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Mar
3rd

Making a software RAID1 under FreeNAS (video)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

These two videos show how to set up a software RAID1 under FreeNAS. If you’re wondering what RAID1 means, RAID1 uses mirroring to write data to for instance two drives. This means that when you write a file or save … Continue reading &#8594…


Mar
1st

Available: FreeNAS 8.0 RC2

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

iXsystems has announced FreeNAS RC2. Josh Paetzel writes: I uploaded RC2 to Sourceforge Friday and am just getting around to an announcement now, some health issues prevented me from gettin as much computer time as I would’ve liked this weekend. …


Feb
21st

Available: FreeNAS 8.0-RC1

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

iXsystems has released FreeNAS 8.0 RC1. This RC provides a number of enhancements over previous Beta snapshots that have been released. The files can be downloaded from the SourceForge FreeNAS-8 page. More than just a huge jump in version numbers. F…


Feb
15th

“RAIDZilla”, a FreeNAS based, advanced featured NAS appliance

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

FreeNAS 8 is shaping up nicely (FreeNAS 8.0-BETA available) and developers at iXsystems are putting in a lot of time and work into it. Apart from working on the software side, iXsystems also offers a FreeNAS based appliance, the iX-2120. … Contin…


Feb
14th

Available: New FreeNAS 8 snapshot (r5788)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

The guys from iXsystems have released a new beta snapshot for FreeNAS 8. This image based on r5788 of the SVN repo is very close to being Release Candidate status. Some of the highlights and new additions are: The TreeMenu GUI is … Continue rea…


Feb
8th

Android FreeNAS App Updated

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Walter of the TechWave Dev team has announced a new version of the Android based mFreeNAS 7. The application’s name was previously known as MobileFreeNAS. This application allows you to control your FreeNAS Server within your local network. Suppo…


Jan
7th

Series on 2011 development of FreeBSD based O/S

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Next week I’ll be posting a number of posts on what project founders and developers are planning this year for some FreeBSD based operating systems. I’ll be posting on PC-BSD, pfSense, m0n0wall, HeX, MaheshaBSD, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and mayb…


Jan
5th

FreeNAS for beginners: What it can and cannot do

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

FreeNAS for beginners: What it can and cannot do gives a quick summary of FreeNAS, the protocols it supports and what it can do. All pretty general, but there are some interesting links included, e.g. How do I configure RSync … Continue reading &…


Dec
6th

New FreeNAS beta snapshot released (r5648)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Warner Losh has announced a new beta snapshot for FreeNAS 8.0 Here’s a highlight of the issues that have been fixed since the last beta (r5606): Upgrades from prior FreeNAS 8 beta releases are now supported. zfs creation failures have … Con…


Nov
22nd

Released: FreeNAS 8 (Beta)

Author: Gerard | Files under syndicated

Warner Losh, of iXsystems, announced last week the availability of FreeNAS 8. Since there were some issues with the initial beta, ensure you’re downloading the latest version (r5605). Warner writes: “iXsystems is pleased to announced FreeNAS 8.Special …