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Images: FreeNAS

By // July 18, 2006, 8:41 AM PST // billdetwiler

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  • 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

    &coyp; CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • 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)

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • FreeNAS Raid Status page showing the size and state of RAID devices

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • Overall status page showing uptime, memory usage, etc.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • FreeNAS CIFS/SMB/Samba setup and configuration

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • FreeNAS disk configuration page that allows the admin to select disks and edit mount point

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • FreeNAS general setup, where network settings and other basic configuration data are defined.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • FreeNAS configuration of share mountpoints

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

  • Configuration of the local RSYNC daemon, which can be used to help automate backups of the system

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

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

&coyp; CNET Networks - Submitted by David HM Spector

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