I know that someone has done this, this is very cool because it allows you to install all your games directly to the nas and do other cool stuff too.
Also, i’m wondering if any NAS can do this or is it just one of those niece features that doesn’t really exist?
You need to set up iSCSI
Specifically set up an iscsi target on your Nas then connect to the LUN as if it is a physical disk.
There will be guides on your Nas vendor site (or freenas)
Good luck
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Just FYI on iscsi, it is a single user sort of thing, each computer sees its own drive.
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I know this, just looked it up.
Mainly i will be using my NAS as storage and a backup device
This creates a folder named LinkName
in C:
that is in \\NetworkLocation\LocationName
- CMD as admin
-
mklink /D C:\LinkName \\NetworkLocation\LocationName
This creates a network drive:
- In “This PC”, click on “Computer”
- Click “Map Network Drive”
- Follow the prompt
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This does not work for all programs and games.
I’ve done this in the past and some programs will still see this as a non-local drive and refuse to install on it. I never figured out why and I eventually stopped caring.
It generally works, but with some *
This same thing also happens to not work with the Steam Music Library, it just doesn’t see it as an available drive.
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MS Windows is aware of what is a local drive and what is a network path. Generally if the application uses newer libraries in .NET/C# it can handle UNC paths, but if it relies on older libraries or the non C# based features of .NET and the CLR, it will eventually resolve to a UNC and your mileage may vary.
Quick test is to cd to a link to a UNC using Command Prompt vs PowerShell. PowerShell will handle it no problem but depending on what you are launching, Command Prompt may complain.
Veracrypt container, usually the system sees it as a local disk or mount it as a “removable medium” will then be more like a usb disk. Put the container on the NAS and share it through Samba. Of course, there will be some markup on I / O performance … or iSCSI
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