Re: [Nolug] NAS

I figured the initial build would be a time consumer. I have been going back
and forth between freenas and openfiler myself. Just dont have the actual
hardware to try it on yet. Its on order.

Thanks,

Shane Russo

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net>wrote:

> If the speed is not an issue, Raid 5 is best bang for the buck for
> redundancy.
>
> Next week, I'll be taking a peek for the openfiler.
> I had freenas running for few days, but then had to concentrate on other
> things.
> Building Raid 5 in freenas takes forever. I do not know the exact time, but
> with 3x1Tb drives it was overnight process.
>
> P
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com>wrote:
>
>> Openfiler (http://www.openfiler.com/) is another good option that has
>> support for iSCSI and SAN capabilities in addition to NAS.
>>
>> I, personally, avoid RAID 5. I prefer RAID 10, faster and still resilient
>> to a single drive failure.
>>
>>
>> James Thompson
>> Plain Programs, LLC
>> New Orleans, LA
>>
>> P: (504) 298.8160
>> E: james@plainprograms.com
>> W: www.plainprograms.com
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts on a NAS
>>> server. I have been looking at freenas alot lately. Also is there a big
>>> difference nowadays between software and hardware raid 5?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Shane Russo
>>>
>>
>>
>

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