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Questions tagged [file-server]

A file server controls access to separately stored files, typically on a system attached to a network

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Can I attach a SATA controller?

I would like to use my Raspberry Pi as a file server (NAS/SMB). Will I be able to attach a SATA/RAID controller?
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How can the Raspberry Pi emulate a USB storage device?

USB storage devices, such as USB sticks and harddrives, are common to attach external storage to any kind of computer. How can the Raspberry Pi emulate an USB storage? The easiest application was to directly access the SD card via USB, but one…
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How can I connect to my RPi NFS server using version 4?

I've set my Raspberry Pi up as an NFS server, but I cannot connect to it with NFS version 4. However, version 3 works. From my Kubuntu 13.04 client: $ sudo mount -t nfs -o proto=tcp,port=2049,vers=4 192.168.1.91:/export /mnt/pi -v mount.nfs: timeout…
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RPi-compatible online backup service

I would like to use my RPi partly as a home file-server. I'm currently using a desktop for the same task. For instance, all of my family's pictures and home videos are on the file-server; but only a fraction of them are ever on the laptop. I…
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Ridicoulus File Server performance

I've setup a file server using my new PI, and I'm very disappointed about the performance. I have attached by USB 2.0 2.5" HDD with an USB hub, formatted using NTFS, and mounted automatically. I had installed samba server and setup the share. I can…
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Usb disk over network - performance

Using a simple setup with PI as a NAS, with an attached USB disk, like this: [RPI] (USB) -> Ethernet -> USB 2.0 Disk Of course both network and disk access share the same USB port, but is there any way to optimize this in terms of speed?…
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Do HDDs drain power when not in use?

I'm thinking of getting a Pi to use as a file and webserver for personal apps and data backup. I heard the Pi consume little power even when running 24/7. If I attach a laptop HDD to the Pi for data backups, would it increase notable power…
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Mapping to Shared Drive on Linksys Router

I have a 2 TB Seagate drive on my Linksys WRT1900AC router USB. I can access it as a network drive on my Windows 10 PC and as an ftp site when I'm remote. I'm trying to access it on my RPi 3B+ but I keep having problems connecting. I created…
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Using a Raspberry Pi to manage a bank of several hard drives

I am looking to use a Raspberry Pi as a home file server. I have several hard drives, a Raspberry Pi, an unused computer case, and files that I need to store. I would like to mount all of my hard drives and my Raspberry Pi inside of an empty…
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Large Download Pi Server

I have a raspberry pi 4 (2gb) set up as a file server. I was wondering if it was possible to create a tool, where when I paste a link into some sort of prompt, my raspberry Pi would download the file to it's hard drive. Basically, it would have a…
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Is it better to use NFS or SMB to serve files on a LAN using the Raspi?

I have a Raspberry Pi Model B w/ 256MB of RAM. I want to use it for serving my printer (via CUPS) and some files to my local machine (Mac). But I also want to tinker a bit with it, so I want to have some resources left when I work locally on the…
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Access external HD formatted as Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) from Windows PC

Hi Knowledgeable Interneters! This question has probably been answered somewhere before but i'm an RPi noob and apparently can't figure out the right search terms to find what i'm looking for. I've seen several relevant tutorials but I couldn't tell…
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Raspberry Raid 0 gains

I'm currently using the Pi overclocked to 1GHz on Archlinux running deluge and samba which access a 3TB external USB drive. I plan on buying another identical drive and set it up as a raid 0 configuration (no, I don't care about the data being…
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Can´t upload data via SFTP

I tried to upload a folder on my Raspberry Pi using Cyberduck SFTP, this has ALWAYS worked for me, but now it doesn´t I have no idea why. Thank you in advance.
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Technologies to use in a peer to peer, file sync, high availability, cluster like, backup solution

I've been doing research on how to setup a self host backup high availability solution using raspberry pi's. The biggest requirement is master to master replication and cross platform client support. One thing that is a big focus is that the…
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