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What OS to use for a laptop as a server? [closed]

I've got an old laptop (2Hz CPU/2GB RAM/160GB HDD), its battery died, and I decided to use it at home as a server. I need data backup, printer server, file sharing and maybe web server. Is it a good ...
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Tired of FreeNAS - other options? [closed]

I am tired with FreeNAS bugs and putting my data at risk, it has been taking too much to manage something that I want to be able to put more faith in... Can anyone share some experiences with other ...
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Is there any very easy way to turn a hard drive or computer into an NAS?

I saw projects like FreeNAS, but first of all I couldn't even find the download, and also it looks like I'll need to do a lot of Linux programming and headache to get it working. I need something that ...
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Can you add a hard drive to a RAID?

I've decided on creating a NAS running FreeNAS using a software RAID 5 setup. I want to start the RAID with 2x2TB drives and slowly add more 2TB drives as I go. Is this possible? If I have a full RAID ...
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Is it possible to dd the current disk you are booted off?

I have a copy of FreeNAS running off a live USB disk. And I'd like to make a backup of it. While trying to avoid breaking a perfectly working system, would I be able to dd the disk while the OS is ...
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Prevent Overloading of Router on Large File Transfer

Okay, so I had some router issues when trying to move a lot of stuff to my new FreeNAS server a few days ago. I'd like to find a way to prevent overloading my router in the future. Here's what I have: ...
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remote backup FreeNAS and photos on OS X Lion

I've built a NAS for my home backups using FreeNAS 8 with 5 HDs and RAIDZ1. Everything works great except I haven't yet figured out a long term solution for handling my photos. Currently I'm ...
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Setup HP MicroServer as Homeserver for NAS and other stuff

I've got a brand new HP Proliant Microserver N40L here, which I want to use mainly as a NAS system (because it has four hard drive bays) but since it also is a full-featured homeserver with enough RAM ...
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Adding more drives to motherboard with two SATA slots only?

Hardware n00b, building a freeNAS 8 box. Motherboard has 2 SATA slots: http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/motherboard_view.asp?productid=309&proname=M26GT3-SVP All 3 PCI slots are empty. I have 3 more ...
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How to clone local windows 7 installation to iSCSI target for sanboot?

I have my own FreeNAS iSCSI service up in my LAN. I also able to install Windows 7 on ISCSI target and san boot the iSCSI target. Now, I have a Windows 7 installation on local HDD. Is that possible ...
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Is it possible to run FreeNAS on a Sheevaplug?

I recently acquired a Sheevaplug (this spec) and would like to use it for: Storage for my home network Sharing media with home media devices like my TVs Is it possible to use FreeNAS on the ...
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FreeNAS ZFS questions about CPU, Ram, & HD speed

I'd like to build the most energy efficient NAS possible but still be able to run FreeNAS with ZFS. I've been looking at Atom processors, but haven't found any that could support more than 4gb of ...
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How do I extend the storage space in my NAS server?

I have a NAS server (Dell R310 and FreeNAS OS) with RAID 1 and 2 x 250GB, and 2 slots for hot plug disk space are free. It is using hardware RAID. But the disk space is almost full, how can I extend ...
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Why isn't my new USB 3.0 card / USB 3.0 hard drives working under FreeNAS?

I have a Dell Inspiron Desktop 580 into which I have installed a RocketU 1144A USB 3.0 card. The system is running FreeNAS 8.0.1-BETA4, which is based on FreeBSD 8 and supposedly has USB 3.0 ...
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Wake on LAN Alternatives

I realize there are one or two related posts, but none that quite get at what I'm asking. I'm using an old computer as a NAS using FreeNAS, and after some tweaking everything is dandy. The NAS is ...
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What are the problems with running a file server (FreeNAS) in a VM?

I want to use my server machine (currently running FreeNAS) as a gaming box too. To do this, I'd install windows 7 on it, and run FreeNas as a virtual machine. The role of the server is a file ...
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How can I disaster recover data from a FreeNAS device?

