Xraid with windows

[kojak61]

I have a Mac Pro which I want to use as server to allow Xraid to be used as storage for windows and mac machines. How do I do this? I have the xraid connect to the mac via fibre channel. The drives are mounted to the Mac pro. I can ping both the xraid and Mac pro. Machines must connect using cat 5.

 

[keeleysam]

Enable file sharing on the Mac and use FTP or Samba to access the mount.

 

[ViRGE]

keeleysam's solution will work fine for a small network. For a larger network where you need many user accounts and strong access controls, you'd need to bump up the Mac's OS to OS X Server (10-client is $500, unlimited client is $1000).

 

[kojak61]

I guess I am going to have to go server. I can't see the mounts from windows.

 

[ViRGE]

That's not a server thing. If you've turned on SMB sharing you should be able to see them. Have you tried accessing them by IP address?

 

[kojak61]

I can only see the directories of the user I login as on the mac pro. The Xraid mounted drives do not show up. The Xraid can only be accessed using fibre channel. I have use the mac pro as a server.

 

[ViRGE]

Ahh, I get what you're saying. In this case I concur, it seems Apple has limited SMB sharing on the non-server version to local drives only.

 

[kojak61]

I now have server installed. I have setup the shares. How do I access the shares from a mac and pc?

 

[kojak61]

I don't see file sharing in the sharing folder. How do enable sharing?

 

[ViRGE]

You need to use the server admin/preferences application.

 

[kojak61]

I have the shares setup using server admin. How do access them from another pc or mac? The server barely shows up in mac network and windows does not see it at all.

 

[kojak61]

When I did the server os install I did the advance server install. Should have done it differently? I only want this mac pro and xraid to act like a file server. It does not need to do anything else. It would be nice if it could use active directory accounts.

 

[kojak61]

When I look under sharing, file sharing is not there.

 

[kojak61]

Found out I had start the services. I wanted it to be able to use windows domain accounts, but it only allows login using local accounts. Any ideas? I can see the shares otherwise on windows or mac.