Sorry all for the lack of posts, I’ve been lazybusy. But as you can see the site has had a new lick of paint but that is a whole different series posts. Instead I want to talk about my new NAS. Being the data conscious person that I am there is only one acceptable filesystem to use, ZFS. Thankfully there is also a nice appliance-like OS called FreeNAS that is based on FreeBSD and has ZFS as the foundation. Once I’d selected the OS it was time to get some hardware. By keeping an eye out I was able to pick up some awesome deals on Dell hardware (which I’ve listed below). With the hardware all installed and FreeNAS loaded onto a USB key I was finally able set up my system and have a look around.
