Monthly Archives: December 2009
Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.0
Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.0, a Fedora-based server distribution that turns an unused computer into a music server or jukebox: “VortexBox 1.0 released. After several months of hard work we have released VortexBox 1.0. It has many of … Continue reading
IBM: Manage Data Like Cash
IBM today released a report tracking the effective use of business analytics at successful businesses. The report, “Breaking away with business analytics and optimization,” said that all businesses can differentiate their performance by analyzing data better and by delivering insight … Continue reading
Debian NAS project turns to SheevaPlug
Martin Michlmayr has published several guides about running Debian on the Linksys NSLU2 (“Slug”) router/NAS device, including one on migrating a Debian NSLU2 installation to Marvell’s SheevaPlug NAS design. With the latest guides on troubleshooting, booting, modifying, and cloning Debian … Continue reading
Addonics Mini NAS
The Addonics Mini NAS is a small portable Network Attached Storage enclosure solution in the market. Come built in with fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps connection, any 2.5″ SATA hard drive or Solid State Drive (SSD) can be installed into the Mini … Continue reading
Gluster enhances open-source clustered NAS
Gluster adds data storage management, virtual server support to open-source clustered NAS Gluster is joining a recent wave of emerging vendors adding enterprise storage management features to clustered network-attached storage (NAS) systems based on commodity hardware with this week’s release … Continue reading
DIY NAS with Debian Lenny
Versia has a comprehensive guide to setting up Debian 5.0 on a VIA ARTiGO A2000 barebones storage server: After playing with FreeNAS I ended up using Debian for my server. FreeNAS is a great distribution if you want an out … Continue reading
FreeNAS ready for the next step – Future of FreeNAS
Olivier Cochard-Labbé, the original founder of the FreeNAS Project, has indicated that FreeNAS is in need of some big modification to remove some of its current limitations (one of the biggest is the non support of easly users add-ons). This will probably … Continue reading
Cheap and NASty – How to Build a FreeNAS Server
MaximumPC has a step-by-step article (Cheap and NASty – How to Build an Open Source FreeNAS Server) on how to set up your own FreeNAS NAS server. All this step-by-step with many photographs and suggestions as to the best hardware … Continue reading
