tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post2376022316694081971..comments2024-03-03T10:06:40.354-07:00Comments on Warner's Random Hacking Blog: New FreeNAS beta snapshot released (r5648)Warner Loshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11922167595789336900noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-41319795844149788652011-02-10T12:34:01.005-07:002011-02-10T12:34:01.005-07:00Hi, I could not manage to get quotas on zfs with t...Hi, I could not manage to get quotas on zfs with the GUI of freenas 0.8, is it possible ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290737592749620038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-68233382684086306822011-02-01T20:49:23.776-07:002011-02-01T20:49:23.776-07:00I'm very interested in this project, to the po...I'm very interested in this project, to the point that I'm following the svn commits ;-)<br /><br />Are you intending to stick with FreeBSD 8.1 as the underlying OS, or are you going to move to (the imminent) FreeBSD 8.2 for the FreeNAS 8 release?<br />I ask because then FreeNAS 8 would have a compatible zfs version - 15 - with the ZFSGuru project. Would be nice to be able to switch disks between systems.<br /><br />@felipeds: I also couldn't get AFP working with my Mac running 10.6.6. It work fine in the latest 0.72 release though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509983654194603411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-58079941616015503152011-01-28T12:02:28.896-07:002011-01-28T12:02:28.896-07:00Awesome .. I'm a big fan of FreeNAS, FreeBSD, ...Awesome .. I'm a big fan of FreeNAS, FreeBSD, NanoBSD, Django, xIsystems.<br /><br />I have deployed 3 for friends, I use FreeBSD at home, done a few nanobsd projects for x86 and x64, .. I run a Djgango project in a FreeBSD jail at johncompanies.com .. so this is all good stuff. Thanks for your work on this.<br /><br />I am totally against your PC-PSD point of view on this, though. To me that's a negative. I've attempted to use it at home, but it always fails me, eventually. And, FreeBSD, has never failed me. I build from ports, not packages. I find the PC-BSD project very frustrating, and a distraction from FreeBSD. I wish that the PC-BSD project would not deviate from FreeBSD. That's my $0.02 on that. Otherwise, this project, FreeNAS is perfect. Thanks again for all you are doing.<br /><br />Not for public:<br />If you'd like to look at my Django/FreeBSD project, you can use the username/password edcpublic/edcpublic - but don't make this public (support@edc-info.org) - thanksjohnedstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-27615978742013283462011-01-16T12:23:48.331-07:002011-01-16T12:23:48.331-07:00Great work so far devs! I tried setting up an AFP ...Great work so far devs! I tried setting up an AFP share but it keeps asking me for an username and password even when I check off guest access box. Also do you guys plan to add UPS support via NUT? I think that's vital for a NAS server and was IMHO one of the most important features in Freenas 7. Otherwise keep up the work guys!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393296471723102986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-38115110295587519472011-01-13T04:13:19.503-07:002011-01-13T04:13:19.503-07:00Any updates on what has happened since Christmas?Any updates on what has happened since Christmas?HotBlackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993427606978560617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-58499552517139255162010-12-26T22:56:52.433-07:002010-12-26T22:56:52.433-07:00Any idea on reworked packages for daap and fuppes ...Any idea on reworked packages for daap and fuppes yet? I building a PS3 and iTunes server on freenas 7 now. I'd love to be able to just start clean with 8.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651312132315343370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-20591717782250695492010-12-26T14:15:37.973-07:002010-12-26T14:15:37.973-07:00FreeNAS is great and is gaining a growing followin...FreeNAS is great and is gaining a growing following, so lots of interest in your efforts on 8 Warner.<br /><br />I will need the zpool management to migrate from 7 personally...<br /><br />There are so many nice extras in freenas7 already, everyone has high expectations with a dedicated profesional dev team!<br />Thanks again for the hard work and focus for this great project. IMHO - FreeNAS is still the best option for a NAS. (mostly due to how great ZFS is at multi-drive filesystm mngt.)<br />"zpool replace /sda /sdb" on a raid 6. how freaking kick-ass that?? Way kick-ass my friend.meggawhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628257234689535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-15864835885709861382010-12-23T08:53:18.650-07:002010-12-23T08:53:18.650-07:00will freenas 8 run as a pv guest in xen ?will freenas 8 run as a pv guest in xen ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-23973234321791765402010-12-19T14:29:28.519-07:002010-12-19T14:29:28.519-07:00Great work Warner!Great work Warner!UrbanVoyeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13579644694307262371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-79095361924109855682010-12-17T11:13:20.294-07:002010-12-17T11:13:20.294-07:00I've been trying the various builds inside VM&...I've been trying the various builds inside VM's using VMware ESXi and all releases show great promise. Very clean and streamlined. So far very impressed.<br />Now I am tying to load up on actual hardware. Seems my SATA controller is not supported. I have an LSI 9240-8i and BSD drivers are available but I don't know how to add them to the build. Any plans in the future to support additional controllers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-1714072582979179532010-12-13T01:24:14.704-07:002010-12-13T01:24:14.704-07:00I can't wait for a stable release. I will fin...I can't wait for a stable release. I will finally rid my house of any MS built operating system. As much as like WHS, FreeNAS seems to be a much better alternative.<br /><br />Great work Warner, appreciate the dedication!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-27620515688646997752010-12-09T16:00:00.395-07:002010-12-09T16:00:00.395-07:00Let me address many of these comments:
We have pl...Let me address many of these comments:<br /><br />We have plans to allow upgrading from 0.7. First, we'll allow importing of storage volumes, and later full migrations of the settings.<br /><br />We're in the process of adding user editing for SMB, so that should be in a forthcoming snapshot.<br /><br />Ditto with iSCSI: we have another engineer working on that.<br /><br />Zpool management is further down on the list of priorities. it is something we'd love to have, but there are are few other things that we need to finish first.<br /><br />@mmk5: try to catch me on IRC. freenode/#freenas is the right place.Warner Loshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922167595789336900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-48055112237446774762010-12-08T13:46:46.869-07:002010-12-08T13:46:46.869-07:00Pretty sure tnkflx meant 256 MB disk size.
