Chapter 5. Setting Up the Raspberry Pi as a File Server
Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X all use different file systems, and they have different ways of sharing files across a network. On top of all this, you also get network-specific protocols, for example, the ones that are used over the Internet.
If you are wondering which the best one is, you will never find the answer; instead, you should use the technologies that you find most suitable for your application and with which you are most familiar.
Connecting the external storage
The Raspberry Pi does not have a SATA interface, and the only way to connect this storage is by using USB ports. You can further expand the amount of USB ports by attaching a powered USB hub.
Due to the 480 MBps limitation on ...
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