Alright folks, so I was toying around with my FreeNAS 8.0.2 box and I encountered a problem where when I would copy data via samba to the ZFS share, the machine would kernel panic after about 30 ...

I plan on implementing a FreeNAS server pretty soon. I have been reading up on ZFS this afternoon but I have some questions. I currently have 8x 2TB SEAGATE ST2000NM0001 6Gbps SAS disks and 4x 2TB ATA ...

What is FreeNAS you say? Put simply, it's is an operating system based on FreeBSD that brings with it a snazzy web interface for management, and all the protocols you need to share files between ...

You've heard the word "server" thrown around a lot, but usually in the context of web sites or big companies that have a lot of data to store. In reality, a server can be just as useful in your home.

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PC lovers tend to collect a lot of hardware as the years roll by. Instead of leaving it to collect dust, why not repurpose it as a file-slinging server? Several free and open-source operating systems ...

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Being an Editor here at Custom PC Review, I’m constantly in need of lots of mass storage. At CES 2017, I took over 1,000 14-bit RAW images using a Nikon D800 camera which generated files somewhere ...