New FreeNAS article in german PC magazin
Have a look here.
FreeNAS video workshop in german PC magazin
Today i found a video workshop in a german PC magazin. Have a look here: Video 1 Video 2
FreeNAS 0.685b released
Convertion to sysvinit nearly completed
The boot code currently used in FreeNAS has been nearly completely converted into shell scripts. This has been done to use the FreeBSD sysvinit system and to make FreeNAS working more like FreeBSD. This enables us to provide the ability to use the FreeBSD package system without any big code changes. Because of the FreeNAS […]
IPv6
Internet IPv6 migration seem very slow (in US and Europe), then here is my little contribution to this big task: By continuing to improve the upgrade process of the new ‘full’ release, I’ve start on adding IPv6. The actuall FreeBSD kernel used in FreeNAS support allready IPv6, the only change is to permit to configure […]
SF.net 2007 Community Choice Awards
The SF.net Community Choice Awards are back for 2007. You can vote for your favorite software 😉 by clicking on this link: (SF.net account needed)
BarCamp at Nantes (FR)
Hi all, There is a BarCamp at Nantes (in France) friday (the 8th june), and I will be present. If you want to speak about managing an open source project (in french), you’re welcome!
Refactor services code and integrate sysvinit
Currently i’m thinking about how to replace the current services php init code by using FreeBSD’s init system. This will make it easier to start/stop/restart services the Unix way.
New experimental installation mode
I’ve just added a new method for installing FreeNAS: It’s a real ‘install’ method that no more use the RAM drive. For preparing these change, I’ve begin to rename the platform name: Here are the new platform names: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD: For the CD-ROM release (using a RAM drive) FreeNAS-i386-embedded: For the classical […]
Samba/CIFS performance initiative
After recoding most the FreeNAS build scripts now we are able to add original FreeBSD patches into our ports. Due this i’ve added the Samba patches in the hope of increasing its performance. My current results are between 8.5 and 9.1 MB/s on a 100MBit network connection. Maybe my switch is a bottleneck, so i […]