Share a network folder

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Dmitry Guketlev2013-06-09 15:27:50

Computer networks

Dmitry Guketlev, 2013-06-09 15:27:50

Task:
There is a server-file-cleaning under Windows in which several hard disks are installed, the space on which is already coming to an end. There is a network NAS. The task is to expand the space on the file storage at the expense of NAS. Ideally, the NAS is connected to a separate interface to the file storage, and is not visible on the main network.

Conditions:
There must be only one entry point for the user, i.e. the option “this folder is available at this address, but this one is different” does not work. Users open the share exactly as \\servername\ and will not be retrained.

Why NAS, and not just buy additional disks in the server? Because:
a) the NAS is already in stock
a) there are no free SATA ports in the server, you need to buy a PCE-E controller

How it was supposed to be solved:
We connect the NAS to the server over the network, connect it as a network drive, create a folder on it, rummage it on the network, everyone is happy. Users type \\servername\, they see folders there, some of which are on the NAS, but they do not know this, everything is transparent to them.

What turned out: It is
impossible to share a folder on a network drive in Windows, or I did not find how.

Total conditions:
Provide the user with the opportunity, by typing \\servername\nasfolder, to get to a folder physically located on the NAS and not on the server. Those. we are sort of proxying the share from the NAS. In this case, both options are acceptable: the NAS is located on the same network as the server and is visible to the user, or it was connected to a separate server interface and is not visible on the public network.

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mysticmirage, 2013-06-09
@mysticmirage

What Windows?
If 7/2008, then you can make a symbolic link to a network share and share the link as an ordinary folder.
mklink /d локальная\папка \\сервер\шара

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Hatifnatt, 2013-06-09
@Hatifnatt

I think iSCSI is a suitable option, unless of course the NAS supports it. Step by Step Guide to Using the iSCSI Initiator

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Puma Thailand, 2013-06-09
@opium

Transfer everything to us and do not use the server as a file dump.

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Evgeny Kunitsyn, 2013-06-10
@LordMerlin

Mount the network folder from the NAS as just a folder in an already shared folder on the server.