[GRLUG] Free BSD and Free NAS

[Don Ellis]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:12 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> At 12:57 PM 1/20/2011, you wrote:
>>
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> Who has experience with Free BSD and Free NAS.
>>
>> Wanting to setup a NAS box for home and looking at this solution.
>
> Far simpler to go with a NAS appliance - we've had good luck with the LG
> N2R1; it'a a Debian kernel, a number of folks have published updates that
> include things like nfs, ssh, rsync, ..
>
> Less than $300 for 2x1T (RAID1 = 1T), this model also has a DVD rewriter -
> small, compact, fanless. ARM9.
>
>        Lee

Lee, you didn't mention that the LG N2R1 is a bit hard to get, and
seems to about to get some kind of update. Any news on it from the
NES?

(I still want one, or something like it. Seems like a great deal.
Lower power and more compact than using a separate machine; easy to
justify the space, power, and expense.)

--Don Ellis

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