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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

2.2 Setup 1 - FreeNAS

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Setup 1 - OS: FreeNAS 8.3.1

Installing FreeNAS
There are plenty of guides out there on installing and configuring FreeNAS. I will not waste time to go into specific details. Use these guides:
Install FreeNAS Guide 1 - Build-Your-Own-NAS-Server
Install FreeNAS Guide 2 - Roll Your Own Home Server
Install FreeNAS Guide 3 - FreeNAS Installing and Upgrading FreeNAS


FreeNAS Setup Summary
1. Download the FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-x64.img.xz file from SourceForge.
2. Extract the img.xz file using 7-Zip into an .img file
3. Write .img file onto your USB thumbdrive with Win32 Disk Imager.
4. Plug in thumbdrive to your NAS, connect keyboard, mouse, monitor, ethernet.
5. Power on NAS, boot from USB.
6. Go through Console Setup wizard.
7. After Console Setup wizard, access it via web browser at the IP address which you have configured earlier.
8. Username: admin    password: freenas
9. Use Volume Manager to create your storage volume (this single procedure creates your VDev and ZPOOL)


FreeNAS Configuration Snapshot & Info
The following printscreens are captured after I have setup and configured FreeNAS. These snapshots cover crucial configurations & info while default configurations are omitted.

*Image are 1280x 996; click to enlarge ; if still unclear - right click \ View Image \ Zoom Icon

            System Info

            Settings \ Advanced

            By enabling Autotune,  the system generate and add Sysctls & Tunables Config

            Logs

            Services

             Processes


Click here for FreeNAS Tests Results


8 comments:

  1. hi, have you think of running other OS, such as Fedora, Ubuntu?

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  2. Not at the moment. When I first started out on this project, my focus is on NAS operating systems. These OS are lightweight on resource utilization so that you get the fullest out of a budget CPU. They also feature user friendly GUI and most of all, a resilient RAID system like ZFS, Synology Hybrid RAID, etc.

    I would suggest Ubuntu and Linux as the base OS only if you plan on using your NAS as a multimedia / multi-function server. But do note that it increase the power consumption for any other additional tasks assigned.

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    1. Wondering if NAS4Free was a possible OS you would test. It is the continuation of the original FreeNAS versions before FreeNAS 8. In my testing I have found it to be one of the easier OSes to setup and performance for me has been better than FreeNAS.

      By the way fantastic job writing everything up.

      00Roush

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    2. Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I have also heard positive feedbacks about NAS4Free. If I have spare time, I will perform the same tests for it.

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    1. I don't quite get what you meant.
      My blog looks ok on both Firefox and Chrome, browsing it from Win7 desktop.

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