Looking for suggestions on NAS share setup

[HDClown]

I've got a QNaP TS-459 Pro and I'm undecided on how to setup the shares. It's just Linux/Samba under the hood, so keep that in mind.

The type of files I've got: programs, movies, tv pictures, home videos, music, personal data from laptops/desktops

Those are the major categories. There's just my wife and I who access the NAS, so I don't need to do a ton of restrictions. It's really just limiting the write access to my wife to certain shares, don't want her messing stuff up.

Looking for peoples feedback on what samba shares they have setup and why they chose that route

 

[JeffBlair]

Well, for my home network I have root access to all of my shares, since I'm the only one using it.
As for the directory's, I have them all shared separately, so I have each one mapped to a different drive.
Movies
TV
programs(games/apps)
Music
Completed Torrent's

That gives you an idea at least. And, if someone comes over, and wants to watch a move, I don't have to tell them to drill down 3 directory's. Just tell them to go to the M: drive and pick something out.

 

[ethraax]

Perhaps something similar to this would work:

/bulk/Backups/%COMPUTER NAME%

/bulk/Media/Applications/
/bulk/Media/Books/
/bulk/Media/Games/
/bulk/Media/Movies/
/bulk/Media/Music/
/bulk/Media/TV/

/bulk/Personal/

Basically, I would separate your media files (anything that's open to the public, like books/movies/shows/music/etc. Home videos don't fall into this category), your backup files (if you're running backups), and your personal data. As a general rule of thumb, if it's not your original work, it goes in Media. If it's something that you're only going to touch if your computer dies, it goes in Backups. Otherwise, it goes in Personal.

 

[HDClown]

enthraax question on your suggestions. What are the actual Samba share points? Is it the first level (/bulk) or the second level (/Backups, /Media, Personal)

 

[ethraax]

Oh, sorry. I have it set up so there's a share for each top-level folder. So you'd have a Backup drive, Media drive, and Personal drive, if you mapped them. I have it that way to enforce permissions easier, though (my fileserver is a bit more public, with about 5 named users and a couple generic ones). If you're using a one-password-fits-all system, perhaps it would be easier to just mount the root folder /bulk/.