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Difference between a file server and just sharing files?

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On 16.09.2016 г. at 3:43 AM, Carlos1010 said:

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If you are using a NAS to share data it should be on the NAS itself. As @DarkRusov pointed out, you can use a simple Raspberry Pi for this but it may limit the workload of the NAS and you may encounter bottlenecks if you run more demanding processes. 

 

One solution I could suggest (again, depending on the workload, capacity needed and budget) is getting a WD My Cloud or WD My Cloud Mirror (with the option to add redundancy or speed things up with a Striped array), transfer all the data you want to share to it and then share the particular folder with your friends so they can freely access the data inside at any given time without the need of a separate system running next to the NAS. Let me know if you need more info around this.  

 

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Hi all,

Just asking that in a building with around 50 people, and they all need to access some folders. What is the advantage of having a dedicated file server for the files rather then just the admin to share the files locally? I mean by right clicking the folder and click share. Would there be a transfer difference or? Thanks in advanced!

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well with a separate file server you wouldn't have to worry about needing to reboot the Admins PC, like say you where doing something and the computer froze anyone accessing the contents of that computer get pretty screwed. We do it that way at work but only have 2 machines, but I always have to make sure the other user isn't accessing files on my machine if I need to do a reboot.

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6 hours ago, Carlos1010 said:

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Hi there :)

 

With a dedicated file storage server (or simple a NAS) you are not worrying about the workload on your system and any glitches or slow-downs.

In terms of transfer difference, it really depends on what you are doing on the admin's computer as it may affect the connectivity and read/write speeds of the system while if you have a dedicated NAS for this it will only be busy serving he transfer needs.

 

What exact things are you planning to do? Maybe we could offer sole solutions? 

 

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12 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Hi there :)

 

With a dedicated file storage server (or simple a NAS) you are not worrying about the workload on your system and any glitches or slow-downs.

In terms of transfer difference, it really depends on what you are doing on the admin's computer as it may affect the connectivity and read/write speeds of the system while if you have a dedicated NAS for this it will only be busy serving he transfer needs.

 

What exact things are you planning to do? Maybe we could offer sole solutions? 

 

Captain_WD. 

 

18 hours ago, DarkRuskov said:

24h access mostly, not impacting the admins computer and maybe some speed gains.

Well, so I have a bunch of friends that we do gaming and stuff on the PC and sometimes we need to share folders/documents. I am talking about 20-25 friends. I haven't started sharing yet but I plan on it soon and also if I would build a NAS, would it need like a GPU or something? Or can I just make it with the raspberry pi? Also how would I be able to share my documents with the NAS then? Do I have to do it in a way that whenever I want to share something, I have to share it with the NAS and then the files on the NAS would be accessible to everyone? Thanks for all your answers and I really look forward for your replies. Also feel free to give me a video to watch, I love watching them.

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it's doable and relatively easy (you don't need a gpu), and yes the rpi can do the trick but it depends on how much you share (couple of megs, gigs, undreds of gigs or even terabytes?), the rpi might not be the best suited for high amounts of storage for example.

how you'll share them will depend on how you configure your server but you can either share particular files or give your friends access to some or all of the folders on your server, all options are possible.

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On 16.09.2016 г. at 3:43 AM, Carlos1010 said:

~snip~

If you are using a NAS to share data it should be on the NAS itself. As @DarkRusov pointed out, you can use a simple Raspberry Pi for this but it may limit the workload of the NAS and you may encounter bottlenecks if you run more demanding processes. 

 

One solution I could suggest (again, depending on the workload, capacity needed and budget) is getting a WD My Cloud or WD My Cloud Mirror (with the option to add redundancy or speed things up with a Striped array), transfer all the data you want to share to it and then share the particular folder with your friends so they can freely access the data inside at any given time without the need of a separate system running next to the NAS. Let me know if you need more info around this.  

 

Captain_WD.

If this helped you, like and choose it as best answer - you might help someone else with the same issue. ^_^
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