From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 17:55:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8526310656D0 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8ED8FC2E for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 4503 invoked by uid 89); 19 Jun 2009 17:55:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 19 Jun 2009 17:55:55 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Almberg Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:55:29 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Subject: Re: Compact Freebsd 'appliance' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:34 -0000 > > 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