As previously mentioned, OS X Lion does not support logging into NAS boxes running Samba or AFP servers that employ the DHCAST128 authentication method. Apple documented this as a security update, in which they outright disabled DHCAST128 in Lion. People who are running type of NAS system – FreeNAS or store bought boxes will not work [...]
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May 22
FreeNAS 8.0 – droboFS alternative 2.0
There’s something to celebrate this month – release of FreeNAS 8.0 Previously, the FreeNAS project has stuck with the decimal 0.x scheme for build numbers. the latest nightly build we used for the DIY storage appliance was 0.7.2. Since then, the number jumped from 0.x to 8.0, with 8.1 baking in the oven. Taking a [...]
Feb 04
greenpois0n RC 6.1 untetheredly jailbreaks iOS 4.2.1 [Mirrors Added]
This will be a short post regarding the new Greenpois0n RC 6.1 Release for jailbreaking your iDevice running on 4.2.1. For the longest time, we had to use the alpha Redsn0w release that not only required a 4.2b SHSH but the actual 4.2b IPSW which is only available to iOS developers. The Greenpois0n RC 6.1 [...]
Dec 07
Downgrade iOS 4.2.1 on iPhone and iPod Touch
Apple recently released iOS 4.2.1 which added quite a few awesome features including AirPlay, AirPrint, Safari “find on page”, and free “Find your iPhone” feature for iPhone 4. (sorry 3GS and 3G users… Apple purposely wrote you guys out of the deal.) My personal favorite would have to be the Safari search feature. I have [...]
Nov 08
Update on ZFS, OpenSolaris and our NAS build.
A few months ago I wrote a post detailing my most recent NAS build, running FreeNAS powered by ZFS. Since then the post has gather a fair bit of attention from curious readers and people who are looking to finally DIY an alternative to commercial NAS products, especially the Drobo. So what has happened in [...]
May 01
ZFS powered NAS, ultimate alternative to Drobo + Droboshare [Complete Guide]
I apologize to everyone for the looooonnnggg wait for this post. I have swapped out a few hardware components as well as OS for this NAS build. It wasn’t all pretty… and at times it felt frustrating… However, my NAS box and I have lived to tell the story. In this post I will walk [...]
Mar 24
drobo is no good… so I’m building my own NAS [updated]
After a few months work with the drobo and trying to give it NAS capabilities via TonidoPlug. I got it to work, and I’m getting same performance as the droboshare for half the cost. HOWEVER… I’m getting 3-5mb/s Write, and 3-20mb/s Read. The speed fluctuation is related to the limited CPU and I/O resource on [...]