New Unofficial FreeNAS Android App
Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place to mention this, but here goes... I've developed a simple Android app which uses the API of FreeNAS 9.3:...
View ArticleFreeNAS Official Download Server Slow?
It took me about three hours to download the latest 9.3 stable release, so to save others some time I've set up some torrents of FreeNAS 9.3 Stable and 10.3 Alpha. Currently seeding on a 500Mbps uplink...
View ArticleWhy rsync errors if it's off??????
Mar 16 00:01:15 mellonas rsync: rsync: failed to connect to 10.10.10.210 (10.10.10.210): Operation timed out (60) Mar 16 00:01:15 mellonas rsync: rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at...
View ArticleVirtualize FreeNAS on VMWare ESXi 6 on HP Microserver Gen8 for home NAS
0. Overview There are many posts and articles about this topic with detail tutorials and guides already; however, in this post, I just want to address the specific topic for those who want a simplest...
View ArticleBlog image links broken
The images on all but the most recent blog post are broken. I can't find a resource to which to report this. Suggestions? Example:...
View ArticleScript to report zpool drive information. v1.0.5 "zpool-drive-info.py"
Friend was getting annoyed with figuring out physical drive information in all his zpools so wrote this. It dumps all the devices in a zpool looking up the device id, device info and serial number. Its...
View ArticleFreeNAS 10 Testing
I managed to set up FreeNAS 10 on a test system just to see how far along it has come. It was yesterday's nightly and I finally managed to install it. I was wondering if anybody kept up with the status...
View ArticleLooking for a Lenovo TS for backups? TS440 $418
On Newegg.com, a Lenovo TS440 tower server, with a E3-1226 v3, and 4GB RAM, a DVD/RW drive but apparently no HDDs, and 4 hot swap bays, normally $818, is only $418 with the promo code EMCEJGJ28. Two...
View Article[HOW TO] Create a cross platform Window and Mac share
How to create a Windows and Mac compatible share in FreeNAS Firstly the reason for this how to is if you have both Windows domain computers and Mac's that are not integrated into your Active directory...
View ArticleHowto: integrate Linux (Ubuntu) with $HOME on FreeNAS via Active Directory
July 2016: FreeNAS 9.10 is up and runnning with Active Directory configured and working fine This post explains how to connect another computer using sssd and pam_mount - not how to setup AD....
View ArticleBlogging My FreeNAS Build
I thought folks here might be interested in reading about my FreeNAS adventure. I'm blogging my build: Hello FreeNAS! Goodbye Drobo and Iomega… My FreeNAS Build: Supermicro X10SL7, Intel Haswell Xeon,...
View ArticleDual System Build incl FreeNAS
I'm new at all this, but I thought you might be interested in following my build, which will include a FreeNAS system. I'll be posting videos sporadically :) The build thread is on the Australian...
View ArticleSuggestions for a low profile case
My Netgear ReadyNAS as finally seen the end of days. It was a good little box for what is did, and more importantly, it was very low powered. Since I have been traveling around with a travel trailer, I...
View ArticleCFI-A6039 Case Review
Some meandering ramblings on my findings when I chose the CFI A6039 Case as the house for my FreeNAS installation. I wanted something with hot-swap bays (I don't want to power down, crack open the...
View ArticleUtility scripts for FreeNAS and VMware ESXi
I've created a GitHub repository containing the scripts I've written for use with my FreeNAS-on-ESXi All-In-One systems: https://github.com/Spearfoot/utility-scripts-for-freenas-and-vmware-esxi These...
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