I did back Friday, 08 February 2008 <a href="http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=24"> FreeNAS 0.686.1</a><br><br>liked it, but was doing wierd things<br>gave up in the end<br><br>But I keep checking it and will give it another go a couple of version on<br><br>regards<br><br><b><i>Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Has anyone played with FreeNAS recently?<br><br><br><br>Adrian<br><br>On Fri, Apr 25, 2008, Fred Janon wrote:<br>> Thanks for the feedback Ari.<br>> <br>> Fred<br>> <br>> --- sothisistheinternet <sothisistheinternet@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Avoid Netgear, at least the SC101T models.<br>> > <br>> > 1 - power supplies on both our systems failed in the first 24 hours<br>> > of<br>> > use and
took about a month to get replaced by netgear after repeated<br>> > mix ups on their part with their IT systems.<br>> > <br>> > 2 - You cannot put a pre-formated or populated drive in these units -<br>> > the units will not recognise the drive as usable.<br>> > <br>> > 3- Netgear have removed a very simple little tool from their software<br>> > for these devices that allows you to repartition and use previously<br>> > used drives. Instead, you have to allow them to log into your system<br>> > and use the same tool remotely from their end on your drives.<br>> > <br>> > 4- No USB/Firewire ports for drive population, making the problem of<br>> > periodic network refreshes even greater because it keeps breaking the<br>> > copy processes while populating the devices over the network.<br>> > <br>> > 5- Not true NAS - can only be used via the netgear software as shared<br>> > drives on
a PC<br>> > <br>> > 6- Not sure if these will work under Linux due to problem 5.<br>> > <br>> > I assume you're referring to much more expensive units than the<br>> > SC101T, but just in case, I thought I should warn you (and anyone<br>> > else<br>> > considering one).<br>> > <br>> > We're using them because we're not pouring any more money into NAS at<br>> > the moment after this disappointment.<br>> > <br>> > Ari<br>> > <br>> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Fred Janon <fjanon@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>> > > Hi,<br>> > ><br>> > > I am looking for a NAS box with 500GB to 1TB mirrored drives with<br>> > > Ethernet 100Mb/s/1Gb/s that supports Linux and Windz. And that<br>> > doesn't<br>> > > prevent any file to be shared (like the WD box).<br>> > ><br>> > > There is a few on the market, NetGear, LaCie, Buffalo, any<br>>
> feedback?<br>> > ><br>> > > Thanks<br>> > ><br>> > > Fred<br>> > ><br>> > > _______________________________________________<br>> > > PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au<br>> > > http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<br>> > > Committee e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<br>> > ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au<br>> > http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<br>> > Committee e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<br>> > <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au<br>> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<br>> Committee e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<br><br>-- <br>- Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support -<br>- $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped
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