[olug] SMB NAS devices

[Rob Townley]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:
> I can give you a definitive answer on the file permissions question
> later tonight.
>
> You will need to make sure you have some sort of unified identity
> management to make sure all the Linux machines and your WSS2k8 storage
> box agree on the uid numbers.
>
> The question is irrelevant for iSCSI as it does not deal with files.
> iSCSI exports block devices.
>
> Obi-Wan wrote:
>> On that note, how well do NAS devices based on Windows Storage Server 2008
>> handle the Linux file permission & user/group scheme when serving via
>> NFS or iSCSI?  Do I need to stick with a Linux-based platform for this?
>> Appliances based on WSS2008 outnumber Linux-based appliances handily.
>
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> Phil Brutsche
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i am no expert, but with windows clients directly accessing a
fileserver, where is the AntiVirus protection?

i would think coraid.com has what you are looking for and ieee AoE is
faster because it is designed for large ethernet frame sizes.   Not
nearly as large as the 64kB FibreChannel frame size because it works
over normal GB or 10GB ethernet which  has a paltry ~9kB max.
Regardless, IP doesn't doesn't support block access like AoE does.
The downside of AoE is that it is layer 2, so you may need a NAS
gateway for encryption for the workstations, but i think you need it
anyway for AV scanning.

Let us know what you decide on.