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[Acronym] for __N__etwork __A__ttached __S__torage.  A snazzy name for a file server.  This is a server, usually with large amounts of HardDisk space, that makes it available to network users by running a NetworkFileSystem.  Compare with a [SAN], which has storage that the system addresses as if it were local discs.

You can easily create a NAS with [Linux].  Most server distributions probably qualify by default.  Install [Samba] or [NFS], configure, and you're away.

* The [Linksys NSLU2|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=Linksys+NSLU2&btnG=Search] is an embedded Linux device that lets you plug in a [USB] HardDisk and create a NAS.  Like the WRT series routers, there is a very strong community around [hacking Linux on the NSLU2|http://www.nslu2-linux.org/].
* OpenFiler is a distribution that provides a turn-key NAS on standard hardware.

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Last edited on Friday, July 29, 2005 11:25:28 am by CraigBox

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