Re: [LINUX_Newbies] NAS [OT] was "grub and how to delete Ubuntu

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:51 AM, J <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:27 AM, C. Beck <usabecker@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:
<...>
>>>
>>> I'm basically doing this, just without the specialized computer:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
>>>
>>
>> So do you do this without a NAS server installed on its own machine?
>> Or maybe I'm just missing what you mean by "specialized computer"...
>
> I think he means this:
> "NAS is often manufactured as a computer appliance – a specialized
> computer built from the ground up for storing and serving files –
> rather than simply a general purpose computer being used for the
> role.[nb 1]"
>
> Meaning he's using his own hardware rather than having bought a NAS
> appliance off the shelf (like a Buffalo Terastation or similar)

Alright. Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense. I was hoping
there might be some magic to run a NAS server from a separate
partition but "installed" like you would, for instance, an ssh
client/server. This probably makes no sense. My computer knowledge
really starts to break down when I get to the point of how software
interacts with hardware and how sofware is stacked/layered on top of
the kernel. I really need to find some time to read up on all of that
one day.


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