Hello everyone.

Recently I moved from Win7 to Ubuntu 10.04

Everything on the unraid server works fine in windows, but I am wondering what should be done to optimize unraid to serve media to a linux system.

Of note, it will still continue serving to a Win7 media center.

So you're using a Ubuntu client machine instead of a Windows client machine for the first time?

 

I would suggest using NFS shares if you are not already - other than that, there's not much else that applies.

Hi,

 

I'm currently using Ubuntu 10.04 as a client, mainly XBMC (UnRAID is the media server). It works just fine. As long as your network speed is up to par, it does the trick.

 

I also have several Windows clients and a Mac client. All work with SMB, but I installed AFP for the Mac.

 

Good luck,

del

Same here - did nothing special and my XBMC boxes all access the server fine over SMB. I use UNC naming for shares and it all just works - no mounts or anything...

Yes, new Ubuntu client, moved from Win7 on the desktop.

Thanks for the help, guys..

What is the best way to enable NFS?

Also, when I type //tower into firefox, it is unable to find the server, like it did in windows. The only way to bring up the management page is to type in the IP. is there any better way to do that?

 

For you Ubuntu guys, do you have your unraid shares automatically mounted in ubuntu? if so, what is the best way to go about doing that?

 

Here's how to create the NFS shares on your Unraid server : http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ#How_do_I_configure_NFS_mounts.3F

 

Here's a good guide for accessing them from your Ubuntu client : http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ubuntu-linux-nfs-client-configuration-to-mount-nfs-share.html

 

Good luck!

Using SMB shares for Ubuntu isn't bad.

 

Sure NFS is "better" in that it is what real Linux servers use, but I use SMB to stream to my Linux XBMC box all the time.

 

I mean think about it- SMB is designed to approximate Window's proprietary sharing standard so Linux machines can work with Windows machines. But that means Linux SAMBA can share things to itself in a way it understands: aka the same Linux SAMBA service running on two different Linux boxes should do a good job of talking to each other.

 

I find that WAY better than messing with NFS, because there is no GUI for configuring NFS. You mess with NFS means you mess with fstab and the like (like all Linux was in 2000), with SAMBA you apt-get one service and you are done. When you mess with Fstab, that means if your server if off your Linux HTPC will throw up tons of errors.

 

NFS is great to locally mount a Linux drive on a machine that needs max speeds. Unraid's SMB implementation can stream the meanest Blu Ray rip on the planet. If you need more than SMB, then honestly you need more than Unraid.....