thanks. I have looked at nexentastor, but i have a lot more drives than 2Tb... i know their nexentacore could be better suited... I think its also based on OpenSolaris too, correct?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Thomas Burgess <wonsl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Tiernan OToole <lsmart...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Good morning. This is more than likley a stupid question on this alias >> but I will ask anyway. I am building a media server in the house and >> am trying to figure out what os to install. I know it must have zfs >> support but can't figure if I should use Freenas or open solaris. >> >> Free nas has the advantage of out of the box setup but is there >> anything similar for opensolaris? Also, ability to boot and install >> from USB key would be handy. >> >> Thanks. >> >> --Tiernan >> >> You should def. go with opensolaris or something based on opensolaris if > possible BUT there is one major caveat > > OpenSolaris has a much smaller HCL than FreeBSD. Finding hardware for Osol > isn't hard if you design your system around it, but it CAN be an issue when > you are using "found" hardware or old stuff you just happen to have. If you > are designing a system from scratch and don't mind doing the research, it's > a nice option. > > The main reason i PERSONALLY say to go with Osol is that it has the newest > ZFS features and i found CIFS performance to be great, not to mention easy > to set up. (you download 2 packages and then simply use zfs set sharesmb=on, > what could be easier) > > FreeBSD is great too (and FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD) but for PURE > fileserver/nas I think opensolaris is a better choice. > > > > > > >> -- >> >> Tiernan O'Toole >> blog.lotas-smartman.net >> www.tiernanotoolephotography.com >> www.the-hairy-one.com >> _______________________________________________ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> > > -- Tiernan O'Toole blog.lotas-smartman.net www.tiernanotoolephotography.com www.the-hairy-one.com
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