Hi,
I've been using PC-BSD for about a year, but wonder if FreeNAS might be more suitable for me. I'm interested to hear your comments on this.
My PC-BSD system is only used for 3 things, and I'd be surprised if that changes in the next couple of years.
1. raidz2 storage for 24Tb over 8 disks (mostly my ripped BluRays) shared over SMB/CIFS
2. Gallery3 + PHP + Apache + mySql for Photo sharing
3. Logitech Media Server for my music systems
These are all working fine on PC-BSD 9.1, but I have my doubts if the LMS binaries built for 9.1 will work if I upgraded to 10.0. Whereas, I've seen in the FreeNAS forums that LMS is fairly easy to get going on the latest FreeNAS build.
My specific questions are these:
1. What's it like getting Gallery3 (and dependencies) working in the latest FreeNAS? I've searched for the answer, but everything seems to refer back to old versions, and is maybe a bit more technical than I'm comfortable with.
2. I was surprised to see that FreeNAS runs from a USB flash stick, rather than getting installed to an internal SSD. My hardware doesn't have a CD-ROM, so that's not an option for me. If the USB stick is just 4Gb, how is there space to install things like Gallery, Apache, PHP, MySQL, etc ? I sort of feel I can't have properly understood the FreeNAS design in this regard.
So, do you think FreeNAS is for me, or should I stick with PC-BSD?
Many thanks for the help and advice!
I've been using PC-BSD for about a year, but wonder if FreeNAS might be more suitable for me. I'm interested to hear your comments on this.
My PC-BSD system is only used for 3 things, and I'd be surprised if that changes in the next couple of years.
1. raidz2 storage for 24Tb over 8 disks (mostly my ripped BluRays) shared over SMB/CIFS
2. Gallery3 + PHP + Apache + mySql for Photo sharing
3. Logitech Media Server for my music systems
These are all working fine on PC-BSD 9.1, but I have my doubts if the LMS binaries built for 9.1 will work if I upgraded to 10.0. Whereas, I've seen in the FreeNAS forums that LMS is fairly easy to get going on the latest FreeNAS build.
My specific questions are these:
1. What's it like getting Gallery3 (and dependencies) working in the latest FreeNAS? I've searched for the answer, but everything seems to refer back to old versions, and is maybe a bit more technical than I'm comfortable with.
2. I was surprised to see that FreeNAS runs from a USB flash stick, rather than getting installed to an internal SSD. My hardware doesn't have a CD-ROM, so that's not an option for me. If the USB stick is just 4Gb, how is there space to install things like Gallery, Apache, PHP, MySQL, etc ? I sort of feel I can't have properly understood the FreeNAS design in this regard.
So, do you think FreeNAS is for me, or should I stick with PC-BSD?
Many thanks for the help and advice!