Something I learned about FreeNAS Today

I discovered today during an installation of FreeNAS 8.0 (http://www.freenas.org/) on a VMware ESX virtual machine that FreeNAS 8 does not include pv drivers for ParaVirtual disks.  So if you happen to get stuck at the following screen during install (when you try to choose option 1) it is because no disks were detected. FreeNAS 8.0 Console Setup Screen - Unable to proceed when choosing Option 1 Also note that the install script for this is in /etc/install.sh – I had to read through it a bit Continue reading →

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IBM x3850 X5 Server with IBM DS3524 Storage Pictures

Here are a few pictures of the hardware setup.  Full image gallery of IBM x3850 X5 servers with IBM DS3524 storage is available here.   Posted Continue reading →