If you use FreeNAS 11 as NAS or home server software, you can use pi-hole as well as pi-vpn and access your own network as well as block advertisements reliably. PiVPN (http://www.pivpn.io/) is an installation and administration script for OpenVPN. Actually ...
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FreeNAS: Mount 9p Volume/Dataset in VM
Who uses FreeNAS with virtual machines (I have e.g. the development environment for the blog theme in an Ubuntu VM) will sooner or later want to use data of the NAS. FreeNAS offers VT9P as a possibility here. The Plan9 file system ...
Continue readingFreeNAS: .AppleDouble / .DS_Store delete
When using a FreeNAS share with macOS, it creates different Finder metadata directories for each regular directory. To keep a backup to an external medium as lean as possible, this data can be deleted, which is the easiest ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 10: "Corral" released
After several years of development, version 10 of FreeNAS has now been released, name: "Corral". iXsystems has released FreeNAS 10 "Corral", a new version of the popular operating system for DIY NAS systems. The interface has been completely revised and comes ...
Continue readingHP Microserver Gen8: CPU exchange
Those who buy an HP Microserver Gen8 usually go for the entry-level model with a Celeron G1610T processor. Since the CPU is socketed, it can be easily replaced. The Celeron G1610T is a dual-core CPU with a clock rate of 2.3 GHz and ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 10 BETA - new interface & docker support
There are some fundamental changes with FreeNAS 10, including Docker support. The new version is now in beta: not yet ready for production use, but far enough along to gauge the major features. FreeNAS 10 ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 9.10-RELEASE with new FreeBSD base
Before with FreeNAS 10 a completely new version appears, FreeNAS 9.10 is now released. The most important innovation: FreeBSD 10.3-RC3 as a basis. The interface was not updated, this will happen only with FreeNAS 10. The upgrade from ...
Continue readingFreeNAS: Synology DS215j as backup target
If you run a FreeNAS, you might also be looking for an offsite backup option. In addition to using a cloud solution, another option here is to have a second NAS that is housed in a different location. My choice ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 10 - the most important new features
After the current version 9.3 FreeNAS 10 will follow. With the upcoming version there will again be some innovations that further improve the free NAS operating system. FreeNAS 10, which is the second milestone release (M2) on 06...
Continue readingFreeNAS: Crashplan 4.3.0 Troubleshooting
Anyone using Crashplan on FreeNAS as a headless backup machine will have noticed in the last few days that they can no longer connect. Here is the solution! Crashplan tends to no longer connect to FreeNAS with new updates...
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