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I have nothing personal against Solaris.
HOWEVER, I have a whole swack of sw running on the 24/7 server / desktop. Then there's the matters of a much smaller user-base vs Linux, sw choice + hw compatibilites [from what I have heard] - and also Mr 'Evil' Ellison...
You pay any attention to btrfs?
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Yep. Agreed.
At this point btrfs is not ready for prime-time...its in the 'maybe someday' category...which is the horizon I am in for upgrading.
To be continued... ;-)
Have a good weekend.
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I looked at FreeNas in the past, but have been waiting patiently on openmediavault, and did use Naslite in the past as well..
But I eventually settled on Ubuntu Server. Add in the WebMin and you have a great NAS that is capable of whole lot more if needed.
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And, Debian 6.0 was just released with kFreeBSD, meaning Debian + ZFS is now possible.
Code:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%';
IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.
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Lot's of great information in this thread. I'm glad I found it.
I hope I'm not hijacking the thread to take it into a different direction but could someone provide a bit more clarity on the differences between Nexenta and Nexentastor? I've been scouring the web but can't get a clear answer. Also, among all the ZFS options it would be great if someone could provide a pros and cons list for them.
I've outgrown my 4-Bay ReadyNAS and am getting ready to build my own. I'm leaning heavily toward ZFS based on what I've been reading but would like the most stable, easiest to setup and administer option.
Thanks
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There's Debian/kFreeBSD and Debian/GNU.
Debian/kFreeBSD is the one with the ZFS in the kernel. I know someone has submitted patches to get it to compile on FreeBSD, but I'm not sure if anyone has compiled it yet for Debian/kFreeBSD.
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Nexenta:NexentaStor::FreeBSD:FreeNAS
Nexenta:NexentaStor::Linux:unRAID
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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%';
IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
XBMC installed from Debian Multimedia repository. ZFS Installed from source (probably going to mirate to that ppa)... and it all works.
I need to tinker some more since it's an AMD MoBo (Le'Sigh my old AMD Mobo had a Nvidia 8300 on it, but no more). I can play 1080p with the CPU alone, but I may try and get vaapi running on it.... no clue why. Just will.
Code:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%';
IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.