Hi Tiernan!
> But, now i am confused as to what OS to use... OpenIndiana? Nexenta? > FreeNAS/FreeBSD? > > I need something that will allow me to share files over SMB (3 if > possible), NFS, AFP (for Time Machine) and iSCSI. Ideally, i would > like something i can manage "easily" and something that works with > the Dell... I can recommend FreeNAS. It lives in a USB stick, thus leaving all your 8 disk slots free. It can do all the things you have listed above. It has a nice management GUI to bring it all together. And it is free, so you can download it and see if it recognizes all your hardware, especially the storage and network controllers. Best regards -- Volker A. Brandt -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: v...@bb-c.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead" _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
