On 7/19/06, Jim Freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi
I am setting up a file server for a small office (10 computers).
My first attempt at this I used FreeNas. It was easy to setup
and I like that the system is dedicated.
One downside of this method is that the write times are slower
than I expected. I am using SATA2 drives w/ 8MB buffer on a
100MB network, but the write times I was getting was about
2.5GB per hour. I expected 5 GB in ten minutes.
a better metric for us would be network throughput and disk I/O over a
shorter period, like kilobit's per sec.
The mother board I am using has a built in raid controller, but
I have never read about anyone having warm fuzzies using
a built in raid card.
hmm...actually the oposite is generally true. what motherboard are
you using, and what is the RAID controller chipset?
I assume I could use a hardware raid with FreeNas and have
it setup the CIFS and NFS systems. It is also nice to
be able to boot from a USB drive.
Another downside is that it is not easy to build and install scripts
onto a FreeNas system.
I'd hit the FreeNAS list regarding questions about scripting and configuration.
Can someone tell me if I am heading down the wrong path using
FreeNas? Should I just use a hardware raid and install FBSD
so I have access to the ports and and configure samba and nfs manually?
it really depends on how you would like to admin it. some folks
prefer using a full FreeBSD RELEASE, others seem to prefer FreeNAS.
-pete
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Pete Wright
www.nycbug.org
NYC's *BSD User Group
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