David HM Spector wrote about the FreeNAS storage solution in this The Right Tool for the Job? blog post.
FreeNAS disk status showing disk and RAID devices
FreeNAS RAID configuration/setup page
This page allows for the addtion/removal of drive as well as selection of what kind of RAID should be used: RAID 0 (data striping ); RAID 1 (mirroring) or RAID 5 (full interleving + parity)
FreeNAS Raid Status page showing the size and state of RAID devices
Overall status page showing uptime, memory usage, etc.
FreeNAS CIFS/SMB/Samba setup and configuration
FreeNAS disk configuration page that allows the admin to select disks and edit mount point
FreeNAS general setup, where network settings and other basic configuration data are defined.
FreeNAS configuration of share mountpoints
Configuration of the local RSYNC daemon, which can be used to help automate backups of the system
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