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skeeboze
Jan 27, 2012Aspirant
Audit File and Folder access?
Does the Readynas 3100 (file server) support auditing for folder/file access on a Windows 2003 Domain?
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- OOM-9NETGEAR ExpertI was able to look into the audit a little bit more. It seems the newer version does support audit file, but it is on the linux side, it will not have the windows administration. The MS audit support does seem to be strictly support with NTFS based from the Microsoft's Support site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814595
The iSCSI will be able to support all of your NTFS needs. :) - skeebozeAspirantThanks, I found that MS article as well. Looking at iSCSI docs now. I know I can make up to a 2TB iSCSI target and connect it to a 2008 or 2003 server. At that point would the readynas even need to be part of the domain? I'm thinking not. I still have to do a lot of testing but this looks promising. I could get my auditing and archive bit support (i want to do differential backups). Any one seeing a downside to setting up an iSCSI target and using it as a file server? I have Gigabit Ethernet and under 100 users on my network.
- OOM-9NETGEAR ExpertIf you are needing modifications closer to a Windows environment, it is a great option for the NTFS.
The ReadyNAS with iSCSI would not need to be joined to the domain to set the permissions. I will be logically a local disk to the Windows Server. I can see more advantages for settings and permissions with iSCSI. - GrievousAspirantYou can make iSCSI LUNs bigger than 2TB(might want to make sure you're running the latest firmware).
And no, the ReadyNAS wouldn't need to be attached to the domain, because all of the authentication for data stored in the LUN would be handled via the Windows server hosting it for the clients on the network. There isn't really a downside at all except that backing up the ReadyNAS itself would involve a single huge file as opposed to smaller files. That's really not a disadvantage either, simply a difference in implementation. - skeebozeAspirantI have 4.2.19 running. What is the largest iSCSI LUN I can make? I have 3TB on the Readynas.
Wouldn't my backup software (ARCserve) just backup the individual files as if the files were on Windows server? - OOM-9NETGEAR ExpertThe ReadyNAS is only limited to the amount of volume you have available in the unit.
As a Basic disk format you will be limited to the 2TB, but if you set the format as Dynamic Disks; you can have a larger volume with the iSCSI.
The iSCSI is a virtual disk to the Windows machine. That virtual disk is seen as one large file to the ReadyNAS. In side of the file is up to iSCSI. It will have the FS (eg. NTFS) and your data contained in this file. (Similar to how VMs handle there imaging) - skeebozeAspirantThanks!
- GrievousAspirantNot quite. (in fact using dynamic disks with iscsi is a bad idea). The difference being that if you select GPT instead of MBR in the disk manager, you can format larger than 2TB. The basic/dynamic option is a separate matter.
- skeebozeAspirantThank you!
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