Network/systems infrastructure based on Lacie Hardware

[Adams93]

Hi all,

I apologize for the eventual mistakes, I'm still learning english ;-).

I am in my second year of cloud computing and IT security study.

Two years ago, I got a Lacie Network Space 2 without hard drive. Helped by my teacher, I setup your OS on it to make of it a powerful and flexible NAS. It was pretty good. Having a ssh and linux environment… :)

This year I have to make a little network and systems infrastructure for my annual project school. I’ll describe it later. To be inventive and have a better mark, I choose Lacie for computer's hardware.

So, this network infrastructure is designed for a developers team. Four machines will constitute it (Firewall, server deposits, server for documentations, backup server). I want to do it in this way:

1) A firewall, named London, on a Lacie Wireless Space with OpenBSD. It will be used as router, DHCP server too. It will enabled the other network’s computers to communicate between them and outwardly (WAN) in security.

2) A deposits server for developers, named Paris, on a Lacie Cloudbox with a linux distribution.

3) An other called Madrid for the technical and user documentation on a Lacie Network Space 2 with a linux distribution too. (Exactly like I had done for the NAS but without the services preinstalled: torrent client, network share, etc… ).

4) And the last called NewYork that will be used like a storage server on a RAID 1 (mirroring) Lacie Network Space MAX with OpenBSD for OS.

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Aptitude in preference or another package manager have to be installed on Paris and Madrid.

I have already bought London (Lacie Wireless Space), Paris (Lacie Cloudbox) and Madrid (Lacie Network Space 2) but not NewYork. I'm scanning small ads for that :-).

I would like to know if « Wake On Lan » is enabled by their motherboard (for all of them) ?

Are the Lacie Network Space 2 and the Lacie CloudBox really different or it’s just a colors’ stuff ?

Can you tell me what I have to do to setup the OSs for Paris and Madrid (on their respective machine)?
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I thank you for reading this long post and for helping me!

Regards, Adam.

[fvdw]

Thanks for you feedback and I am glad to hear that our firmware did help you in your study. :-D


some answers on your questions.

I would like to know if « Wake On Lan » is enabled by their motherboard (for all of them) ?

The wireless space and cloudbox I don't know, possibly the cloudbox has it there is in the kernel setup file some evidence that it might have hardware WOL.
The nwsp2 doesn't have have hardware WOL. The WOl feature we have in our firmware fake's WOL by running a small daemon at boot that waits for magic packet and then continues the boot script. So cpu and NIC are up and running all the time only har disk is spinned down. Thats not really WOL as it supposed to be. Also the lacie firmware uses the same setup as the mainboard (NIC) has no hardware WOL.

Are the Lacie Network Space 2 and the Lacie CloudBox really different or it’s just a colors’ stuff ?

they are really different, they have different mainboard and cpu. The cloudbox has 1 ghz cpu while nwsp has 8000 mHz one.
The mainboard of the cloudbox doesn't have usb connectors. Also the boot loader is different but it supports the old lacie setup as well, so our firmware runs on it.

Can you tell me what I have to do to setup the OSs for Paris and Madrid (on their respective machine)?

Seems you want to use them as file servers, what files storage services do you want to run on those servers, only samba ? or also ftp, nfs..??
if it is only file serving then our firmware is ok you just disable the other features. the users will then only see the file servers on the network.
I assume you want to define mutiple users.
our newer versions use a recent linux kernel 93.9.5) and glibc 2.17. In version 15-1 some more upgrades are planned.
If you want to develop the servers yourself then there are many options but it will be not so easy to setup in short time.

[Adams93]

Thank you for that all information on WOL and the difference between two boxes Cloudbox and NWSP2. :)

Seems you want to use them as file servers, what files storage services do you want to run on those servers, only samba ? or also ftp, nfs..??
if it is only file serving then our firmware is ok you just disable the other features. the users will then only see the file servers on the network.
I assume you want to define mutiple users.
our newer versions use a recent linux kernel 93.9.5) and glibc 2.17. In version 15-1 some more upgrades are planned.
If you want to develop the servers yourself then there are many options but it will be not so easy to setup in short time.

For "Paris" (CloudBox -> deposits server) :

• Git service

• SSH service of course

• Netfilter (IPTABLES)

• Maybe other...

For "Madrid" (NWSP2 -> technical and user documentation) :

• Apache service

• Mysql service

• Netfilter (IPTABLES)

• SSH service of course

• Maybe other...

For these two boxes :

• A package manager are installed, "Aptitude" in preference (because it manages dependencies better than apt-get).

For these two boxes, if i have a clean version of linux (for example Debian) without all NAS services, i can install my package myself (apache, mysql, etc...). But how long will the installation of debian? (for example).

It's more faster and better to install a debian version or install your alternative system and deactivate all service before install my services?

Do you have please a document / URL explaining me how to install (your alternative system or other system) on these boxes?
(Partitioning a hard drive, format type, etc).

Thank you for your help!

[fvdw]

For these two boxes, if i have a clean version of linux (for example Debian) without all NAS services, i can install my package myself (apache, mysql, etc...). But how long will the installation of debian? (for example).

Sorry but I have no idea how long that takes, I never installed Debian. You will need aversion that runs on ARM9 cpu prsent in these devices.

It's more faster and better to install a debian version or install your alternative system and deactivate all service before install my services?

As said I have no experience with Debian. if you succeed with debian isnatll you will still need to install the applications you wan to use and maybe some tools to configure them. For example apache is nice but you will need to write a web interface that apace can load.

Do you have please a document / URL explaining me how to install (your alternative system or other system) on these boxes?
(Partitioning a hard drive, format type, etc).

Yes these are in the download topic of this forum

[Adams93]

I first tried to install the firmware on the cloudbox using the FVDW-SL console but its not working.

The process to install the cloudbox (manually, by partitioning the hard drive) is it similar to Lacie Network Space v2?

Quick question, my cloudbox has a USB port is this normal? In this description cloudbox doesn't have.
http://lacie.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:CloudBox

Thanks for you'r help !

[Jocko]

Hi adam93,

Maybe you have an ISP 1 (also white casing). where is the USB port ? (front or back side)

Why did you think have a cloudbox ?

[Adams93]

Indeed, I was wrong, I checked and it is the Lacie Internet Space 2!
The firmware supports this model?

The USB is on the back side.

URL : http://assistance.orange.fr/installer-l ... -3155.php#

[Jocko]

Currently, no member tried to use the firmware on a ISP2.

I think it requires a new kernel, fvdw can confirm that.

[Adams93]

Ok :(
fvdw ?

i have another problem. On the installation of the firmware for a LNWS2 on the HDD.
i explain, in the installation guide, it is said that the first hard disk partition must start at 1. But my Hard disk offers me only 2048.

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root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# fdisk /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb9402a99

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
   p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
   e   extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
First sector (2048-1953525167, default 2048):


what should I do?

[fvdw]

you have that problem because you use fdisk in sector mode you should use cylinder mode use the "u" command to switch form sector to cylinder mode.

About ISP2. The kernel for nwsp2 also support the ISP2, at least I enabled it, I never tested it because I don't have a ISP2
So just try it.