NAS Storage Server

Creating a free ISCSI SAN with FreeNAS (video)

Gerard — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:21:43 +0000

This video shows how to configure a iSCSI Target on FreeNAS for VMWare ESXi 5.0. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Creating a free iSCSI SAN (software-based iSCSI Server) with FreeNAS 8.0 and connect to it via VMware vSphere 5.0. Creating a [...]

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Building an Ultra-Low-Power File Server with the Trim-Slice

Gerard — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:55:44 +0000

“As an experiment, and finally to get rid of that large, inefficient and ugly tower case, I decided to use the new Trim-Slice as the base for an ultra-low-power, ultra-small replacement file server. The Trim-Slice is built on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform, and the specific model I purchased features a 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex [...]

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OpenMediaVault 0.3.0.3 Beta. Browse shared folders (video)

Gerard — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:06:46 +0000

Volker Theile announced a small update to the 0.3 beta of OpenMediaVault. He has also released a video showing how to browse shared folders: [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] OpenMediaVault 0.3.0.3 Beta. Browse shared folders (video) is a post [...]

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Synology unveils RackStation RS2212+ and RS2212RP+

Gerard — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:01:54 +0000

Synology has launched RackStation RS2212+ and RS2212RP+, the reliable 10-bay rack mount NAS servers designed with seamless scalability for small and medium businesses. “Synology RS2212+ and RS2212RP+, the newest addition to the Plus Series line-up, are a highly dependable and scalable solution for small and medium business owners. It delivers high system availability and storage capacity [...]

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OpenMediaVault NAS walk through (video)

Gerard — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:07:51 +0000

This is a review of OpenMediaVault by quidsup OMV is a Linux system that comes complete with all the tools for creating your own Network Attached Storage (NAS) System. Open Media Vault can be run as a headless server (computer with no keyboard / screen connected). All configuration can be done via a WebGUI interface. It’s [...]

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FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA3 available for testing

Gerard — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:55:19 +0000

Josh Paetzel, who leads the FreeNAS team at iXsystems, announced that he’s uploaded FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA3. If you download from BETA2 work there shouldn’t be any problems, however, plugins that worked in BETA2 will stop working. You’ll want to use the plugins in the BETA3 directory with this beta, don’t mix and match. Notable highlights are: a complete refactor [...]

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Development Release: FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2

Gerard — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:20:47 +0000

It’s been a long road, and it’s not anywhere close to being done, but FreeNAS is a step closer to a release with (PBI) plugins and streaming multimedia support. On behalf of the FreeNAS development team at iXsystems Josh Paetzel announced FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2. To view the changes since BETA1, check the full release announcement. Development Release: FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2 is a post from: [...]

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OpenMediaVault 0.3 – New features (videos)

Gerard — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:24:57 +0000

Volker Teile has uploaded two news videos to show us( or is it to tease?), what new features we can expect from the upcoming OpenMediaVault 0.3. You will see improved Power Management Cron jobs Access right management Rsync Certificates Shared Folders [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog [...]

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Interview with FreeNAS developer (FLOSS Weekly 198)

Gerard — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:22:39 +0000

twit.tv has an hour long interview (FLOSS 198) with James T. Nixon III from the FreeNAS team, where they discuss the history, FreeNAS 8 and things to come. For a general FreeNAS 8 introduction, check out James’ a FreeNAS presentation at EuroBSD Con 2011, Exploring FreeNAS 8. Interview with FreeNAS developer (FLOSS Weekly 198) is [...]

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OpenFiler Installation Tutorial

Gerard — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:13:15 +0000

If you’re interested in setting up OpenFiler, check out this 9:04 minutes video created by spconroy, showing step-by-step how to install OpenFiler in Oracle VirtualBox. OpenFiler Installation Tutorial About OpenFiler: Openfiler is an open source Network Storage solution including many features such as High Availability, NFS Exports, iSCSI Luns, and SMB Shares. OpenFiler was created by Xinit Systems, [...]

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