I built a Windows 2008 r2 server with lots of 1t and 2t drives with 16g of RAM. I use it for a couple functions but would really like to add the function of backing up several MACs running Snow Leopard and one running Lion. I am considering running FreeNAS under VMWare workstation.
First question - do I need a nightly build of FreeNAS 8 for the Lion user? Was 7.2 passed over?
Second question - I understand how to do a basic install of FreeNAS in VMWare but am not sure how to set up my storage pool. I figure I need either to set up 3 separate drive pools each around 750gig or one 2t pool and limit it to files no larger than 750gig. Can someone help point me in the right direction? Is this where iSCSI comes in? I have read about it but don't understand it.
Are there other considerations I need to address? Any advice is appreciated.
First question - do I need a nightly build of FreeNAS 8 for the Lion user? Was 7.2 passed over?
Second question - I understand how to do a basic install of FreeNAS in VMWare but am not sure how to set up my storage pool. I figure I need either to set up 3 separate drive pools each around 750gig or one 2t pool and limit it to files no larger than 750gig. Can someone help point me in the right direction? Is this where iSCSI comes in? I have read about it but don't understand it.
Are there other considerations I need to address? Any advice is appreciated.