DISCLAIMER: I have not used FreeNAS in any way shape or form. Please do not harrang me for asking questions that may seem dumb. Just need to see if FreeNAS is tool for the job.
Hello,
I have a few questions about the FreeNAS Server architecture as it relates to the project I' am currently working on. Right now I have an ESXi 5.0.0 deployment which manages my SAN. (5 TB RAID 5 + 1 Hot spare) so FreeNAS would be in VM.
I have a Mac OS X server that we would like to migrate from and serve the data from a SAN so that it is faster and more secure. However the Marketing department has funny naming conventions and when a previous attempt was made to transfer the files, some of the names were different and got all messed up.
I would generally turn to Ubuntu server to serve up the large share but Ubuntu doesnt support HFS+ Shares above 2 TB due to instability. I was wondering if ZFS would mess up the names of the files and folders transfered from an HFS+ File system. I know this may be a "I dont know why dont you try it" Type of thread but I was just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and could offer some advice.
Also, VMWare only supports VMDK disks up to 2 TB. I would like to use LVM to "merge" the disks together and create one big share. So that the users only see a 5 TB pool and not 3 disks that they can save too. Does FreeNAS support LVM?
Thank you!
Jake
Hello,
I have a few questions about the FreeNAS Server architecture as it relates to the project I' am currently working on. Right now I have an ESXi 5.0.0 deployment which manages my SAN. (5 TB RAID 5 + 1 Hot spare) so FreeNAS would be in VM.
I have a Mac OS X server that we would like to migrate from and serve the data from a SAN so that it is faster and more secure. However the Marketing department has funny naming conventions and when a previous attempt was made to transfer the files, some of the names were different and got all messed up.
I would generally turn to Ubuntu server to serve up the large share but Ubuntu doesnt support HFS+ Shares above 2 TB due to instability. I was wondering if ZFS would mess up the names of the files and folders transfered from an HFS+ File system. I know this may be a "I dont know why dont you try it" Type of thread but I was just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and could offer some advice.
Also, VMWare only supports VMDK disks up to 2 TB. I would like to use LVM to "merge" the disks together and create one big share. So that the users only see a 5 TB pool and not 3 disks that they can save too. Does FreeNAS support LVM?
Thank you!
Jake