NASLite Network Attached Storage

I'm about ready to take the plunge, but I have a couple of questions:

1. The 80GB hd in the box I'm going to use (a Shuttle box) is loaded with files (Win XP and various old files I have since transferred and backed up). Do I wipe that drive clean and reformat it?

2. FAT32 or NTFS?

When you first boot up NASLite it will present you with a configuration screen with several options. One of the options is to configure the hard drive and format it. NASLite will format the hard drive for you using the e2fs file system. You will loose all data currently on the drive when you do this.

Then you save your configuration and reboot and the drive will show up as installed and available for use by other computers on your network.

Thanks. I presume NASLite reads all drives and offers to format each? And e2fs (which I'm unfamiliar with) will still show all my files when I access them from different machines on my net? (Like I said, noob questions. . .)

Right, on the config screen it will show "available to configure" for all installed drives. You select which one you want to format, one at a time.

e2fs is a Linux file system. If you map the drive as a network drive in Windows, all your files will appear just like they do in Windows. Same thing on a Mac.

There is downloadable documentation available on the server elements site which can provide you with further information.

Thanks tons. I am now ready to pull the trigger