1) Install Debian (http://www.raspbian.org/)
2) Install and setup file servers ('apt-get install samba nfs-server')
How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
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Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
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I'd say: DO! If you are trying to learn how to do these sorts of things but as with everything Pi, don't get your hopes up about speed. Once you are comfortable you can move on to a better dedicated setup.
I say, come on, be realistic. This is not a practical thing you're building, it's a fun project that happens to work too. It's like building a model airplane. You don't do it because you need to fly across the country tomorrow in under 6 hours with drink service and a nap, you do it because you can and it's fun.
Except it's a fully functional RC airplane that you can fly around your apartment.
Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say: DO! If you are trying to learn how to do these sorts of things but as with everything Pi, don't get your hopes up about speed. Once you are comfortable you can move on to a better dedicated setup.
I say, come on, be realistic. This is not a practical thing you're building, it's a fun project that happens to work too. It's like building a model airplane. You don't do it because you need to fly across the country tomorrow in under 6 hours with drink service and a nap, you do it because you can and it's fun.
What's impractical about it? It's very cheap and easy, and hey, maybe you don't need a faster file server. Hell, some of us with the money and expertise to setup an uber-NAS go with the Pi precisely because it suits our needs just fine.
Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
#44Why does anybody use Rasberry Pi. It is a black box tightly sealed with patents and protected by corporations. It isn't even remotely an open platform unless you think a few pages of documentation for the enormous amounts of blobs is 'open'. It's one big mess of Broadcom firmware. Go buy a beagleboard instead, or any taiwanese hardware almost all of them release full docs
I actually like those thumbdrive-size computer like MK808 or UG802. They are smaller than Rasberry Pi, with an enclosure, more powerful hardware, and built-in Wifi.
The only thing is it comes with Android and porting other Linux to it is still in early stage.
Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
#45Why does anybody use Rasberry Pi. It is a black box tightly sealed with patents and protected by corporations. It isn't even remotely an open platform unless you think a few pages of documentation for the enormous amounts of blobs is 'open'. It's one big mess of Broadcom firmware. Go buy a beagleboard instead, or any taiwanese hardware almost all of them release full docs
Could you point to anything within a comparable price range to the Raspberry Pi? I have some decent use cases for a ~$40 computer, and I'd gladly purchase an open version if one is available, but the Beagleboards seem to be three or four times as expensive.
True but at least you can actually buy a beagleboard :P There's an 8mos waiting list for Pi's where I live, only to get a broadcom firmware ridden toy.
With completely open hardware you could hack a beagleboard forever. Or buy a Cubieboard for $49, or Uputer Pi for $69,
Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
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Might be fun to do and the performance is not THAT bad. Yeah, if you want to watch 100GB Bluray from it will suck arse, but it may be adequate for document storage for example. Attach a printer to it and you also have a print server. This little setup could serve well an office or a household.
Actually its fine for streaming HD movies too. I have my home server set up from a Pi exactly like this and it is fine. I have mine streaming video via mediatomb and I have never had a hiccup once, even with 1080p video. Sure maybe transferring files to/from it is not the fastest but I find it perfectly acceptable (say a minute or so to transfer a 300MB file) and as the OP says I don't feel bad about leaving it runni…
Blame the printer drivers on manufacturers; I had an old Brother that "supported Linux" but it really supported Linux/x86. Needless to say, I soon replaced it.
Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you point to anything within a comparable price range to the Raspberry Pi? I have some decent use cases for a ~$40 computer, and I'd gladly purchase an open version if one is available, but the Beagleboards seem to be three or four times as expensive.
True but at least you can actually buy a beagleboard :P There's an 8mos waiting list for Pi's where I live, only to get a broadcom firmware ridden toy. With completely open hardware you could hack a beagleboard forever. Or buy a Cubieboard for $49, or Uputer Pi for $69,
I understand - that wasn't meant as a challenge; rather, a request for a recommendation! I was on the verge of placing an order for a Raspberry Pi today.
I took a look at the Arch Linux ARM devices (http://archlinuxarm.org/), but if you (or anybody else) has any experience with a particular one, let me know.
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Yep, interesting how price point and form factor twist people's state of mind.
Not only that but recoverability. I use the Pi as a media server (files hosting on a NAS drive) and if the Pi dies, I drop $40, swap out the SD card and I'm done. I have the SD card imaged and saved elsewhere so if the card dies, I just get another, re-image and plug it in. Can't do that with a Mac Mini (what I was using)
Can't imagine what it's gonna be when we'll be able to print rpis~ at home for 5$.
Re: How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server
#49To those always replying to raspberry articles that it can be done with other setups, and that it's nothing new, I think you're missing the point: All those tutorials show that a single very cheap and well designed piece of open hardware can be very versatile and that everything we tend to see as magic is just a one page how-to long. I'm in my forties, an since I have had my first walkman I wanted to get inside the m…
> I have seen iPods, but can you ssh in an iPod? If you jailbreak it you can. Here's[1] a one page how-to long guide. > I have seen media centers, but can you bulk rename files or script it? Of course, providing you're using something like XBMC. For renaming you don't even need to script, there's friendly programs[2] out there if you want. > Now with my raspberry I finally got my dream for real, and I can even ssh to…
I didn't made myself clear enough. I know I can ssh to an iPod, and to my Android phone, but I don't own anything there, I cannot install vim with the few plugins I like, I cannot install and use unison to sync files. In also sshed to a printer, but what can you do there?
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I find that fan-freaking-tastic because I've noticed that the people doing these things often had very little Linux experience to start with. The pi makes it unscary because so little is at risk. They don't feel like they're working on a "computer" and its immediately obvious that if you screw up, you can just pull out your card and reflash. After they wax-on, wax-off for a while with the pi, they are often surprised…
I bought a pi for a Raspbmc media center, and because I wanted it to do more than the vanilla XBMC, I ended up having to learn linux. I ended up buying a second pi for a Samba NAS and web server. I've spent a couple years developing with WAMP and dealing with windows BS, but now I'm running an Ubuntu VM and building a dev box for linux. The pi is ultimately what put me in this direction :)
And for what it's worth, stories like this are basically why the Pi exists.