Havoc! Let me summarise my long list of problems with my custom PC. The spec is roughly:
A little summary of my troubles after the break:
So I got FreeBSD 7.1 w/ ZFS on my root file system working like a charm.
I followed the instructions at www.ish.com.au, with some exceptions, which follow after the break.
The cool thing? 1,860 GB of storage space. 930 GB of disk space is being used for automatic ZFS backups (the checksums) to protect my data. Total = 2,790 GB.
Total spent = around B$1,250.
This is 67 cents per gigabyte of better than RAID-5 protected storage. With a CPU thrown in to boot! haha.
Dilemma! I’m setting up a home NAS … but do I return to my FreeBSD roots or shall I try something new and go with OpenSolaris?
Both are Open Source, both have excellent communities etc. And most importantly? Both have ZFS.
Well, my Dad always told me to be systematic! A clear mind = a clear purpose. So a small comparison follows after the break …