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protokatie:
Only thing about FreeNAS that I would say is a poo-poo is that it has very limited NTFS support, so you have to go with FAT32 or Ext2 or 3. Anyone used to dealing with linux is comfortable dealing with this issue. Basically, for FAT32 the only prob is the max file size (4gigs) and for Ext I do not know if windows supports it or not (It doesnt have to to access the data over the network, buts its always nice to have HD's swappable to other computers, incase something goes horribly wrong with the NAS box)

boykster:
I would recommend anyone using a linux box as a NAS solution to use ext3.  Windows machines don't care what the native filesystem is when they connect to a fileshare over the network using an SMB share.  I personally use xfs, but ext3 is pretty standard on all linux distros these days (I bet its the default for freenas)

Ed_McCarron:
FreeNAS defaults to UFS now.  There are tools to read UFS from windows.

protokatie:

--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on August 23, 2009, 03:14:27 pm ---FreeNAS defaults to UFS now.  There are tools to read UFS from windows.

--- End quote ---

Was about to say that; if one goes the linux route, make sure to have a copy of Knoppix 5.1.1 lying around in case you need a win-box to read the drives directly.
Didn't know there were tools freely available to read Unix Fast file system for windows, but now I know.

The killer point for FreeNAS when it comes to a SAMBA network will be when it can properly handle uncompressed NTFS drives tho. Agree?

ChadTower:

I just use external USB drives on the main server PC as my NAS and it works better than you'd think. 

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