I wanted to get some feedback from others out there using or waiting to use FreeNAS in it's current state (8.0.2). For context's sake, when I say "production", this is in a home environment, but I come from an Enterprise IT background.
Are others out there starting to use FreeNAS in a full time environment or are most people still testing it out and waiting for things to settle down? It feels like there is still a lot of development and hence new features coming out (which is great, don't get me wrong), but it gives me the feeling that the platform is still growing. From my Enterprise background, using a growing, constantly changing platform is not usually the best plan, but in a home environment, it's not necessarily as bad.
My biggest concern is constantly needing to upgrade so I can run on the "supported" version - as versions continue, eventually you need to upgrade to the latest version so you can get all the bug fixes, etc in place and so that others can assist with any problems. With those upgrades, there's always the chance for something to break and possibly having your data inaccessible until you find a fix. The more upgrading, the more chance for a problem.
I'd like to know where others are at and how they're currently using a FreeNAS 8.0.x build in their environment (be it home, enterprise or otherwise).
Thanks!
Are others out there starting to use FreeNAS in a full time environment or are most people still testing it out and waiting for things to settle down? It feels like there is still a lot of development and hence new features coming out (which is great, don't get me wrong), but it gives me the feeling that the platform is still growing. From my Enterprise background, using a growing, constantly changing platform is not usually the best plan, but in a home environment, it's not necessarily as bad.
My biggest concern is constantly needing to upgrade so I can run on the "supported" version - as versions continue, eventually you need to upgrade to the latest version so you can get all the bug fixes, etc in place and so that others can assist with any problems. With those upgrades, there's always the chance for something to break and possibly having your data inaccessible until you find a fix. The more upgrading, the more chance for a problem.
I'd like to know where others are at and how they're currently using a FreeNAS 8.0.x build in their environment (be it home, enterprise or otherwise).
Thanks!