When ZFS first appeared, it was well received and praised. The time was ripe for a modernization of file systems to eliminate the tedious task of having to plan and create volume groups. My first experience with ZFS was when I was hired to build a NAS for a small business. Initially, I chose to […]
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Budget-friendly FreeNAS raid-z
When I wrote my previous post, I did not want to too much into detail about my NAS setup. But, I still had an urge to tell about the splendid configuration. My motivation for setting up my own freenas server, was my very positive previous experience with the software. And, by having my own configuration, […]
ZFS drive replacement
This is a post about the robustness of zfs, and can serve as a mini how-to for people who wants to replace disks and do not have hot spare in the system. Background Last Monday, our local area was hit by a tremendous rainfall which caused our basement to be flooded. You can see the […]