dieselnutjob
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I am looking at a NAS solution to replace an ancient and problematic Windows server. This is for a local charity that I help out (my employer gives me paid time off to help them).
FreeNAS is attractive because I understand that I can put a jail on it and run a FreeBSD mail server in the jail which will be a useful stopgap until I get their mail onto some cloud solution.
I am wondering how well FreeNAS will cope (i.e. recover) if they have a power outage, and what impact that has on the jail. I am also wondering how it compares in this respect with commercial NAS boxes like the Netgear ReadyNAS etc.
Another option is to get some low power hardware such as a Soekris and put their mail onto it using nanobsd which is known to cope well with power outages.
We will have to buy new hardware whatever we do so this is about capability and stability rather than cost/recycling. As for the NAS piece it is just for simple file storage. Most of their critical functions are being migrated to standalone Windows 8.1 desktops and I want to use the Windows automatic backup thing to backup users files to NAS in case something goes wrong.
Thanks for any advice.
FreeNAS is attractive because I understand that I can put a jail on it and run a FreeBSD mail server in the jail which will be a useful stopgap until I get their mail onto some cloud solution.
I am wondering how well FreeNAS will cope (i.e. recover) if they have a power outage, and what impact that has on the jail. I am also wondering how it compares in this respect with commercial NAS boxes like the Netgear ReadyNAS etc.
Another option is to get some low power hardware such as a Soekris and put their mail onto it using nanobsd which is known to cope well with power outages.
We will have to buy new hardware whatever we do so this is about capability and stability rather than cost/recycling. As for the NAS piece it is just for simple file storage. Most of their critical functions are being migrated to standalone Windows 8.1 desktops and I want to use the Windows automatic backup thing to backup users files to NAS in case something goes wrong.
Thanks for any advice.