Category Archives: Storage

NAS4FREE. RAIDZ1 failure, formatted wrong drive. New backup to USB

NAS4FREE. Issues with a failed drive in RAIDZ1, formatted wrong drive, then completely failed ZPOOL. Recovering, then reconfiguring a backup plan to USB drives.   So my Christmas present for last year was 8.6TB of data almost being lost on my NAS4FREE server. It hosts a lot of photos, ISOs (both MS, Games, Linux and… Read More: NAS4FREE. RAIDZ1 failure, formatted wrong drive. New backup to USB »

SpaceSniffer download

I used spacesniffer on servers and workstations/laptops to visually determine what is taking the most space. It’s like windirtree but is more visual. It supports viewing space via a path rather than root drive too which I find very useful at times. SpaceSniffer download.

NAS4Free

NAS4Free I use this as my NAS server at home and 2x at work. I used FreeNAS for a while back in the day and liked it. To be honest, for me, it’s pretty much either or for my kind of usage. NAS4FREE tends to focus on NAS rather than other functionality like plugins and… Read More: NAS4Free »

NAS4Free – ZFS kernel tune WebGUI extension 20121031

NAS4Free – ZFS kernel tune WebGUI extension 20121031.   The only realy tweaks I’ve used and tended to have seen actually make a difference is by utilising this ZFS kerneal tune extension. Each upgrade if I remember I run it then reboot.

Accessing your Files (WebDav) — ownCloud User Manual 5.0 documentation

Using Windows Explorer Right-click on Computer entry and select Map network drive…. Choose a local network drive to map ownCloud to. Finally, enter the address to your ownCloud instance, followed by /remote.php/webdav, e.g. https://www.yourserver.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav for an SSL protected server. Check Reconnect at logon to make this mapping persistent across reboots. If you want to connect… Read More: Accessing your Files (WebDav) — ownCloud User Manual 5.0 documentation »