Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the reply Peter. Which version of FreeNAS did you try? Looks like FreeNAS now has multiple forks. Also, web reports indicate that the OpenBSD drivers do not like the Ethernet chip set in the N40L, so Ubuntu looks like a good bet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig at summaventures.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT- ZFS on Linux > Akhil, > > I haven't run ZFS but have tried both FreeNAS and a custom Ubuntu server > with LVM. > > FreeNAS is touted as being wonderful, but I found it difficult to tailor > it to > fit my particular requirements. The custom route using LVM etc assumes a > fair > degree of familiarity with the technology but works well. The only problem > I > found was that when I needed to recycle disks they were all a problem to > reformat. > > Haven't run the N40L but it looks a decent bit of kit. There seems to be > plenty > of flexibility. > > As for Ubuntu, personally I think it's a great operating system and > deservedly > popular although some purists think it too market-oriented. Stability > shouldn't > be a problem but if anything is likely to be critical go for a LTS (Long > Term > Support) version. You might go for 12.04.1 at present. See > http://www.ubuntu.org/ > > Good luck, > > Peter > > > On 23/09/2012 05:11, A. Lal wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm about to set up my long delayed NAS based on the HP N40L >> >> I'm trying to decide between running Ubuntu on ZFS, or one of the >> OpenBSD >> packages like FreeNAS 8 or NAS4Free with ZFS, of course. >> >> Have any of you run ZFS/Ubuntu? If so, how did it go and how stable was >> your >> system?. >> >> Regards, >> Akhil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >