Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:55:29 -0400 From: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compact Freebsd 'appliance' Message-ID: <E5428363-0FC5-4D46-ADF5-5A5B82588BD8@identry.com> In-Reply-To: <19003.49536.836196.347170@already.dhcp.gene.com> References: <94A1EEFE-A341-41C8-A63E-4F9EC1C75670@identry.com> <19003.49536.836196.347170@already.dhcp.gene.com>
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> > I have a couple of Via Artigo a2000 boxes, one running FreeBSD-STABLE > (post 7.2) and the other running FreeNAS. Both work well. I've seen > posts from one fellow who's tracking a bug with the vge interface > under very heavy load, but both of mine stream music and do Time > Machine backups via netatalk without any trouble. Logic Supply has a > custom FreeNAS build that recognizes the disks as SATA and that adds > support for Gb ethernet to the NIC (rolling in changes from -STABLE to > the 6.x series on which the stable FreeNAS is based). > > http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/05/11/custom-a2000-freenas- > image/ > > They're not the cheapest place to buy the box, but they're close and > they do good support (I'm just a happy customer and I helped with the > FreeNAS image, no other association). > > They're not Living Room quiet, but they're about as unobtrusive as you > can get in a little box w/out going fanless. Also very nice looking boxes. Thanks! -- John
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