I've read here about using FreeNAS and an old personal computer to prepare a home NAS. If my hardware dies (the PC is very old), will I be able to recover data easily just using the FreeNAS HDDs in ...
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Does FreeNAS support Windows 7 and OS X Time Machine?

I'm thinking about installing FreeNAS on a box I have that's just collecting dust (or doing a sff build). I have both OS X and Windows 7 machines on my home network. Does FreeNAS allow you to use ...
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How do I achieve a storage pool on my NAS?

I'm about to get a NAS for my home, and I'm thinking about FreeNas as opposed to a commercial solution, but I'm open to the most convenient and smooth solution The single most important thing I want ...
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Backup FreeNAS on NTFS dive

The Setup Scanner -> FreeNAS Via UNC Path FreeNAS -> Clients Via UNC Path The Clients are all Windows 7 Home Premium. (Ugh) The Question How can I automatically have one of the clients ...
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Recommendations for Filesystem

I have built the bones of a NAS system (which comprises of Ubuntu server 11.04 on 500GB SATA drive, and 3 2TB SATA disks in software RAID5 configuration)... I'm looking for some advice on what ...
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Troubleshooting random reboots with FreeNAS

I've got a FreeNAS box running 8.0 (based off of FreeBSD 8.0) that's rebooting at random every 10min to 3 hours. I'm struggling to get to an error message. FreeNAS seems to same any actual logs to ...
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freenas - using other partitions

I am repurposing my old dell with a 650gig HDD on it. I installed freenas and everything installed fairly easily. I setup a shortcut to the freenas but it says I only have 5MB available. How do I ...
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High speed downloads to NAS via workstation reporting “disk overload”

After a couple of years of down- and uploading files (mostly by torrents) directly to the hard drive of my workstation, I recently set up a NAS to handle storage and the read/write load. That, of ...
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Freenas permission denied when creating files - how to set permissions?

I am struggling with understanding permissions with FreeNAS. I have a SMB share I would like to share with EVERYONE (it's just 1 box and my family). I want to enable read/write/execute for all users. ...
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Freebsd (Freenas 8) and robocopy gives Error 5 Time-Stamping Destination File WHy?

I have a NAS running FreeBSD/FreeNas 8. When I copy files from a windows system to it via SMB/CIFS normally (explorer/copy) it all goes fine. User can create/delete/update files When i attempt the ...
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Can't figure out HD replacement in FreeNAS 8

So I'm testing this out in VirtualBox, and I've got two 10GB drives as a test (mirror of ada1 and ada2, ZFS). I create a zpool/volume called "tank" with the two drives, no problem. Then I power off, ...
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Backup large zfs disk on multiple hard drvies

I have a FreeNas box with 8 1.5TB drives in raidz2 and I would like to backup on an other computer with 2TB drives not in raid. Is there a way to automatically create a backup on multiple drives?
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Identify CIFS / AFP bottleneck on FreeNAS VM setup

This has been a bit of a pain for me, I'll try to provide as much info as possible. My set-up is as follows: I have a laptop running Windows 7, with a wired Ethernet connection to a router. I have a ...
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How can I create Dropbox-like functionality with FreeNAS?

I have several FreeNAS boxes scattered around the world (several terabytes of storage on each NAS) and have been doing manual rsyncs to keep them in line with each other. I would -really- like some ...
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Drobo FS vs Lime Technology unRAID vs FreeNAS

I already decided to by a drobo fs until I just found these two tests: http://www.digitalversus.com/data-robotics-drobo-fs-p889_9543_487.html ...
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Is it possible to take ANY ISO image file and make a boot USB key?

I've done this countless times with Windows 7 installations: booted the image from a USB key and installed. No problem. I want to do this with a FreeNAS 0.7.2 live CD, but I am having the hardest ...
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How to share a DVD drive on FreeNAS for Windows Network

I have added my DVD drive in the FreeNAS Web Interface (from Disks - Management). Now I want to access it as a Windows share (i.e. access it on my windows network) hence I tried mounting it but I keep ...
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local cache for NAS or network folder

I am planning to build a network attached storage (NAS) server. Is there a way to cache frequently acccessed files from the remote storage automatically on the local PC? (I am not looking for a way ...
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Connect macbook to my LAN through a VPN - best solution?

