A Look at FreeNAS Server

NewsForge (Also owned by VA) has a quick look at FreeNAS, an open source network attached storage server that can be deployed on pretty much any old PC you have sitting around the house. From the article: "The software, which is based on FreeBSD, Samba, and PHP, includes an operating system that supports various software RAID models and a Web user interface. The server supports access from Windows machines, Apple Macs, FTP, SSH, and Network File System (NFS), and it takes up less than 16MB of disk space on a hard drive or removable media."

walmart

[Anonymous Coward]

Tell me why we don't see cheap network appliances at Walmart

Because that's just what the meth addict with mismatched shoes and $50 worth of pork rinds in his cart is really looking for at 3am.

Re:NAS

[Anonymous Coward]

I had to rebuild my array on my file server, which is 700 gigabytes. It has 4 250 gig drives

That sure is a lot of p0rn. You might want to get some help.

Re:NAS

[0racle]

Everyone always assumes a huge datastore at home is for porn. It's just as likely that its for illegal downloads. Those movies and series take up a hell of a lot of space.

Network card troubles

[daybot]

One thing to watch while doing the initial configuration is that the FreeNAS server doesn't do any auto assignment of the network card. I assumed that since I only had one network card, it would automatically be assigned as the network card for the system. I was wrong. I only realised the problem after an hour of checking connections and cables. You must assign the network card as laid out in the "LAN interface and IP configuration" section of the user guide.

heh, RTFM!