Defini...Pretty sure tnkflx meant 256 MB disk size.<br /><br />Definitely looking forward to FreeNAS 8 though. Espectially the improved zfs support. One thing I've noticed from tooling around with FreeNAS 7 in a VM is that the web interface for vdev/zpool management is missing quite a bit. Any chance that will be improved in 8? Things like being able to expand a zpool by adding an additional vdev to it directly through the web interface would be fantastic.Chris McEnteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329852252010604880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-18039537202070706992010-12-08T08:31:22.021-07:002010-12-08T08:31:22.021-07:00I'm building my first NAS device and have hit ...I'm building my first NAS device and have hit a road block. I've loaded FreeNAS on a CD and then on to a jump drive (even tried a hard drive). But now before I get to the Guie interface it ask for Username and Password. I have looked every where for something on this. I have tried "admin" and "freenas", doesn't work. Help?MM5Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744370676788227062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-72936505721963959112010-12-08T07:24:08.331-07:002010-12-08T07:24:08.331-07:00I wonder, what i am doing wrong:
* i am missing us...I wonder, what i am doing wrong:<br />* i am missing usermanagement for CIFS shares and the possibility to make shares available only to certain user groups<br />* iSCSI can be enabled, but it is not useable because i can't create a targetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-24627694583389004582010-12-06T15:22:38.348-07:002010-12-06T15:22:38.348-07:00I can't wait to try it! This is the only distr...I can't wait to try it! This is the only distribution I know that can accomplish small footprint, ZFS resilience to data corruption and open source philosophy. Moreover, a vaste community to ask to, when some troubles should come.<br /><br />Keep up the good work! You rock!!<br />EnricoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-3941222392677597882010-12-06T07:39:33.218-07:002010-12-06T07:39:33.218-07:00@Warner Losh
I don't mind that I can't do...@Warner Losh<br /><br />I don't mind that I can't downgrade. As long as I don't lose data and the data can be approached somehow I'm happy.<br /><br />Any estimate when that will be possible from 0.7 ?<br /><br />thx a lot for all the work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-83784428417880482642010-12-06T02:23:04.811-07:002010-12-06T02:23:04.811-07:00Hey Warner, Thanks for the anwser! I actually mean...Hey Warner, Thanks for the anwser! I actually meant 256 OS footprint, not RAM ;) RAM will be 2GB or 4GB.<br />The Intel SS4200 NAS has a Disk-On-Module connected to the IDE port of 256MB RAM and it's for this machine that I'm looking for a good small NAS OS...tnkflxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855555780611162613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-86299770000085184112010-12-05T23:53:46.772-07:002010-12-05T23:53:46.772-07:00Keep up the good work Warner.
-MenacingMKeep up the good work Warner.<br /><br />-MenacingMMenacingMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-41714194928502471672010-12-05T11:49:21.386-07:002010-12-05T11:49:21.386-07:00@thnflx: I rebooted my VM with 256MB. Although th...@thnflx: I rebooted my VM with 256MB. Although the 'avm' size still said 383MiB, top reports that there's 113MiB free. This suggests that 256MiB might be reachable. You might need to produce a customized kernel with only the drivers you need for your box to reduce the system footprint by several MiB.Warner Loshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922167595789336900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-12192754281783178542010-12-05T11:41:50.191-07:002010-12-05T11:41:50.191-07:00ZFS and 256MB likely won't give you the perfor...ZFS and 256MB likely won't give you the performance that you want. ZFS performs better when you feed it more memory.<br /><br />A virtual machine with 1GiB that has a ufs mount right now says 'avm' is 383MiB right now. You might be able to shoe-horn into 256MB. Please let me know how that works out for you.Warner Loshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922167595789336900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-73909395406637941642010-12-05T11:39:24.290-07:002010-12-05T11:39:24.290-07:00Some updates on direction...
We plan on having an...Some updates on direction...<br /><br />We plan on having an upgrade path from 0.7. We also plan on adding the ability to bring in pre-formatted disks with data on them. However, there are some caveats with this... ZFS in 8.x is a newer version than in FreeNAS 0.7. When the zpool is converted to the new version, you lose the ability to downgrade.Warner Loshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922167595789336900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-29511320760530231492010-12-04T02:31:52.802-07:002010-12-04T02:31:52.802-07:00Thanks!
How stable would you rate this release? R...Thanks!<br /><br />How stable would you rate this release? Reason for asking is that I'm currently looking for a small (<256MB) OS with ZFS support for my Intel ss4200. FreeNAS 8 is about the only thing that comes close it seems ;)tnkflxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855555780611162613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-73966834418298641082010-12-03T15:58:46.801-07:002010-12-03T15:58:46.801-07:00So excited about new freenas, just wondering if th...So excited about new freenas, just wondering if this relase will allow us to add pre-formatted ufs drives from 0.7?<br /><br />It's looking great keep up the good work!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32797070.post-11583237476490320132010-12-03T07:40:53.839-07:002010-12-03T07:40:53.839-07:00Looking forward for the posibility to upgrade my F...Looking forward for the posibility to upgrade my FreeNAS 7 and be able to use the data still ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com