From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 27 16:13:43 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15AD9674 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:13:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aurfalien@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-x22b.google.com (mail-oa0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3E6F2EFC for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:13:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id m1so2691285oag.2 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:13:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PGae3+R2zvmDCoK5jb9dWAhuMYaXcrmLEudJXD3d5YI=; b=0Hrp3TxVU6c/io/IFNBO3UrVayA3TqOgcBo7CwdQZQ3zI/oyB/ykbisUTtsXeClFT7 L+C7HKlA6jihulCHEXDQP5bjsUx3ovMUanWMKxw4XNfRGOAwia/WLT4j51dq9OCZ3rj4 7NPRqYypeChf+1LrD9vSDNCQ1G1zBcSLqHK6fiIP3FR4CyX3B9zfBh8dOgD0LU5t3sTL U+ueWm/VtgjRnvbMvwaDuOeVxJiJHn7xYNQlJYi86VUFgd1ixd5EQcxjTXRVBx/ApMyd KPhVgAtqWM030HR+EbUNCXIb0yudb6yfgFm5ORCu+vU2BxB+QBB5FhMO8QumC7x2VmRF VoZQ== X-Received: by 10.60.155.166 with SMTP id vx6mr11427473oeb.28.1382890422231; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:13:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.74] (75-63-29-182.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. [75.63.29.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id d8sm25396340oeu.6.2013.10.27.09.13.40 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:13:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: FreeNAS vs. FreeBSD? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: aurfalien In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:13:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <44326394-E318-41B2-B85D-EA17E50B9230@gmail.com> References: To: C. P. Ghost X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:13:43 -0000 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"