garysims updated FreeNAS

garysims — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:02:41 -0400

September 23, 2008 at 3:02 am

added a link Learn FreeNAS Book: http://www.packtpub.com/learning-freenas/book ...
added a link Learning FreeNAS: http://www.learnfreenas.com ...
new pro/con: Can act as a media server (UPnP) and an iTunes server
agreed: "Not all hardware RAID's are supported."
agreed: "RAID requires full drives - can't use the drive you install FreeNAS on"
disagreed: "Non-standard configuration can be difficult to setup."
disagreed: "Even basic configuration can be confusing for beginners."
agreed: "Supports external USB/Firewire drives, as well as Compact Flash."
agreed: "No monitor required"
agreed: "Minimal system requirements"
agreed: "Turns a computer into a NAS device"
agreed: "Can be used as a software RAID"
agreed: "Supports many network protocols."
agreed: "Free and open-source."

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garysims — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:00:26 -0400

September 23, 2008 at 3:00 am