Network Attached Storage News and Reviews
I found a new tutorial about installing and using FreeNAS. FreeNAS is one of the most popular NAS specific software distributions around. Of course, it is free to download and use. It is very full featured. If you have … [Read more...]
Here is a tip teaching how to restore FreeNAS to the default configuration using SSH in case you lose access to the web based interface: cp /data/factory-v1.db /data/freenas-v1.db && reboot This will … [Read more...]
Looking for alternatives to FreeNAS? If for whatever reason you're not interested in FreeNAS but are looking to set up your personal NAS, there's a post over on TechShout that you might want to take a look at. There … [Read more...]
I recently ran across a series of blog entries on FreeNAS testing for speeds and such, located at a blog by a guy named Jake. His first post on the subject was pretty negative about FreeNAS in general, but it looks like … [Read more...]
Still trying to decide between UnRaid and FreeNAS? Another thread recently cropped up on Overclock.net regarding the two, specifically deciding between the free version of UnRaid and the obviously free FreeNAS. The … [Read more...]
Joe Paetzel has written a script and instructions for backing up a FreeNas server to a remote machine. The method uses Rsync so that only the changes to the files need to be transmitted after the first backup is … [Read more...]
PCWorld has published a guide to advanced FreeNAS server configurations. This article is something of a follow-on to their earlier article about how to turn an old PC into a modern server. In the new article, they take … [Read more...]
For those of you familiar with the Linux/BSD file backup tool, Rsync, you know that it is among the speediest tools available to synchronize directories whether on the same machine or across a LAN to another computer or … [Read more...]