http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ FreeNAS <p>FreeNAS is a minimal <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a> distribution that provides <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/NAS"><span class="caps">NAS</span></a> (network-attached storage) services: <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/CIFS"><span class="caps">CIFS</span></a>, <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/FTP"><span class="caps">FTP</span></a>, <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/NFS"><span class="caps">NFS</span></a>, and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Software-RAID">Software <span class="caps">RAID</span></a>. It may be booted and run from a <span class="caps">USB</span> flash disk, Compact Flash or CD-ROM.</p> <p>Minimum system requirements are a PC with 128MB of <span class="caps">RAM</span>, a bootable CD-ROM drive, a network card and one or more hard disks. 256 MB of <span class="caps">RAM</span> is recommend for using <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/iSCSI">iSCSI</a> and 512MB if you are using version 0.7 with <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/ZFS"><span class="caps">ZFS</span></a>.</p> <p>Other features of FreeNAS are:</p> <ol> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/AFP"><span class="caps">AFP</span></a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/RSYNC"><span class="caps">RSYNC</span></a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/iSCSI">iSCSI</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/S.M.A.R.T">S.M.A.R.T</a></li> <li>Local and Active Directory user authentication</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/DAAP"><span class="caps">DAAP</span></a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/IPv6">IPv6</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/UPnP">UPnP</a></li> </ol> FreeNAS is a minimal FreeBSD distribution that provides NAS (network-attached storage) services: CIFS, FTP, NFS, and Software RAID. It may be booted and run from a USB flash disk, Compact Flash or CD-ROM. Minimum system requirements are a PC with 128MB of RAM, a bootable CD-ROM drive, a network card and one or more hard disks. 256 MB of RAM is recommend for using iSCSI and 512MB if you are using version 0.7 with ZFS. Other features of FreeNAS are: AFP RSYNC iSCSI S.M.A.R.T Loc http://swik.net/FreeNAS http://freenas.org/ FreeBSD CIFS NAS LiveCD License:BSD freenas NFS ftpd ftp software-raid Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:19:13 -0800 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:11:40 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/D-Link+DNS-323+NAS/cdrhd I have been thinking about getting a NAS device for home use for quite some time, I even bought 2 500GB hard drives a few weeks back during a NCIX weekly sale. Originally I wanted to build a DIY NAS with unused equipment using either <b>...</b> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:57:45 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/The+internet+was+made+for+Opensource/cdpwu Let me explain…. First off, I’m not a programmer. Over ten years ago I taught myself HTML and at one time I did some Lingo programming in Macromedia Director however since then I have not written any code. I’m not what you call an uber <b>...</b> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:58:43 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS%3A+A+FreeBSD+distro+for+NAS+installation/cdhza I decided to do a bit of “jiggery pokery” today with some old hardware we had lying around at home. I wanted to see if I could easily create my own NAS box. It makes sense to use old hardware and a nice Shuttle XPC was sitting in front <b>...</b> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:59:32 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/a+project+at+last/cda9v Work bordered on interesting during the week with the repair of an IPTV server from another company. Reverse engineering of a system that isn't actually working with the customer putting pressure on our director to get it done yesterday <b>...</b> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:57:20 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/List%C3%A3o+com+links+de+softwares+freewares+e+livres/cdar1 Um listão com links de softwares livres e freewares para diversas finalidades. Confira. 3D Graphics:. 3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/ Art Of Illusion - http://www.artofillusion.org/ <b>...</b> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:58:56 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/25+new+messages+in+17+topics+-+digest/cdam0 comp.os.linux.advocacy http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy?hl=en. comp.os.linux.advocacy@googlegroups.com. Today's topics:. * France's Affinity for GNU/Linux and Free Software - 1 messages, 1 author <b>...</b> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:59:23 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Local+User+Management+in+FreeNAS/cc5t5 Packt Publishing, the publishers of my FreeNAS book have released an excerpt from the book as an article on Local User Management in FreeNAS. In general, once the FreeNAS server is configured and running, it doesn't really need much <b>...