Category Archives: File Server
Learning FreeNAS – a review
Writing books about software almost certainly means that the book will be out-of-date sooner rather than later. This is even more the case when writing open source software under active development. However, this has not stopped Packt Publishing from releasing … Continue reading
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
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
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
FreeNAS as a Print Server
“FreeNAS is an excellent network storage solution simple enough for anyone to install. The system and space requirements are ridiculously small for this stripped-down version of FreeBSD. It’s got all manner of features accessible through it’s clean web GUI, more … Continue reading
Enterprise Technologies to change consumer PC market
The average consumer may be unaware of high-end storage and network technologies such as pNFS, PCIe and 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE), but they could revolutionise the consumer PC market in ways that most consumers can’t even begin to imagine. Henry Newman … Continue reading
Buffalo LinkStation Mini SSD – NAS review
ITPro has a review of the Buffalo Linkstation Mini SSD. Buffalo created this NAS device with the aim to make it as quiet and small as possible. Does using SSD drives make a difference? Titled LS-WSS240GL/R1, the 240GB device houses … Continue reading
Turn an old PC into a NAS Server (access point)
wi-fiplanet.com has 5 point list to make that old PC that’s lying around a bit more useful: Install Ubuntu or other distribution to experiment with Linux Make it a router with RouterOS or ZeroShell Make it a LAN file server … Continue reading
X-RAID from NETGEAR ReadyNAS in a nutshell
Upgrading the Netgear X-RAID ReadyNAS is so easy: YouTube Direkt
