On 27/08/2013 13:36, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-08-26 2:23 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I run it on my NASes, and the thing that really sold me was what it lets >> me as the admin do: >> >> I get all the benefits of directories with none of the downsides. >> I get all the benefits of mount points with none of the downsides. >> I get all the benefits of discrete filesystems with none of the >> downsides. >> >> Like you say, a truly modern fs built for modern needs. > > Are these home-built NAS's running FreeBSD (or maybe FreeNAS)? Or > TrueNAS or Nexenta boxes? > > I'm wondering what the best way would be to get something set up for ZFS > file storage. I have some older servers that I can use, so was leaning > toward FreeNAS... >
Mine are HP mini-servers (the cube shaped ones) with 4 SATA bays running FreeNAS 8.0.something. Dunno if you've worked with FreeNAS before, but it's literally a case of write the image to USB or flash storage and boot off it. Then play. You will need to be able to boot off a USB stick, CF card or similar, FreeNAS uses an entire drive for it's system partition and it's a shame to waste a whole high-capacity disk just for a 2G system image -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
