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I'm "use NFS forfilesharing" old. what's the current optimal solution for shared drives if I have like 3 linux machines in the house? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I recently replaced an ancient laptop with a slightly less ancient one.

host for backups for three other machines
serve files I don't necessarily need on the new machine
relatively lightweight - "server" is ~15 years old
relatively simple - I'd rather not manage a dozen docker containers.
internal-facing
does NOT need to handle Android and friends. I can use sync-thing for that if I need to.

Left to my own devices I'd probably rsync for 90% of that, but I'd like to try something a little more pointy-clicky or at least transparent in my dotage.

Edit: Not SAMBA (I freaking hate trying to make that work)

Edit2: for the young'uns: NFS (linux "network filesystem")

Edit 3: LAN only. I may set up a VPN connection one day but it’s not currently a priority. (edited post to reflect questions)

Last Edit: thanks, friends, for this discussion! I think based on this I'll at least start with NFS + my existing backups system (Mint's thing, which is I think just a gui in front of rcync). May play w/ modern SAMBA if I have extra time.

Ill continue to read the replies though - some interesting ideas.

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 3 months ago (22 children)

NFS is the best option if you only need to access the shared drives over your LAN. If you want to mount them over the internet, there's SSHFS.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I agree, NFS is eazy peazy, livin greazy.

I have an old ds211j synology for backup. I just can't bring myself to replace it, it still works. However, it doesn't support zfs. I wish I could get another Linux running on this thing.

However, NFS does work on it and is so simple and easy to lock down, it works in a ton of corner cases like mine.

[–] antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

NFS is easy as long as you use very basic access control. When you want NFSv4 with Kerberos auth you're entering a world of pain and tears.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't use access control, I lock down with networking and filters.

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