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Using my ReadyNAS 104 from Linux with NFS
Hello all,
Up to now I have used my ReadyNAS 104 (firmware 6.10.0) from Windows. I have now rebuilt one of my machines with Linux Mint 22 and will do the same with my nother machines after I have worked through the teething problems.
The current teething problem is accessing my NAS from Linux. I had thought that CIFS was the way to do this but have just been told that NFS is the way to go.
I'm already on a fairly steep learning curve and clearly this question is part of that curve. However, can anyone tell me how I might go about enabling NFS on the ReadyNAS (without affecting my existing shares and data).
Thanks!
avmad wrote:
The current teething problem is accessing my NAS from Linux. I had thought that CIFS was the way to do this but have just been told that NFS is the way to go.
CIFS (SMB 1) is very old and being deprecated. SMB 3 is well supported on Linux, so there is no reason not to use it.
But if you want NFS for some reason, you can just enable it in system->settings and for each share. The default settings on the NAS should be fine.
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avmad wrote:
The current teething problem is accessing my NAS from Linux. I had thought that CIFS was the way to do this but have just been told that NFS is the way to go.
CIFS (SMB 1) is very old and being deprecated. SMB 3 is well supported on Linux, so there is no reason not to use it.
But if you want NFS for some reason, you can just enable it in system->settings and for each share. The default settings on the NAS should be fine.
Thank you!
I have enabled NFS at both the system and the share levels.
Should I enable NFSv4? What else do I need to enter?
avmad wrote:
Should I enable NFSv4?
I wouldn't, unless you need a v4 feature.
avmad wrote:
What else do I need to enter?
Probably nothing. Though you might find you get better performance if you reduce the number of threads to 4. The RN100 series doesn't have a lot of memory, and 4 threads would require fewer resources.
Just something to keep in mind if the performance seems sluggish.
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