Monthly Archives: August 2009
ReadyNAS Vault 1.1.2 update released
Netgear has announce a maintenance upgrade to the ReadyNAS Vault that address issues reported by some of its Vault users. Changelog 1. Enhanced Session Management: Added auto-recovery of secure sessions to streamline performance and long-running backups. Eliminates known issue that … Continue reading
FreeNAS Bash script for ZFS scrubbing
Gimpe has put together a bash script to automatically run a script at predifined intervals to do a scrub on each ZFS pool. Please note, this will only run on FreeNAS 0.7 (not on the 0.6x series as it doesn’t … Continue reading
My FreeNAS Project (by Jonathan Brown)
Jonathan Brown has started a series describing the different stages of setting up his FreeNAS server: Part 1 “From a pure archival and backup perspective, the Sun in my digital solar system will be a mass storage device—in this case, … Continue reading
Thecus N5200PRO wins DnR Hardware Award
The latest review of the N5200 comes from the editors of DnR Hardware, who brought the N5200PRO into their test labs. After subjecting the N5200PRO to a variety of tests, DnR Hardware editors came to the same conclusion – the … Continue reading
NAS evolving into “Cloud NAS”
Ashish Nadkari discusses cloud NAS in this Q&A. His answers are also available as an mp3. What is cloud network-attached storage (NAS) and how does it work? Cloud NAS is a subset of cloud storage, which is also known as … Continue reading
Internal cloud computing with free tools
SearchNetworking has an article about cheap, and even free, internal cloud computing. Check out the tools that are available. OpenFiler is recommended for storage allocation and consolidation: Freeware: The answer to internal cloud computing? If IT does not have the … Continue reading
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration caused by Server Virtualization
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization Server virtualization is clearly one of the breakout technologies in the first decade of the 21st century. The results are both operationally and economically compelling, however, they are not without their … Continue reading
Released: NexentaStor 2.1
NexentaStor 2.1 Released: Improves Industry-Leading Hardware Independent NAS/SAN Storage Solution for Virtual Environments Nexenta Systems announced the release of NexentaStor 2.1. NexentaStor is a unified storage solution delivering enterprise class NAS and SAN functionality, based on the revolutionary ZFS file … Continue reading
FreeNAS: A Simple Data Storage Solution
Todd Dixon writes about his introduction into the open source world and his decision to replace the OpenSuse “monster” with the light FreeNAS: “This HP file server was loaded with a dozen 36 GB SCSI drives, which FreeNAS set up … Continue reading
iXsystems unveils new line of ‘Earth’ series servers
iXsystems has unveiled the iX-Green Neutron, a new line in the ‘Earth’ series of environmentally friendly servers. The announcement is made at OpenSource World, Next Generation Data Center, and CloudWorld 2009 events. iXsystems customers asked for an ultra-efficient green solution … Continue reading
