Comments on: Build Your Own Open Source NAS Device Using FreeNAS – Part 1

By: david w

david w — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:08:03 +0000

hey man…….before i attempt this …can use this on a mac??? i have the mac-pro running the most current osx?? thanks d

By: kishan

kishan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:20:24 +0000

i have never attemt to server setup but ur guidance will definetely boost my energy to do that so. i would like learn more about ur 2nd part. its very usefull to learner.

By: Iain McCabe

Iain McCabe — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:25:59 +0000

This is my first attempt at server setup. Followed instructions and installed to hard drive. Server has 4 drives installed and I have full access to the 2nd 3rd and 4th but cannot use the 1st drive which has the OS installation. As this is a 250gb drive, fairly wasteful. So can the primary (OS) drive also be used for data ? Sorry if I am missing the obvious. Thanks

By: jan geirnaert

jan geirnaert — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:28:18 +0000

hi, looks interesting and certainly a good alternative to the ubuntu fileserver which might be a bit more complicated for some users. I won’t even mention the windows based server systems… which are simple not reliable enough, too much overkill, and ble ble ble..

By: Grant

Grant — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:02:22 +0000

Hi,

Is there a way to create a single share with multiple disks (not raid)? I’ve just added a second disk

By: David Lawlor

David Lawlor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:38:59 +0000

Allan-

The real value of the DIY is that it works reliably on some really old equipment, I recently set one up on a Pentium 4 that was destined for the trash heap. Usually you are more limited by the FreeBSD OS that FreeNAS is built on so if you have an old PC that can run FreeBSD you should be fine. If your looking for definitive configs out there, the FreeNAS wiki has some and there are others in their forum.

http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_openwiki&Itemid=30&id=freenas_users_hardware

Hope that helps,
Dave

By: Allan White

Allan White — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:55:37 +0000

I only have a moment, but will check back later: any suggested hardware configs? I’m really tempted by the DIY route.

By: Lers

Lers — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:53:57 +0000

Hi Dave,

I have to say, excellent article… I managed to set up Samba and Transmission (bittorent client) in no time using your second guide…
You made my day…
Incredible what you can do with an old Celeron 1Ghz, 512MB 133Mhz SDRAM, IDE CDROM, 2×10GB IDE HDD (for testing for now) and a 128MB USB stick… I’m booting off CDROM for now… As I said, I’m just playing with it…
Thanks again…

By: Dave Lawlor

Dave Lawlor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:07:18 +0000

Gary – I am glad you like it, the 2nd part should be up now and you can find it at
http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/build-your-own-open-source-nas-device-using-freenas-part-2/2009-01-05/

Tyler- You are correct I did not go into some of the more advanced features as I have to keep my articles around 1000 words and like to keep them targeted to a larger audience. You do sound like you know quite a bit, if you are interested in writing an article that goes further into the subject please contact Kasia at the “Contact Me” form, she is always interested in new authors.

Dave

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:13:59 +0000

Hi,

I’m currently trying to set up a home NAS and have already downloaded and burned a copy of FreeNas. Your article is ABSOLUTELY perfect for me. When will part 2 be ready? Thank you so much!

Gary

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:27:56 +0000

Yes it is nice Gary but he did not talk about HA or auto failover of his vm’s and virtual sans for better utilization and energy saving.

By: Gary Sims

Gary Sims — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:51:53 +0000

Great post. I have blogged about it on the LearnFreeNAS.com web site.

Thanks, Gary.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:50:27 +0000

there is also xtravirts XVS free virtual san software
http://engineering.xtravirt.com/products/phd-technologies/xtravirt-virtual-san.html

The Xtravirt Virtual SAN appliance for VMware ESX3 Server is a free solution to provide the benefits of shared VMFS storage without the cost of a SAN. Utilises otherwise unused local storage in the ESX server to facilitate enterprise level features such as vMotion, DRS and HA.

All volume data is synchronously replicated between hosts, providing full fail-over capability with data integrity in the event of host, disk or appliance failure. The appliance has been designed to be as easy to configure as possible, and full documentation is provided.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:59:42 +0000

I have a copy of Datacore Sanmelody lite $99 I have never set up a san I want to use vmware HA options to vmotion my live vm’s from one box to another