</b> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:58:32 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/A+linux+cluster+in+a+IKEA+Helmer+cabinet/cc4q5 This is the story of Helmer. A linux cluster in a IKEA Helmer cabinet. 3D computer rendering are very CPU intensive and the best way so speed up slow render problems, are usually to distribute them on to more computers. <b>...</b> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:58:12 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Learning+FreeNAS+Book+is+Published+-+Free+Chapter+Available/cc0r7 Hi-Tech Squad’s own Gary Sims has written a book called Learning FreeNAS and it is now available. The book is guide to the FreeNAS software and teaches you how to turn a PC into a Network Attached Storage server. <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Support+the+FreeNAS+project/cc0r6 The Hungry Penguin's book Learning FreeNAS is now available. And when you buy this book you are also supporting the FreeNAS Open Source project through Packt Publishing's Open Source Project Royalty Scheme. In this scheme when Packt <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Un+peu+d%E2%80%99informatique%E2%80%A6../cc0r5 Mise en place sur ce blog d’un plugin qui fonctionne sur n’importe quel site internet pour avoir des statistiques sur les visites de votre site web ! Ce plugin s’appelle Google analytics il est utile de savoir pour celuil qui a creer le <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS/cc0r4 FreeNAS è un software gratuito per creare un NAS utilizzando del normale hardware PC e, ovviamente, dei dischi. Ci sono molti NAS pronti all’uso con vari prezzi e varie caratteristiche e moltissimi utilizzano un Linux personalizzato <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Why+do+I+hate+DLNA+protocol+so+much+%3F/cc0r3 A few years ago, I had to work on UPnP A/V protocol for work. This is a service from the UPnP specifications that is used by many so-called audio/video players/servers (mostly set-top-boxes) to provide an easy way to share and stream <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Freenas+%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87/cc0r2 freenas是一套基于freebsd m0n0wall的nas操作系统，可以安装到硬盘、U盘或者直接光盘启动。经过简单设置就可以将本机硬盘以网络邻居( CIFS：Samba)形式共享给本地网络的其他机器使用。 一开始我用freenas挂载硬盘上的现有分区，发现无法使用中文文件名 <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Building+A+NAS+Box/cc0r1 There is a great article in Maximum PC this month on how to build your own NAS Box using the program FreeNas. Check out this cool software. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS%3A+Quick%2C+Easy+Fileserver/cc0r0 FreeNAS (Network Attached Storage) is a BSD-based file server. It features a web GUI for easy configuration, a small footprint, and a whole bunch of features. Plus, it has quite reasonable community documentation. <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS+%E3%81%84%E3%81%84%E3%82%93%E3%81%98%E3%82%83%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%EF%BC%9F/cc0rz 古いパソコンにＦｒｅｅＮＡＳを入れてみた。 「ＦｒｅｅＮＡＳ」で検索するといろいろ出てくるけれど、更新のペースが速くて、どの記事も最新版を反映できていない。要注意。 私が導入したのは、LiveCD 0.686.4 というもの。 <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Penghargaan+Software+Open+Source+Terbaik+2008/cc0ry Hari ini InfoWorld mengumumkan software free dan open source terbaik di tahun 2008 yang tersedia untuk kalangan bisnis, profesional IT dan individual produktif. Para pemenang tersebut terdiri dari 8 kategori, yaitu: <b>...</b> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:24 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Free+NAS+%3A+Free+open+sourced+NAS+Server/ccvtp FreeNAS is a free open sourced NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server. why? because you have too much data to sit on your pc. so move it all onto a networked server and hide it in your closet. http://www.freenas.org/ <b>...</b> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:24:15 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS%3A+The+Free+NAS+Server/ccue9 FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, SMART, local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface. <b>...</b> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:04:51 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Linux+Distro+%3A+FreeNAS+Guide/ccsph Distribution, FreeNAS. Home Page, http://www.freenas.org/. Origin, France. Mailing Lists, http://www.freenas.org/. User Forums, http://www.freenas.org/. Alternative User Forums, LinuxQuestions.org. Documentation, http://www.freenas.org/ <b>...</b> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:04:43 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS%3A+The+Free+NAS+Server+-+Home/ccr2c FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server - Home FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, SMART, local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB <b>...