Here's an update on my WD NAS I set up a while ago. It has a Linux OS and runs a two-core 1.2 GHz CPU, has 2 WD Red 4TB HDs (set up as a mirror RAID, so 4 TB storage), 2 USB 3.0 ports, and is fanless; but seems to run cool. I'm not smart enough to make much use of the onboard apps, But using Allway Sync from my Win 7 desktop my incremental backups are fast and sure. It allows remote access to the unit, so my distant adult kids can use it as cloud storage. The unit cost not much more than the HDs alone, and I'm quite happy with it.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 2:45 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] OT - FreeNAS Decided to nuke my Windows 7 box and use it for a FreeNAS system. Blew it away on Thursday after making sure there wasn’t anything of value on it (there wasn’t) and installed FreeNAS. Set FreeNAS up on the SSD and configured a single volume for a Time Machine AFP volume. It was amazingly simple to set up and configure. Lots of goodies in there that I won’t use but could be very useful for someone who is supporting a lot if different platforms. Works like a champ, MUCH faster than my crappy DLink MAS-345 NAS that I’ve not been happy with. As a matter of fact, I think I’m going to pull a couple of the drives out of the DLink and put them in the FreeNAS box to create another volume for media streaming for the Apple TVs. Dan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
