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FreeThinker
8Mb of RAM
Age: 22
Joined: 01 Apr 2010
Posts: 12
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| Looking to make a NAS any ideas aside from FreeNas that are free? Also out of curiosity anyone know if FreeNas can work on an ESXi box because I'm going make one?
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Jalec
128Mb of RAM
Age: 29
Joined: 16 May 2007
Posts: 152
Location: Philly
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Openfiler. Does ISCSI. I havent had a chance to build mine yet but i am excited about the possibilities.
Another option is to replace your router with one you can hang a USB drive off of. You get what you pay for on this as not all routers are created equal.
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satanklawz
1Gb of RAM
Age: 30
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Posts: 1078
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| OpenSolaris, zfs and then iSCSI
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Even stupid animals learn when behaviors are painful.
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LoKi
16Mb of RAM
Age: 23
Joined: 06 Jan 2009
Posts: 16
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| agreed, built openfiler for work and its pretty slick.
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FreeThinker
8Mb of RAM
Age: 22
Joined: 01 Apr 2010
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| Sorry for delayed Thanks! I have to hop back on this project I'm just cramped for space in my current home and I dont have a nice climate controlled area in place all of my devices
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Flux
Fairest princess of them all
Age: 28
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 384
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Flux
Fairest princess of them all
Age: 28
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 384
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| Just got the hardware for a HomeNAS. I started with ubuntu and ebox on top, but I've quickly moved to FreeNAS. It has made some big leaps, now supporting both target and initiator for iSCSI.
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satanklawz
1Gb of RAM
Age: 30
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Posts: 1078
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I got a drobo!  16TB
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Flux
Fairest princess of them all
Age: 28
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 384
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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I just looked at this. Looks interesting, but my only concern is this magic black box that has some magic fairy dust that protects my data. That would put me a little on edge to buy it. But other than that it looks like a cool system. And it's got a very decent price point.
-John
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satanklawz
1Gb of RAM
Age: 30
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
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Well, so does other RAID  It just does a better job at the allocation. The speed is pretty good too. So, with other RAID, if your controller dies then so does the data. Think of the drobo as the controller. At least, that's my perspective.
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Flux
Fairest princess of them all
Age: 28
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 384
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| I guess you have a point. I haven't really done much in the way of fooling with hardware RAID-5. Most of my experience is with software mode RAID. Like I was saying about price point. It's nice, but I was able to get my system down to 250, and I had some drives. It fit my needs. hehe
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satanklawz
1Gb of RAM
Age: 30
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Posts: 1078
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| Cant argue the price point
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