So I have a LAN connected via a ADSL/PPPoA, this is using a bog-standard DLink router supplied by my ISP (talktalk UK). I have a NAS within the LAN that is running FreeNAS and I want to be able to ...
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NAS + XBMC combination

I currently own a WD Sharespace and I am not too happy about it. It will freeze constantly and its rather slow. I've been thinking of replacing it. I also own a WD HD Live, and it works like it is ...
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ZFS performance issue

i recently set up a FreeNAS server with the following specs: 2.2Ghz AMD Processor 5GB RAM (just put in what i had) 500GB system drive (with a data partition, probably UFS?) 2x1TB data drives in a ...
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How feasible is it to setup a FreeNAS to be more like a full install of FreeBSD

So I've been playing with FreeNAS over the last week, finally trying to get my act together and store my important files properly. I'm finding myself wanting to install and compile additional ...
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Generating an X.509 certificate for FTP-over-SSL on Freenas

i've been Googling around for a moment on how to create a X.509 PEM certificate and private key for the FTP function in Freenas. I know i can use SFTP but i want to be able to secure the regular FTP ...
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How do I configure SFTP on FreeNAS?

Well, how do I configure SFTP on FreeNAS to be secure? My goal would be to get access to certain folders on my FreeNAS with a SFTP client like FireFTP. I'm using 0.7.2 Sabanda (revision 5462). The ...
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Permission denied problem in Freenas + Transmission

Running Freenas 0.7.2 (5543) and Transmission 2.11 The problem it that i can not save a torrent where ever i want.. For example... I can save in: /nmt/1-500gb/Tv/dexter but i can not save in ...
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Setting up an email alert when ZFS disk fails on FreeNAS

I am trying out FreeNAS 0.7.2 Sabanda (revision 5226) with 4x1TB disks, single parity ZFS RAID. While the email reports built into FreeNAS are good, I was wondering if there was a way I could get it ...
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How to install GCC or a compiler on FreeNAS 7.2

I have a NAS, running FreeNAS 0.7.2 (FreeBSD 7.3). I have tried to install Flexget, but it requires some pysqlite dependency. I have python 2.6 and python-setuptools. Running ...
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How to install compiler and binutils on FreeNAS?

I'd like to run a backup tool, duplicity, that apparently requires a cc compiler and binutils. I'm able to locate and install the required BSD packages for python, gcc, and dependencies from ...
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Combining iTunes libraries into one on server

I have my FreeNAS box setup and running with three 500GB drives in a RAID-Z1 pool (yee-haw!) and now I'm working on copying my iTunes library from my Macbook over to a share on the FreeNAS box. ...
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FreeNAS: single-disk ZFS?

I have an older PC being re-purposed as a FreeNAS box for the household LAN. So far I've got FreeNAS installed to a USB thumb drive and a 500GB SATA drive for storage. I went and unmounted the hard ...
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SMART error Offline uncorrectable sectors is this serious?

I install freenas and activated smartd and I got a report of 3 faulty drives. On drive /dev/ad20 (Western digital green 1500gb) Device: /dev/ad20, 4 Offline uncorrectable sectors Device: /dev/ad20, ...
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How to build a NAS?

I have quite a bit of photos I'd like to organize and get away from sparse DVDs and move to a NAS solution. Ideally, this would let me have some level of redundancy and more easily find what I'm ...
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Find BIOS update for HP Pavilion xt966

I installed FreeNAS on a HP Pavilion xt966. Every three seconds or so I message comes up on the console. acpi_tz0: _TMP value is absurd, ignored (-270.2C) From what I have been able to find this is ...
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Boot FreeBSD/FreeNAS (their bootloader) from isolinux?

I'm creating a multiboot cd but have trouble with the FreeNAS/FreeBSD boot loader. If the image has isolinux, its just basically to copy & paste their config, but with the FreeBSD loader its ...

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