NAS

>>59457453
Yes you idiot
just set up a fucking samba server

Very possible

>>59457453
That's aesthetic as fuck. Why can't Linux developers make something as pretty as that?

You could even probably just install regular debian over the current drive mobo, but you'd have to compile a kernel because muh proprietary drivers

Making network resources look like a local drive is a super, super bad idea.

>>59457497
windows only lets you make it look like a network drive anyway.

> get raspberry pi
> install openmediavault
> profit

S2012 R2

Thankfully, Synology is not as bad as they once were. OP, you'll be able to pretty easily map whatever NAS you buy directly to a networked drive from within the web client and never have to look at it again.

>>59457483
They used to. Then flatshit happened.

>>59457483
Deepin
Xfce
Mate
That other new Chinese ui
Budgie

Al of these ui's can look (and some of them look by default) like this

Stop being a fucking trolling nigger

just put fucking debian on it or some shit and configure ftp or sftp or some shit for your NAS, its not that hard

Yeah dude you can just set up samba shares

>>59457483
>implying that NAS isn't running Linux

>>59457533
Dis

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>>59457507
False.

>>59457639
Its gonna be BSD u twerp

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>>59457453
Window Server 2016

>normal external drive on my computer,
iSCSI Target Server which Windows Server supports

>>59457497
>Making network resources look like a local drive is a super, super bad idea.
Its done all the time you retard. What the fuck do you think the sole purpose of a SAN is? Also Windows Server supports fail over clusters so even if you have to reboot for an update, you dont lose access to the SMB shares or the iSCSI LUNs.

>>59458246
Ew, IT talk. Go grab me a coffee

>>59458418
Go drink some bleach, you dumb fucking shit stain.

>>59457516
>raspberry pi
>NAS

>>59457456
This.
Setup samba server and then just map network drive.

>>59457497
>Making network resources look like a local drive is a super, super bad idea.
What are you smoking?
It's a fucking standard feature of all major operating systems.

I don't understand why someone would buy an overpriced shit box for a weak NAS. Those kind of prices you can grab an old Xeon or i7 workstation (soon AMD Ryzen as well) that will perform the same functions much better and it scales. Install a real OS like NT server or Nix and be about your day. Nix also has quite a few noob friendly options like freenas unraid and greyhole.

>>59458246
>chomikbox

>>59457516
Stupid pie poster, buy cubieboard

>>59457516
>usb 2.0 bus shared between 100Mbit ethernet NIC and USB HDD
>this also kills CPU performance
K Y S
Y
S

>>59457453
>I'd like to just have a NAS drive appear as a normal external drive on my computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI

note: most of the time this is just an inconvinience, as this would mean you can only safely access the disk(s) from one machine at a time

>>59457453
Are you honestly this retarded?

>>59458851
he didn't say it wasn't available

>>59457453
> Ideally, I'd like to just have a NAS drive appear as a normal external drive on my computer
Use DAS.

>>59457453
Are you literally fucking retarded? What do you think a NAS is?

>>59457516
Yeah, because having worse throughput than a 90s 5400rpm drive makes me all nostalgic.
(/s)

>>59458894
>NT server
Dude, the 90s ended a while ago

>>59457453
Build your own, prebuilt NASes are a fucking scam.

>>59458062
It's a linux distro called DSM using busybox retard.

I just use sshfs. Secure and excellent.

>>59459191
Slow, incompatible.

>>59459198
>incompatible
... ?

even my router supports ssh

>>59459158
I still use NT server 2012 on my VPS :^)

>>59459203
Windows doesn't.

>>59459179
This, also
>calling a multi-purpose server "NAS"
pls

>>59459198
It's not that slow, anon. I stream 1080p anime over it.

>>59459211
If it's got a low power CPU, no expansion slots, only really good for serving files and loading HDDs I call it a NAS.

>>59459209
it might be the only thing that doesn't come with ssh support
there are third party tools for it on windows

>>59459158
It's a shame too.

>>59459206
Do you also run Novell Netware? I do ;^).

Last I checked win-sshfs still works.

>>59459270
>no ssh key authentication
Dropped.

>>59459230
>It's a shame too.
Yeah, i honestly wish i could go back sometimes.
Then i remember what a pain in the ass it could be.

I've had a LaCie NAS for some good 10 years or so and it appears as an external drive in the file browser

>>59457456

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