Peer review of a FreeNAS beginners guide.

[UncleFester]

Hello to you all.

I am a FreeNAS noob who is in the process of writing a complete beginners guide for FreeNAS.
My original intention was to write the guide for myself as an aide-memoire.
However the thing has grown enormously and I am beginning to think other FreeNAS beginners may benefit from it, so my intention is to make it freely available to all when it is finished.
As you are no doubt aware the internet can at times be awash with uninformed and erroneous information. I do not want to add to that.
Therefore, are there any FreeNAS experts out there who would be prepared to peer review a FreeNAS guide?
Ideally I am looking for someone who could first and foremost check the information is correct and to offer advice as to how the guide could be made better.
I am about a week away from finishing it if all goes well.
The guide at the moment is about 90 pages long, but most of that is formed by screen shots.
So if you are a FreeNAS expert and you have some time to spare let me know.
Thanks.

Uncle Fester.

 

[Ericloewe]

PM me a link and I'll be happy to take a look.

 

[UncleFester]

Thanks Ericloewe.

 

[UncleFester]

How do I PM someone?

 

[Ericloewe]

Start a new conversation:

 

[UncleFester]

Thanks again.

 

[Glorious1]

The guide at the moment is about 90 pages long, but most of that is formed by screen shots.

Sounds like a lot of work! Although I think highly of the official FreeNAS user guide, something like this can be helpful because it is written from a newcomer's perspective, which is hard to do for an expert. The sad thing is, when they come out with FreeNAS 10, everything will look and work differently, making it somewhat obsolete.

 

[UncleFester]

Thanks for the comment Glorious1.

I had no idea FreeNAS 10 was going to be such a big depature from version 9 (I am very new to FreeNAS).

Do you think it is still worth carying on with the guide all things considered?

 

[Glorious1]

@Ericloewe would be a better judge of that.

 

[Ericloewe]

The interface is going to change massively, but the general concepts won't.

 

[cyberjock]

The interface is going to change massively, but the general concepts won't.

That's not necessarily true. Some concepts are changing. I'm not at liberty to say much more though. Sorry. :/

If you can get the guide out in the next month or so, it's probably worth doing. But it will likely have to be rewritten to a large degree to work with FreeNAS 10. ;)

 

[anodos]

That's not necessarily true. Some concepts are changing. I'm not at liberty to say much more though. Sorry. :/

If you can get the guide out in the next month or so, it's probably worth doing. But it will likely have to be rewritten to a large degree to work with FreeNAS 10. ;)

Yeah, I've heard cowsay features prominently in FreeNAS 10.

 

[UncleFester]

Thanks for the info Cyberjock. I should be finished soon if all goes well.

Writing the last two sections (shares and Jails).

It is taking a lot longer than I anticipated

 

[DiViDeR]

As a fellow noob, I look forward to reading your guide ;)

 

[UncleFester]

Hello to you all,

I am about 24-48 hours away from finishing a FreeNAS 9.10 guide for complete beginners. I have a little more to do and then I need to proof read it and make corrections.

It has turned into a mammoth task and frankly I am sorry I ever started it.

Ericloewe has agreed to peer review the guide but is very busy with other commitments and has not had much time to have a look at it.
He still wants to be involved with the guide but is also quite happy if other experts become involved.

Therefore, I was wondering are there any FreeNAS experts out there who would be prepared to peer review a FreeNAS guide when it is finished?

Ideally I am looking for someone who could first and foremost check the information is correct and to offer advice as to how the guide could be made better.

The guide at the moment is about 230 pages long, but most of that is formed by screen shots.

So if you are a FreeNAS expert and you have some time to spare let me know.

Thanks.

Uncle Fester.

 

[Sakuru]

I would love to take a look at it :)

 

[UncleFester]

Thank you very much Sakuru.

The guide is now finished.

I will PM you a link to the file when I have proof read it (I am about half way through but stopping now for today).

Unless I find some major mistakes it should be ready sometime tomorrow.

Anyone else want to help?

 

[Gonzalo]

I'm not an expert but I would love to take a look at it too ;)

 

[DiViDeR]

As above, I could look at it from a beginner's perspective, if that helps ;)

 

[UncleFester]

Thanks Gonzalo will PM a link.

That's a great idea DiViDeR will PM a link.