For a while, HP micro servers were very popular for operation as a NAS, especially with FreeNAS and then TrueNAS, the small cubes offered themselves: up to 4 cores (with the inexpensive model by replacing the CPU), up to 16 GB RAM and four slots for 3.5″ HDDs, garnished with the possibility of remote control via iLo ("integrated Lights-Out") [...].
HP Microserver Gen8: Alternatives as NAS in 2023? Read Post »
Wireguard has also found its way into TrueNAS (previously FreeNAS) via FreeBSD. Although there is no interface to configure it directly, a suitable configuration file can be loaded via a post-init script and then also establishes the connection. The advantage over the previous solution is that no virtual machine is required, which in turn requires its own updates.
TrueNAS: Easily set up ZFS replication over Wireguard VPN Read Post »
FreeNAS has been a popular storage solution for home use for years - I myself have been using the system with four hard disks in HP Proliant micro-servers for several years. With version 12, FreeNAS has now become TrueNAS - iXsystems is merging the commercial and free branches of the NAS operating system. The advantage of this is that instead of two separate
From version 12: FreeNAS becomes TrueNAS Read Post »
Anyone who normally uploads large amounts of data when they are not at home may have a problem with the cloud uploader or backup replication when working from home. Problems can also arise if family members want to upload large amounts of data in parallel. To avoid this, there are various approaches for allocating the available bandwidth in the best possible way,
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iXsystems has released FreeNAS 11.3, the latest version of the free NAS operating system. FreeNAS can be used to turn an existing x86 system into network-attached storage with various plugins and shares. The ZFS file system is used, which together with the FreeBSD substructure offers a wide range of possibilities. I myself use FreeNAS on an HP Microserver Gen8 and on a Microserver N36L
FreeNAS 11.3 released: faster ZFS replication Read Post »
So far, I have used OpenVPN to synchronize my two FreeNAS boxes. Wireguard is a fast alternative, but a little more complicated to set up. ZFS replication is a practical tool for keeping data synchronized between two FreeNAS installations. The purpose of the whole thing is to create an offsite backup where the data would also survive a house fire or burglary,
FreeNAS: ZFS Replication via Wireguard Read Post »
If you have set up a Windows share with FreeNAS, you can significantly reduce the time it takes to list the files in a folder. To do this, some parameters must be passed to Samba. This can be easily realized via the interface by storing "Auxiliary Parameters" for the SMB service. After the changes, the listing of directories and files is
FreeNAS: Speed up SMB/CIFS collection Read Post »
After FreeNAS 10 "Corral" was a first - quickly failing - attempt to introduce a new user interface, there is now a new AngularJS-based UI with FreeNAS 11.2. This is also mobile optimized. Apart from the web interface, there are a number of new features for FreeNAS 11.2 that logically continue and extend the previous development. The most important changes:
FreeNAS 11.2: new web interface & new features Read Post »
For some time now, I have been using two FreeNAS boxes at two locations to back up my data using ZFS snapshots and replication. This connection should also be secured using OpenVPN. The idea: a Raspberry Pi at each of the two locations, which are connected to each other via OpenVPN, plus corresponding static routes so that the two FreeNAS boxes can reach each other. The basis for this
Freenas 11.1: use the integrated OpenVPN client Read Post »
The FreeBSD-based NAS system FreeNAS has been released in the new version 11.1, which brings a number of new features. The changes in the changelog concern OpenZFS, which is said to have become faster, especially when processing snapshots and large files. Hardware support has also been improved as well as functions for cloud sync with Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage,
FreeNAS 11.1 released Read Post »
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