Hardware for NAS/NFS?

[Rob Byrnes]

Not exactly a NAS, is it .....


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:57 AM, Matt Bettinger <iamatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 For netapp under support with flash cache etc.
> On May 26, 2014 9:07 AM, "Vinícius Ferrão" <ferrao at if.ufrj.br> wrote:
>
> > +1 for FreeNAS instead of NAS4Free.
> >
> > On May 26, 2014, at 4:18, Jeremy Boy <mail at jboy.eu> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > My home server has the following configuration:
> > > - Intel DN2800MTE (with onboard Atom CPU)
> > > - 2 x 2 GB SODIMM-DDR3
> > > - 2 x 2 TB WD RED
> > > - be quiet! Pure Power CM BQT L8-430W
> > > - CoolerMaster Elite 130
> > >
> > > Which runs a ZFS file system under 10-STABLE and needs about 20W.
> > >
> > > Do you know FreeNAS? I installed it on el-cheapo-hardware in several
> > schools I worked in. It also supports ZFS.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > >
> > > Am 26.05.2014 um 06:43 schrieb Thomas Mueller <
> mueller6724 at bellsouth.net
> > >:
> > >
> > >> Following two Western Digital hard drives going bad, one internal SATA
> > and one external USB 3.0, 3 TB each, I am looking for a replacement that
> > would permit access from more than one computer at one time, and also be
> > usable for PXE/netboot.
> > >>
> > >> I now have two computers, and cable Internet with TP-Link wireless
> > router that does not have a USB port.
> > >>
> > >> I might want to mount a file system by NFS.
> > >>
> > >> Ability to boot by PXE (network) would also be highly desirable.
> > >>
> > >> One product that I might be interested in is Seagate Central, but
> there
> > are other possibilities.  Seagate Central has Ethernet connection and
> also
> > USB 2.0 port, not as good as USB 3.0, but still much faster than network
> > connection (?).
> > >>
> > >> There are other NAS products out there, and I notice there is a tiny
> > FreeBSD distribution NAS4free, based on FreeBSD 9.2, though I might need
> it
> > to be based on FreeBSD >= 10.0.
> > >>
> > >> I am curious what hardware setup NAS4free might be used on, though I
> am
> > not decided as to using NAS4free or trying to build something like it for
> > FreeBSD >= 10.0.
> > >>
> > >> Tom
> > >>
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