FreeNAS has been released today in the final version 9.2.1, which brings some new features. Among them support for SMB3 and some bugfixing. The complete changelog can be found on FreeNAS.org, here are only the most important changes: ...
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Cubietruck: TVHeadend and BitTorrent Sync
Since my Raspberry Pi was too slow for some tasks, I needed something faster, but still power-saving: a Cubietruck or Cubieboard 3 was the solution for me. The advantage: by a Dualcore Allwinner A20 ...
Continue readingRaspberry Pi: Faster Internet with DNS caching
While DNS resolution is a topic that most probably don't think about, the process that resolves an IP address from a domain still has a significant impact on browsing speed. Some relief ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 9.2.1-BETA released
FreeNAS 9.2.0 is not yet so long available, there announces the version 9.2.1 in the form of a BETA. The most important new feature: Samba 4.1.4. According to the release notes for FreeNAS 9.2.1-BETA, this means that the SMB3 protocol is now available ...
Continue readingFreeNAS: Dropbox replacement with BitTorrent Sync
If you want to keep files synchronized between multiple devices, you might think of services like Dropbox or solutions like Owncloud. With BitTorrent Sync, there is another solution that is based on bittorrent technology and offers a sync ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 9.2.0-RELEASE released
Quite shortly after the first and only release candidate the final FreeNAS 9.2.0-RELEASE has been released before Christmas. The main changes are already known from the RC version, the complete list of new features is available on the ...
Continue readingNginx with SSL and SPDY
As some may have noticed, my blog kadder.de recently runs over an encrypted connection (recognizable by the HTTPS icon in the browser bar). The main reason for this change, which unfortunately costs some time at first byte time, ...
Continue readingSpeed Index < 1000 with Nginx, ngx_pagespeed, PHP, W3TC
Nothing is more annoying than slow loading websites - but if you host WordPress yourself (in my case on a cloud server at JiffyBox) you have plenty of room for optimization. Here I present some of them. The end result beforehand: for ...
Continue readingFreeNAS Plugin: Crashplan
Unfortunately there is still no Dropbox support for FreeNAS, but with the now released Crashplan plugin you can use the service of the same name for a regular backup in the cloud (whether you want to give your data to a ...
Continue readingFreeNAS Plugin: Plex Media Server
With the current FreeNAS version 9.1.x the plugin installation has been simplified significantly, so new plugins have been added. Very fresh: Plex Media Server as a plugin for FreeNAS. With it media files can be easily distributed in the network and ...
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