Network Attached Storage News, Reviews, and Information
This post has been around for a while, but there is a nice writeup at techradar.com about how to make a FreeNAS server using the ZFS file system. The post has good screen shots and deals with the issue of having old hard drives with different sizes, yet wanting to use them all to create as an efficient a storage pool as possible:
Read more »The important part of creating your storage pool is working out how to arrange your drives for best effect.
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Samkear.com has a nice post complete with parts lists and photos about building a small FreeNAS storage device. The writer specifically compares his build to a commercial build available at http://www.ixsystems.com/storage/ix/home-office-storage/freenas-mini.html, the "FreeNAS™ Mini".
Some interesting hardware choices in the do it yourself build:
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Form Factor 4 Bay Mini ITX Chassis with 4 Hot Swap Bays Processor Low Power Intel Dual Core Memory 8GB DDR3 (2 x 4GB) Network Onboard Gigabit Raid Support RAID-Z/RAID-Z2 Storage Capacity Available in 4/8/12TB Power Supply 200 Watt Dimensions 8.5″W x 12.5 “D x 8.0 “H Parts List
Below is a list of all the components you will need to build the mini NAS.
Catn.com has the beginning of a series comparing the three NAS operating systems - Openindiana, Nexantastor and FreeNAS. All three NAS operating systems feature availability of the ZFS file system which some believe is perfect for NAS devices.
This part of the series describes the three possibilities and then concentrates on FreeNAS with some speed testing supplied.…
Read more »I'ts not often that one of the old school "mainstream" publications gives any significant space to one of the free NAS distributions that allow you to turn a PC into a NAS. PCWorld has just posted an article that outlines how to do just that with an old PC and FreenNAS.…
Read more »Scribd has an interesting article with a comprehensive guide (with many screen shots) showing how to setup a FreeNAS NAS with the ability to access your files from anywhere that has internet access.
This guide is somewhat mis-titled because although it covers how to setup internet access to your FreeNAS device, it also covers how to install FreeNAS, configure shares etc.…
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Version 8.2 Beta 3 of the free NAS operating software (based on BSD) FreeNAS has been released. Changes since Beta 2 are listed below:
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GUI
- A major refactoring of the plugin structure has been done.
iSCSI
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- Target reload is now supported for adding and removing (but not changing) targets on the fly.
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