FreeNAS Write Speed
I got an email from a user on the FreeNAS help forum asking me if I had tested the write speed of my ZFS RAID array. He was upset that he was only getting 45 MB...
Tag: Openfiler
BACKUP YOUR SHIT!
Last night I sat down to watch an episode of The Practice that I had downloaded to my OpenFiler server in the basement. I fired up the Xbox and launched Xbox Me...
OpenFiler Test Results – Final!
I managed to finish up the new round of testing this evening and have posted the final results! They are a little different than I expected them to be, but at l...
OpenFiler Performance Testing – Back to Square One
Well, last night I discovered that my testing methodology was flawed and the results are all over the board. Plus I changed the test configuration in the middle...
New Openfiler Update I
The motherboard is an X5DPE-G2, so it has four PCI busses on it. Nate brought me a Promise Ultra100 TX2 dual channel IDE controller (thanks Nate!) today, and I ...
Starting to build my new OpenFiler!
Finally! I have five 250GB IDE hard drives that I bought from Nate (thanks Nate!) a while ago. I also have some old gear that I picked up with a Xeon motherboar...
Keeping iTunes Synced With Folders
Here is a great tip about a program to keep your iTunes synced with your music folders. I’ve already had some trouble with this on my OpenFiler share, so ...
iTunes Server for Linux
Nate at work turned me on to MT-Daap – a Daap server for Linux. Daap is the protocol that iTunes uses for sharing your libraries. MT-Daap runs as a daemon...
Going to need more space…
I’m starting to rip my CDs onto the Openfiler box and I think I have a problem. I have about 130GB of space available for MP3s. I have about 500 CDs. Each...
Multiple iTunes Libraries
So I have this OpenFiler NAS in the basement now and I want to put my MP3s on it and serve them to multiple computers around the house. (See this, this and this...