2012-07-07, 03:05
Hi,
I want to migrate my video files from my desktop onto my server. I have both Windows Server and Linux VMs and want to leverage encryption on the file system that contains my video files. I want clients to be able to add the videos on my server to their xbmc libraries in a secure way. Ideally I don't want xbmc running on the server and would like to use Windows Server. If I'm running in linux everything has to work through the CLI no GUI or VNC.
I really want to find the best solution that meets the requirements above; here is what I am currently exploring:
• NFS - Problem is I would have to use third party file encryption such as TrueCrypt and after doing some research I'm finding that it might not be a good idea due to the fact that the many clients encrypting files could cause corruption and damage the entire file system.
• Windows Server with BitLocker encryption. Clients would need VPN access to the network to add the shared video directory. Problem is I don't know if this would work for non-Windows clients and while I'm not anticipating any at the moment I want to keep my options open.
• I see that xbmc has the option to add videos from SMB and this could be a viable solution as I understand this is well supported for non-Windows clients but I'm a bit unsure as how to set this up.
Any help or suggestions is appreciated!
Thanks
I want to migrate my video files from my desktop onto my server. I have both Windows Server and Linux VMs and want to leverage encryption on the file system that contains my video files. I want clients to be able to add the videos on my server to their xbmc libraries in a secure way. Ideally I don't want xbmc running on the server and would like to use Windows Server. If I'm running in linux everything has to work through the CLI no GUI or VNC.
I really want to find the best solution that meets the requirements above; here is what I am currently exploring:
• NFS - Problem is I would have to use third party file encryption such as TrueCrypt and after doing some research I'm finding that it might not be a good idea due to the fact that the many clients encrypting files could cause corruption and damage the entire file system.
• Windows Server with BitLocker encryption. Clients would need VPN access to the network to add the shared video directory. Problem is I don't know if this would work for non-Windows clients and while I'm not anticipating any at the moment I want to keep my options open.
• I see that xbmc has the option to add videos from SMB and this could be a viable solution as I understand this is well supported for non-Windows clients but I'm a bit unsure as how to set this up.
Any help or suggestions is appreciated!
Thanks