rsync to lacie disk (via samba?)

[Jerahmy Pocott]

Hello,

I'm wanting to use rsync from FreeBSD to some lacie ethernet disks,
they have a number of access options including ftp and windows
file sharing..

Would mounting the shares with samba then using rsync on the mounted
samba share as though it was syncing between two local disks work  
properly?

The other option would be to build the OS on the lacie with rsync and  
ssh,
as it is linux based OS under GPL but I would probably rather not  
have to
mess with it..

Thanks!