</b> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:04:58 -0700 http://swik.net/Xen/http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fxen/FreeBSD+Daily+Topics%3A2008%E5%B9%B48%E6%9C%8815%E6%97%A5+Xen%E5%AF%BE%E5%BF%9C%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E8%BF%BD%E5%8A%A0%2Cem%284%29%E2%86%92igb%284%29%E3%81%AB%E6%B3%A8%E6%84%8F%2CWITNESS%E6%94%B9%E5%96%84%2CKDE+4.1%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4%2CFreeNAS+ZFS%E8%A8%AD%E5%AE%9A%E5%8B%95%E7%94%BB%E4%BB%96%7Cgihyo.jp+...+%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E7%A4%BE/ccrqy Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:05:56 -0700 http://swik.net/zfs/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fzfs/FreeBSD+Daily+Topics%3A2008%E5%B9%B48%E6%9C%8815%E6%97%A5+Xen%E5%AF%BE%E5%BF%9C%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E8%BF%BD%E5%8A%A0%2Cem%284%29%E2%86%92igb%284%29%E3%81%AB%E6%B3%A8%E6%84%8F%2CWITNESS%E6%94%B9%E5%96%84%2CKDE+4.1%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4%2CFreeNAS+ZFS%E8%A8%AD%E5%AE%9A%E5%8B%95%E7%94%BB%E4%BB%96%7Cgihyo.jp+...+%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E7%A4%BE/ccrnt Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:05:59 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNas%3A+Soporte+de+ZFS+y+videotutorial+sobre+su+uso./ccppm Muchos de vosotros conocereis ya a FreeNas, un magnífico software para la creación de herramientas NAS, basado en FreeBSD. Bien, pues en el site Learn FreeNas, sitio dedicado a tutoriales de enseñanza sobre FreeNas, han incluido (aparte <b>...</b> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:04:30 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/Free+NAS+%3A+Free+open+sourced+NAS+server/ccoqj FreeNAS is a free open sourced NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server. why? because you have too much data to sit on your pc. so move it all onto a networked server and hide it in your closet. http://www.freenas.org/ <b>...</b> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:10:10 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/LearnFreeNAS.com+Launched/ccnpd Hi, To coincide with the release of my "Learning FreeNAS" book I have started a new website LearnFreeNAS.com. It is a one stop site for tips, articles, tutorials and videos about FreeNAS the Open Source Network Attached Storage OS. <b>...</b> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:10:32 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/FreeNAS/ccnpc I just came across FreeNAS (http://www.freenas.org/) -- has anyone used it? Seems like a pretty nifty way to re-use one of my crappy comps. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:10:32 -0700 http://swik.net/FreeNAS/Blogposts+about+FreeNAS/InfoWorld%27s+award+for+FreeNAS+%7C+FreeBSD+-+the+unknown+Giant/ccmxu FreeNAS has been awarded with InfoWorld’s Bossie award for being the best free, open source storage server. InfoWorld’s annual Bossies awards recognize top free and open source software, and the second annual list of winners is out now. <b>...</b> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:04:05 -0700 http://swik.net/User:garysims User:garysims <p><b>Intro</b></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.garysims.co.uk">Gary Sims</a> is a freelance Linux/FreeBSD consultant and writer from the UK and has been working with open-source software since the mid 1990s.</p> <p>He first saw <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Linux">Linux</a> while completing his degree in Business Information Systems at Portsmouth University. Then while working for Digital Equipment Corp he came in to contact with <span class="caps">DEC</span>&#8217;s Ultrix and later Digital <span class="caps">UNIX</span> (formerly <span class="caps">OSF</span>/1). While developing enterprise software for <span class="caps">DEC</span> on its <span class="caps">UNIX</span> platforms he became more and convinced of the benefits of open source and open-source Unix-like operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD.</p> <p>After leaving <span class="caps">DEC</span> he became a software contractor and after moving to Romania in 2003 he became a freelance Linux/FreeBSD consultant and writer and started publishing articles for the Open Source Technology Group (owners of Linux.com and SourceForge.net). This then led to him writing his first book <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.packtpub.com/learning-freenas/book">Learning FreeNAS</a></p> <p><b>Open Source</b></p> <p>Gary is a keen advocate of Open Source software advocate and has a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hungrypenguin.net">Linux/Open Source news site</a> as well as a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://hungrypenguin.blogspot.com">Linux blog</a>. He also has a site for promoting <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/FreeNAS">FreeNAS</a> called <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.learnfreenas.com">LearnFreeNAS.com</a></p> freenas "Linux" Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:46:27 -0700