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diffeence between NAS and FTP file server ?
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You sort of missed my point. What you have will pretty much be a File server. A NAS is like this:
It is just literally storage being attached to a network. With that CPU and setup you will basically make a file server, you can't just make a NAS with it.
It is just literally storage being attached to a network. With that CPU and setup you will basically make a file server, you can't just make a NAS with it.
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Well a NAS is just a box that supports network attachment and a bunch of HDDs. A FTP File Server is normally an entire PC that is dedicated to that task or a VM on a server with other VMs but dedicated to that task.
The benefits of each are different. With a FTP File Server you have a lot more control but a NAS is normally smaller and takes less overall power.
The benefits of each are different. With a FTP File Server you have a lot more control but a NAS is normally smaller and takes less overall power.
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i have a xeon e3 machine that im going to use it as storage server,spec:xeon e3 1220v3 ,intel s1200v3rp board,4gb ecc ram
which is better ? turn it into a NAS server or turn it into a FTP FILE SERVER ?
and power consumption is not an issue
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You sort of missed my point. What you have will pretty much be a File server. A NAS is like this:
It is just literally storage being attached to a network. With that CPU and setup you will basically make a file server, you can't just make a NAS with it.
It is just literally storage being attached to a network. With that CPU and setup you will basically make a file server, you can't just make a NAS with it.
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jimmysmitty :
You sort of missed my point. What you have will pretty much be a File server. A NAS is like this:
It is just literally storage being attached to a network. With that CPU and setup you will basically make a file server, you can't just make a NAS with it.
It is just literally storage being attached to a network. With that CPU and setup you will basically make a file server, you can't just make a NAS with it.
ok i got it now,thanks
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Holly molly, never heard that question, so I actually had to think about it a bit... and came to the conclusion as:
NAS for interactive access, you can even stream media from it. One doesn't even have to copy it over to use it. with FTP, I dunno if you can do anything with the data until the file transfer (copy) to your local storage is complete.
I guess depends what are you using it for and never disclosed.
NAS for interactive access, you can even stream media from it. One doesn't even have to copy it over to use it. with FTP, I dunno if you can do anything with the data until the file transfer (copy) to your local storage is complete.
I guess depends what are you using it for and never disclosed.
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You can do the same with a File Server but still the data has to get to your local system memory. Even with a NAS if you open a docx/xlsx/pptx file it will load the file into your memory until you close it or save it locally.
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