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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘drobo’
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 [...]
Feb 11
droboshare alternatives – tonidoplug + gigabit switch? [Updated w/ solution]
I have a 2nd generation Drobo with 4TB worth of drives and 2.6TB of usable space. I loved the drobo’s ability to use drives with different sizes, however it is quite useless without any NAS capability. The droboshare adds NAS capability to the drobo for $199 USD, which is an insane price tag for what [...]