Recommend me a NAS

[sub]

To be honest, I dont really care about having the source code to FreeNAS. Its not like I'm gonna change it. I just want something that works.

[johnsonx42]

I didn't figure you'd want to change it - getting into an open source FreeBSD project probably isn't high on your list. I just figured a programmer would like having the source code available, in case you do want to have a look one day - see how something is implemented, see why it does what it does (or doesn't). Curiosity: good for everyone except cats.

Have you setup your FreeNAS box yet? Comments? Impressions? Just works and you have nothing else to say about it?

[sub]

I didn't figure you'd want to change it - getting into an open source FreeBSD project probably isn't high on your list. I just figured a programmer would like having the source code available, in case you do want to have a look one day - see how something is implemented, see why it does what it does (or doesn't). Curiosity: good for everyone except cats.

Dont worry, I got where you were coming from.

Have you setup your FreeNAS box yet? Comments? Impressions? Just works and you have nothing else to say about it?

Its working fine, but I'm just using it for simple SMB file sharing from a single hard disk, and not touching the stack of other stuff it does (various protocol servers, raid, bittorrent, upnp, webserver, itunes etc). I just dont need that extra stuff.

[mvallevand]

Sub, how is FreeNAS working for you? My Maxtor NAS started making a click of death and it has trouble staying online, so I am trying to get data moved around quickly. I bought a WD Book Live to as an interim solution, but after losing an XP system drive and two different NAS disks in the last few years, I think I need more robust storage.

Martin

[sub]

It was working fine, but it wasnt long for this world. I ended up attaching the drive to my HTPC, and sharing that drive and retiring one 'always on' machine.

[mvallevand]

It was working fine, but it wasnt long for this world. I ended up attaching the drive to my HTPC, and sharing that drive and retiring one 'always on' machine.

Good to know, re-using old computers doesn't mean they will provide any longer life.

Martin

[johnsonx42]

Probably for doing just SMB with a single disk freenas is a bit overkill. Like anything else it depends on what stuff you have on hand and what you want to get out of it.