Re: NAS] Storage solutions

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> writes:

Make sure you know what file system the NAS uses. Many cheap ones use Linux
as an OS but the file system is FAT32 which limits you to maximum 4 GB file
size, not good for video. I haven't tried it but at a recent rade show I saw
this one. It looked very good for the price.

http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ss4000-E/

Thanks, that one does look to be versatile. How would I know the
filesystem used? At that link and following to the specs:

http://www.insight.com/site/product/detail/index.cfm?item_number=SS4000-E&srccode=cii_6684177&cpncode=11-5374356&scSourceCode=CI012

I see it is an linux os using kernel 2.6 but no mention of what the
file system is. Or can the user just format them as desired?

If you have one of these can you explain how much the user can do with
the OS? Like for example can you install software on the OS?

Note that it comes without drives. It uses SATA II drives. Make sure you
don't use drives rated for desktop use but that you use drives designed for
RAID use. They don't cost that much more. The desktop drives will have
timing issues in a RAID array that may cause them to get marked as bad when
they aren't.

At the site above it says Hard Drive: Standard

How can a user tell the difference between desktop type drive and the
ones designed for raid use?
.

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