Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:13:39 -0700 From: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> To: C. P. Ghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeNAS vs. FreeBSD? Message-ID: <44326394-E318-41B2-B85D-EA17E50B9230@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADGWnjVX7hHDkHDPVwrZOJGY%2B3BC5mLEq-AdqY4RGYR75qm=eg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADGWnjVX7hHDkHDPVwrZOJGY%2B3BC5mLEq-AdqY4RGYR75qm=eg@mail.gmail.com>
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Forgot to mention THE most important part; FreeNAS took an imbedded approach of sorts as the OS is run entirely = from USB or CDROM. So you ask "Hey, what about swap?", well a lil swap is created on all = your ZFS drives. I've tested with and w/o swap on a ZFS data set and have seen no = degradation in ZFS performance. Any changes made can be backed up to a file and restored on a fresh = install etc... which is simply either the ability to resort to defaults = and reboot or a fresh USB key. Also there jail implementation is EZ PZ. So for example if you want to install tools like FIO, zfs-mon etc, you = simply setup a jail which will have FreeBSD 9.1 in it and pkg_add -r at = will. And to clarify, there 9.1 rel was more like the FreeBSD 9.2 rel in terms = of ZFS features as it had LZ4 and TRIM support. So its more then just a GUI. However they do not have a well defined or a defined for that matter, = roadmap. FreeBSD has a superb roadmap so all in all I am still undecided on = direction, plus I have Solaris and Nexenta in test phase now as well. = Already ran through ZoL. - aurf On Oct 27, 2013, at 7:16 AM, C. P. Ghost wrote: > Hello, >=20 > up until now, I'm used to run FreeBSD on SuperMicro servers > with ZFS-over-GELI. Works like a charm, and I'm comfortable > with it w.r.t. administration and so on. >=20 > Now I'm wondering what's the difference to FreeNAS. >=20 > Does FreeBSD endorse FreeNAS (there's no port to FreeNAS > in the ports tree, that's why I ask), or is it a completely > different and independent project of unknown quality > and reputation? Would you advise to keep using FreeBSD > or should I give FreeNAS a try? >=20 > I know this belongs more to a FreeNAS mailing list, but I'd > like to know what FreeBSD users think and recommend. >=20 > TIA, > cpghost. >=20 > --=20 > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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