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Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: NAS GUI for native Linux (preferably RHEL)
2012-01-12 14:23:39
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> wrote on 01/10/2012
08:12:10 PM:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Tyler J. Wagner <tyler AT tolaris DOT com>
wrote:
> >
> >> So, my question: is there a NAS GUI out there that
can be added on top of
> >> "standard" Linux (preferably RHEL, but very willing
to consider others)
> >> that will add most of these functions? For example,
something like the GUI
> >> for an Iomega NAS would be perfect. (I thought about
using them as the
> >> hardware and software base and adding BackupPC to them, but
there's no
> >> built-in removable drive, and USB is awkward and slow. Plus
the Linux
> >> environment is... minimal.)
> >
> > Have you tried webmin? It's not specific to this, but it's about
as close
> > to a CLI replacement as a generic Linux server has.
>
> Webmin doesn't really change the concepts much. You still need
to
> know all the details about the applications and their config files,
> although it can help keep you from making stupid syntax errors.
SME
> server makes things simpler by combining concepts. For example
you
> can add a NIC mac address, an IP address, and a hostname in
one
> place, and it will configure the DCHP server to give out the right
IP
> to that device and the DNS server to resolve the name. You
can
> create a web/ftp and file share with one name - and create a group
for
> users and get both unix permissioning and an email group built.
Exactly. Webmin is little more than webified
configuration files. You use Firefox instead of ssh, but the process
is nearly identical.
For now, Webmin is what I'm using, on top of CentOS
6.2. But if you've ever used a NAS, you know how *very* far configuring
one of those is from Webmin.
Really, all I want is a standard consumer-level NAS,
with two additions:
1) BackupPC
2) A built-in removable SATA tray.
#1 means I can't use the stock firmware as-is, and
#2 means I can't use the stock hardware. So, I get the fun of rebuilding
a NAS system just so I can stick a removable drive in it and run BackupPC
on the same box.
In fact, in the past, we simply sold both a BackupPC
server *and* an Iomega NAS to a client. The problem is, they get
less space for both solutions and spend more on the two boxes than if we
were to combine them. So, that's what I'm trying to do...
Tim Massey
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