eComStation PC: Week of Network Access Storage devices

The next week is dedicated to collection of info about 
compatible/non-compatible Network Access Storage devices (NAS). Which 
model supports EA? 
Our database contains 9 records only -- 
http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=category&section=disk
Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore. 

Post new reports using the web-form -- 
http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=new

Hi Eugene

Eugene Gorbunoff wrote:
> The next week is dedicated to collection of info about 
> compatible/non-compatible Network Access Storage devices (NAS). Which 
> model supports EA?


I suspect the answer to the above is 0.

Regards

Pete


  Our database contains 9 records only --
> http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=category&section=disk
> Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore.
> Post new reports using the web-form -- 
> http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=new
> 

The EA support would come, I imagine, from Samba and only the most
recent versions of Samba have _working_ EA support, tho' it's been
nominally available for some time.  I have a pretty old Buffalo
LinkStation, with a (?2.2) version of Samba, which doesn't even
pretend to understand EAs; still works well, though.

Will

Hi Will

C W Rose wrote:
> The EA support would come, I imagine, from Samba and only the most
> recent versions of Samba have _working_ EA support, tho' it's been
> nominally available for some time.  I have a pretty old Buffalo
> LinkStation, with a (?2.2) version of Samba, which doesn't even
> pretend to understand EAs; still works well, though.
> 
> Will
> 
> 


 From what I have seen the only way to get these useful NAS devices to 
support EAs is that the linux kernel and filesystem in use in the device 
must be recompiled with the necessary support.

As a lot of NAS devices run linux there are often alternative firmwares 
for these devices with source available so it is possible - if you can 
setup the correct development environment somehow.

I did have a Linksys NSLU2 at 1 point which I was fairly happy to use 
but the less technical members of my family got fed up with not being 
able to use the File and Print Client GUI to access the device shares 
-discovered to be due to lack of EA support in the device.

I did look into alternative firmwares for the device, see 
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ , but did not really fancy trying to 
recompile anything partly due to lack of environment and partly due to 
lack of knowledge.

In the end I sacked the NSLU2 and used an old pc, amd 1200 based, that 
was gathering dust with a copy of Warp4 fp16+. No monitor, keyboard or 
mouse attached after installation; I use NetOp to interact with that 
system when necessary ie Shutdown/Reboot. Just about the most friendly 
NAS I have used  :-)


Regards