Hi Jason, I spent months trying different O/S's for my server and finally settled on opensolaris.
The o/s is just as easy to install/learn or use than any of the Linux variants...and ZFS beats mdadm hands down. I had a server up and sharing files in under an hour. Just do it - (you'll know soon enough if the hardware is going to support opensolaris). If you are unsure, start by installing it to a virtual machine (ie. VirtualBox) and have a play. It's a very helpful community here and you'll get all the support you'll need. I found these links and they may help get you started... [url="http://blogs.sun.com/icedawn/entry/bondin"]SETTING UP AN OPENSOLARIS NAS BOX: FATHER-SON BONDING[/url] - a very simple/easy guide..all you'll needed to get a ZFS server up and running. [url="http://flux.org.uk/howto/solaris/zfs_tutorial_01"]zfs tutorial part 1[/url] [url="http://malsserver.blogspot.com/2008/08/setting-up-static-network-configuration.html"]Setting up a static network configuration with NWAM[/url] [url="http://forums.opensolaris.com/message.jspa?messageID=1125"]How do you configure OpenSolaris to automatically login a user?[/url] [url="http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/How+to+Set+Up+Samba+in+the+OpenSolaris+2009.06+Release"]How to Set Up Samba in the OpenSolaris 2009.06 Release - Information Resources - wikis.sun.com[/url] [url="http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Getting_Started_With_the_Solaris_CIFS_Service"]Getting Started With the Solaris CIFS Service[/url] [url="http://blogs.sun.com/pradhap/entry/mount_ntfs_ext2_ext3_in"]Mount NTFS / Ext2 / Ext3 / FAT 16 / FAT 32 in Solaris[/url] and also [url="http://www.iiitmk.ac.in/wiki/index.php/How_to_Mount/Unmount_NTFS,FAT32,ext3_Partitions_in_Opensolaris_5.11_snv_101b"]here[/url] - note 2G limit. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
