blind sysadmins list" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

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Hi.

to install nas4free, you can either install it directly to your hard drive, or you can use what's known as an embedded image. this is an image you would write to a USB or SD card device and boot the server from that device. I used a pen drive in my case that plugged directly in to the

...

motherboard of my server via the internal USB port.

all the best,

Mo.

...

Hi there.

Thanks for all the replies so far.

I've read up on building of Nas devices and I must say it looks interesting, I've never given it much thought initially. However, I'm not sure on how I would go about installing NAS4free as I've not used anything to do with Linux before.

My reason for considering the hs-210 storage server, as it is fanless and has a compact design. If I could somehow build a fanless system which I'm not sure is

On 21/12/2015 11:12, Zameer Mahomed wrote: possible,

...

perhaps I might really consider a self-build.

@Andrew, do you perhaps know if they might upgrade all their NAS devices at the same time to the new version? Or are newer software versions ment for specific NAS devices only?

Kind regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" To: "Blind sysadmins list" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

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Hehehe - I don't think Netap will be in the running here.

The next version of the Synology GUI is apparently going to be made

...

...

...

accessible, I have one of their units so will see how this goes.

There are some other interesting NAS projects that use your own hardware - one I was looking at was UnRaiD - heard good things about it, as it can run virtual servers as well. Haven't got enough disks to try it out yet though. One advantage with the pre-built units is their

...

...

...

power consumption which is usually lower than general purpose kit.

I used a Thekas NAS at my old job for a while and that had a usable GUI, all be it that it used an ancient version of the firmware.

Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: 20 December 2015 23:22 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NAS GUI accessibility

I have worked with a Lenovo NAS and it was an entirely unix shell type environment.

Also, way up the price spectrum I have done a lot with Netapp and they have a very good CLI.

> On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Zameer Mahomed wrote: > > Hello listers > > I'm currently in the market for a NAS. > Being new to these devices, my concern is accessibility, as i'd like to > make full use of the device. > > I do understand that one may manage these devices via a web interface > which sounds abit promising. > > I can get my hands on the following nas devices: > QNAP HS-210, which is what I'd like to get. > Lenovo iomega ix2 > synology ds414J > and also some NAS devices from Thecus. > > If you've used NAS devices from the above listed Manufacturers, your > advice would be much appreciated. > > Kind regards > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org > https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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