Any Linux distros with AFP built-in?

[DRR]

If I could make a fileserver suggestion -

Get an old mac and set that up as your fileserver. Linux is great for people who already know it, and people who want to learn it, but I was in your situation a while ago, trying to salvage a cheap enough solution with old PC parts and linux. It ended up being an exercise in frustration. Just go Mac:

G4 Sawtooth: $100
4 port SATA card: $80
2x500GB SATA drives: $200
Cables, misc: $20

Total: $400 for a TB of storage and 2 free sata ports for future expansion. A mac fileserver is IMO the best cross platform solution. Plays nice with everything, and easily. Can't say that for Win or Linux.

[M A V I C]

[quote DRR]If I could make a fileserver suggestion -

Get an old mac and set that up as your fileserver. Linux is great for people who already know it, and people who want to learn it, but I was in your situation a while ago, trying to salvage a cheap enough solution with old PC parts and linux. It ended up being an exercise in frustration. Just go Mac:

G4 Sawtooth: $100
4 port SATA card: $80
2x500GB SATA drives: $200
Cables, misc: $20

Total: $400 for a TB of storage and 2 free sata ports for future expansion. A mac fileserver is IMO the best cross platform solution. Plays nice with everything, and easily. Can't say that for Win or Linux.
True dat. And, honestly, last night I was shopping for parts and a Mac to do that with. The reasons I'm not going that route are:
1. No Mac made in a really long time has decent support for multiple drives. I can get about four built-in and that's it. I'm looking for something that can take more drives at the least, but preferably in a 5.25" bay so I can put a hot-swap cage in. Maybe putting the guts of a Mac in a PC case would do it but...

2. Lack of PCI SATA RAID controllers. I can't seem to find much in the way of hardware RAID controllers that support SATA and don't require me to get a MacPro to put it in. I want to use a RAID5 for redundancy and it also makes the best use of the drives as compared to JBOD or a RAID1.

[ztirffritz]

instead of Linux try FreeNAS. It installs BSD and a net storage that supports AFP amongst about a half dozen other protocols. It has a nice web interface.

http://www.freenas.org

[M A V I C]

[quote ztirffritz]instead of Linux try FreeNAS. It installs BSD and a net storage that supports AFP amongst about a half dozen other protocols. It has a nice web interface.

http://www.freenas.org
I actually have that installed right now and have for a few days. I've used it once before too. I don't think I'm going to use it though, as it is in alpha/beta stage and has lots of warnings about stability and data integrity. Plus their testing process isn't very good. For example, right now their current release pretty much can't be installed. There's a few threads on their forum about it.