<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><br><span></span><div><span>I'm also looking to setup home network storage. The options I've found are:</span></div><div><br></div><div>Open-E<br><span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.open-e.com/products/open-e-data-storage-software-v6-lite/">http://www.open-e.com/products/open-e-data-storage-software-v6-lite/</a></div><div>I have some friends who are using this to support their business. <br></div><div><br></div><div>FreeNAS</div><div><a href="http://www.freenas.org/">http://www.freenas.org/</a></div><div>could be a problem due to hardware compatibility with FreeBSD<br></div><div><br></div><div>Openfiler<br></div><div><a href="http://www.openfiler.com/community/download">http://www.openfiler.com/community/download</a></div><div><br><span></span></div><div>a Openfiler how-to<br></div><div><a
href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-and-configuring-openfiler-with-drbd-and-heartbeat">http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-and-configuring-openfiler-with-drbd-and-heartbeat</a></div><div><br></div><div>I had not heard of the unRAID NAS option but it looks interesting. <br></div><div><a href="http://www.nasstorageserver.com/2011/11/12/setting-up-confirguring-unraid-server/">http://www.nasstorageserver.com/2011/11/12/setting-up-confirguring-unraid-server/</a></div><div><br></div><div>unRAID server version 4.7 stable release<br></div><div><a href="http://www.lime-technology.com/download/cat_view/49-unraid-server?start=5">http://www.lime-technology.com/download/cat_view/49-unraid-server?start=5</a><br><span></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Another option is using your favorite Linux distro & add in storage modules (NFS server, iSCSI, Samba, DRBD). This would allow you to add non-storage network services
such as Bind DNS, DHCP, NTP, & the like. </div><div><br></div><div>I have been using openSUSE & SLES for a few years. Found out that SLES 11 has just released SP2. Impressive feature set. <br></div><div><a href="http://www.suse.com/products/server/features/best-linux-server.html">http://www.suse.com/products/server/features/best-linux-server.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, SUSE is the only distro to have an partnership agreement with VMware. <br></div><div><a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/sles-for-vmware/overview.html">http://www.vmware.com/products/sles-for-vmware/overview.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Just my $0.02<br><span></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Martin <toms_jeep@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Clue-Mail List <clue@cluedenver.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:30 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [clue] File Server - URAID or FREENAS<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv309573350"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="">I am looking to set up a file server at home, I have narrowed my search down to UNRAID or FREENAS. I have tryed UNRAID but it did not work with the 3WARE raid card that is installed in the server.</div>
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<div style="">Intel MB- Xeon quad core, 3WARE 12 port card, 12 500GB SATA drives currently set at Raid 50. I would like to set one up with UNRAID and one with FREENAS but did not want to spend the $$$ on a new Raid card if it would not be worth it.</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue mailing list: <a ymailto="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org" href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org">clue@cluedenver.org</a><br>For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe see:<br><a href="http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue" target="_blank">http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue</a><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>