Bear Island
Dabbler
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2015
- Messages
- 10
Hello,
I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. Recently I decided to try my hand at FreeNAS with a computer I no longer use. The specs are:
Asus P8Z68-V LX
Intel i5 2400 (3.1Ghz) quad core
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
Seagate 750GB 7200RPM HDD
HGST 500GB laptop hard drive (from Macbook Pro)
Not ideal, but this is just something I want to learn the ropes on. No, I am not storing anything on it that I cannot afford to lose.
I would say I am better than average with computers, especially the hardware side--a casual nerd. However, I quickly discovered that networking is not my strong suit.
My biggest childhood accomplishment was building a computer in the 7th grade (Pentium 4 and 1GB of RAM!!!), installing Ubuntu (then Gentoo) and Apache and selling web hosting for my friends' bands.
Since then I've kind of been in and out of the computer world, taking it up again when my primary system dies or I find myself with extra time on my hands.
What do I hope to learn here? Right now I'm in law school and would like to start my own firm down the road. One big problem in the legal industry I see is the older generation of lawyers are not grasping the importance of data security, backups, etc. I'd like to become proficient enough with FreeNAS so that I can have a special skill set in the legal market (most lawyers are not tech savvy, except for some patent folks).
So far, I've installed FreeNAS, set up a couple volumes, Time Machine backups, and AFP volumes. At the moment I am working on setting up OpenVPN in a jail so I can link up to the thing for secure browsing from coffee shops.
Just from playing around with my FreeNAS box, it is clear that I've lost most of my knowledge of the command line! Also, this OS has a HUGE learning curve! I hope you look forward to answering my dummy questions as much as I look forward to asking them!
I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. Recently I decided to try my hand at FreeNAS with a computer I no longer use. The specs are:
Asus P8Z68-V LX
Intel i5 2400 (3.1Ghz) quad core
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
Seagate 750GB 7200RPM HDD
HGST 500GB laptop hard drive (from Macbook Pro)
Not ideal, but this is just something I want to learn the ropes on. No, I am not storing anything on it that I cannot afford to lose.
I would say I am better than average with computers, especially the hardware side--a casual nerd. However, I quickly discovered that networking is not my strong suit.
My biggest childhood accomplishment was building a computer in the 7th grade (Pentium 4 and 1GB of RAM!!!), installing Ubuntu (then Gentoo) and Apache and selling web hosting for my friends' bands.
What do I hope to learn here? Right now I'm in law school and would like to start my own firm down the road. One big problem in the legal industry I see is the older generation of lawyers are not grasping the importance of data security, backups, etc. I'd like to become proficient enough with FreeNAS so that I can have a special skill set in the legal market (most lawyers are not tech savvy, except for some patent folks).
So far, I've installed FreeNAS, set up a couple volumes, Time Machine backups, and AFP volumes. At the moment I am working on setting up OpenVPN in a jail so I can link up to the thing for secure browsing from coffee shops.
Just from playing around with my FreeNAS box, it is clear that I've lost most of my knowledge of the command line! Also, this OS has a HUGE learning curve! I hope you look forward to answering my dummy questions as much as I look forward to asking them!