obsodien
Dabbler
- Joined
- May 4, 2014
- Messages
- 41
Let me start off that i am a (extreme) novice when it came to how much i utilized all the 9.10.x could do for me. for the most part, my use was limited to CouchPotato/SickBeard/SabNZB/Emby and occasionally Minecraft for my daughter. Ok, i played some Minecraft as well, there i admitted to it....
I realize that any thing any one of us have to say about Corral will bring in back. I also freely jump on the Corral bandwagon, knowing full well of some of its shortcomings when it was released and also knowing (blindly) that they would be addressed it future updates. Didn't expect to relive that Dallas, it was a dream season or even the final episode of Grimm (watch if you want an explanation). But at the time it fit my initial needs and with VM/Docker support built in and expanded Docker Apps, as i call them, was a big leap from 9.10.x... I mean there was a bit of a learning curve when it came to correctly setting up my Dockers, but it was much easier what i was used to on my Synology. Which does not have the memory of horse power to do all i want. And to be quite honest, looked better and easier to set up on Corral. it also helped that there were so many people out there that went wild with youtube videos on setting up Corral and Dockers. I would like to thank all of you in helping a novice like me to go through some of the growing pains. Hats of to all of you.
I am sure that there have been alot of us that have looked at home NAS solutions out there. From preinstalled systems like Synology/Qnap to OS's on your hardware like FreeNAS/FreeBSD/Unraid/U-Nas and probably a few others that don't come to mind at the moment. FreeNAS was my choice, mostly at the time due to the cost. And it was actually pretty good for what i wanted it to do.
Since the decision to drop Corral, i have looked at what unraid looks like from an UI perspective and i was slightly impressed and could see where the team was going, i could be wrong and probably am. But from my overall experience so far with Corral, is that it made it easier for the common user to install/configure/maintain and more importantly expand on their use of a NAS system. i do hope that they take the best from what Corral had to offer and implement into the upcoming 9.10.3 and beyond. Corral had a ton of potential and maybe too much for it to survive the lost of lead advocate.
i will remain on Corral for the time being since it is up and running with very little problems i am currently experiencing (known to be exact). i will remain with FreeNAS as my choice for my home NAS. i will more than likely jump back on the 9.10 train more than likely at 9.10.4... I do understand the decision and support iXsystems in having to make the call.
Thank you for reading the ramblings of this novice user and feel free to criticize me on my lack of knowledge. As i have often said about myself, "I know enough to be dangerous"....
I realize that any thing any one of us have to say about Corral will bring in back. I also freely jump on the Corral bandwagon, knowing full well of some of its shortcomings when it was released and also knowing (blindly) that they would be addressed it future updates. Didn't expect to relive that Dallas, it was a dream season or even the final episode of Grimm (watch if you want an explanation). But at the time it fit my initial needs and with VM/Docker support built in and expanded Docker Apps, as i call them, was a big leap from 9.10.x... I mean there was a bit of a learning curve when it came to correctly setting up my Dockers, but it was much easier what i was used to on my Synology. Which does not have the memory of horse power to do all i want. And to be quite honest, looked better and easier to set up on Corral. it also helped that there were so many people out there that went wild with youtube videos on setting up Corral and Dockers. I would like to thank all of you in helping a novice like me to go through some of the growing pains. Hats of to all of you.
I am sure that there have been alot of us that have looked at home NAS solutions out there. From preinstalled systems like Synology/Qnap to OS's on your hardware like FreeNAS/FreeBSD/Unraid/U-Nas and probably a few others that don't come to mind at the moment. FreeNAS was my choice, mostly at the time due to the cost. And it was actually pretty good for what i wanted it to do.
Since the decision to drop Corral, i have looked at what unraid looks like from an UI perspective and i was slightly impressed and could see where the team was going, i could be wrong and probably am. But from my overall experience so far with Corral, is that it made it easier for the common user to install/configure/maintain and more importantly expand on their use of a NAS system. i do hope that they take the best from what Corral had to offer and implement into the upcoming 9.10.3 and beyond. Corral had a ton of potential and maybe too much for it to survive the lost of lead advocate.
i will remain on Corral for the time being since it is up and running with very little problems i am currently experiencing (known to be exact). i will remain with FreeNAS as my choice for my home NAS. i will more than likely jump back on the 9.10 train more than likely at 9.10.4... I do understand the decision and support iXsystems in having to make the call.
Thank you for reading the ramblings of this novice user and feel free to criticize me on my lack of knowledge. As i have often said about myself, "I know enough to be dangerous"....