FreeNAS has been a very useful and stable product. The version numbering (0.69, 0.70 etc) may make one think we’re dealing with a alpha/beta phase product, but FreeNAS is being used in several production areas.
What is the general reception of Volker’s announcement to move FreeNAS to Debian?
- I love a NAS like freeNas on Debian. When will there be a beta?
- I’m looking forward for the first release of coreNAS. I wish you all the best with all the hard work that must be done.
- It should bring easier upgrading, wider HW support – this port to linux-based OS should work wonders. Hopefully the filesize remains small. Keep it up!
- Because it’s easier for me to handle Linux OS.
- If it will be anything like FreeNAS but with the option of painlessly adding packages and btrfs, I’ll be there.
- Cant wait till this one is released.
- I used before Freenas but I try Openfiler for the ACL features but I don’t like the WEBGui because we can modify a lot of parameters like in freenas (for example anonymous login for ftp,…). If this project include all the feature of Openfiler and FreeNAS with the WebGUI of Freenas,…
- Switching to linux is a great step forward … if all protocols will be supported like in freenas, then this will be the best NAS ever ever ever … pls, release some info in regard to progress … how far is it ? … can’t really wait to try it.
- This port to Linux-Based OS should bring easier upgrading, wider hardware support. I just hope the filesize stays small! (source)
From these comments we can gather that there’s definely some interest in a Linux based NAS solution, combining the strengths of OpenFiler and the ease-of-use of the FreeNAS WebGUI.
I’m all for a Debian-based NAS setup. The OS was never really an issue for me– the real concern is the filesystem. If the NAS project is moving to Debian should all new data stores I consider be formatted as EXT3? I am trying to prepare a server for FreeNAS 0.8 and I’m doubtful UFS will be supported in builds from now on.
Me-2. In fact I am so pleased with Debian on ARM (Lenny on Orion/DNS323 and maybe a Kirkwoood TS-410U) that I just jump in without hesitation. If you are good FBSD user I don’t see any reason why you will have a problem with Debian 5 and later. “apt-get” is so good.
Thanks
Also I am looking forward for fanless ATOM “Pinetrail” mini-ITX/12Vdc board to run “CoreNAS/FreeNAS0.8.
Cheers,
Hardware : D-Link DNS-323
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tik@link:/$ cat /etc/debian_version
5.0.3
tik@link:/$ uname -a
Linux tik.balang.com 2.6.30-2-orion5x #1 Sat Nov 7 00:42:42 UTC 2009 armv5tel GNU/Linux
tik@link:/$uptime
14:34:16 up 27 days, 21:39, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
i read an article in the jan 10/2010 issue of maximumpc.com pg 48
free nas looks good. i would like to see it on a current linux distro also for many reasons ie support, h/w, updates etc
can the new releases also support ext4?
@waninae39. FreeNAS will remain FreeBSD based. As far as I know, FreeBSD FreeBSD can only mount ext2 filesytems. ext3 can be mounted as ext2, but ext4 cannot be mounted.
OpenMediaVault, that’s started by the ex-FreeNAS lead developers, will be based on Debian, so I’m almost certain ext4 will be supported.
I think the coreNAS concept may open up a much bigger market than you ever imagined. How about simply adding one good Linux database to the NAS? Millions of small businesses are crying for a NAS that would also hold and store their data in a Database. If you could create a tiny DatNAS combination File Server, Database Server with a Web Server Interface. This would open up a whole new world in small business computing just like NAS did for homeowners.
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