Learning FreeNAS

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Network Attached Storage......Page 18
What is FreeNAS?......Page 22
Features......Page 23
What Does FreeNAS Do for Me and My Business?......Page 25
How FreeNAS Meets These Needs......Page 27
Practical Uses for the FreeNAS Server......Page 28
Summary......Page 29
Planning Your NAS......Page 30
Capacity Planning......Page 31
CPU......Page 33
Disks......Page 34
Planning for Backup......Page 40
What is RAID? And, Do I Need It?......Page 41
Hardware or Software RAID......Page 43
Switch or Hub?......Page 44
What About Wireless?......Page 45
Summary......Page 46
What Hardware Do I Need?......Page 48
Quick Start Guide For the Impatient......Page 49
Burning and Booting......Page 50
Configuring......Page 52
Sharing with Windows Machines......Page 55
Testing the Share......Page 56
Detailed Overview of Installation......Page 57
Booting from CD......Page 58
Phoenix BIOS......Page 59
Configuring the Network......Page 60
What is a LAN IP Address?......Page 62
Basic Configuration......Page 64
FreeNAS Web Interface......Page 65
Access......Page 66
Adding a Disk......Page 67
Accessing the Disk via CIFS......Page 71
Testing the Share......Page 73
Accessing via FTP......Page 74
Testing FTP Access......Page 75
Installing to Hard Disk......Page 76
Upgrading FreeNAS from a Previous Version......Page 79
Summary......Page 80
Introduction......Page 82
Connecting via CIFS......Page 83
Configure CIFS on the FreeNAS Server......Page 84
CIFS Settings Explained......Page 86
CIFS Advanced Settings......Page 87
What does It Mean to Map a Network Drive?......Page 88
Connecting with CIFS via Windows Millennium......Page 89
Using CIFS with Windows XP......Page 90
FreeNAS, CIFS, and Windows Vista......Page 91
Accessing the FreeNAS via CIFS from Linux......Page 92
FTP......Page 93
Using the Command Line FTP Client......Page 95
Using a Web Browser for FTP......Page 97
NFS......Page 98
Using NFS from OS X......Page 99
RSYNCD, Unison, AFP, and UPnP......Page 100
Using RSYNC for Backups......Page 101
Connecting to FreeNAS via AFP......Page 102
Streaming Media with UPnP......Page 103
iSCSI Target......Page 105
Testing the iSCSI Target with Another FreeNAS Server......Page 107
Testing the iSCSI Target with Windows Vista......Page 109
Accessing Your Files Using HTTP and the Built-In Web Server......Page 111
Summary......Page 112
Local User Management......Page 114
Using CIFS with Local Users......Page 116
FTP and User Login......Page 117
Authenticating AFP Users......Page 118
Connect to the FreeNAS Server via SSH......Page 119
Using FreeNAS with the Microsoft Active Directory......Page 121
How to Change the Web GUI User Name and Password......Page 123
Rebooting and Shutting Down......Page 124
Configuring the Web Interface to use HTTPS......Page 125
How to Set a DNS Server......Page 126
Date and Time Configuration......Page 128
Adding Predefined Network Hosts......Page 130
Simple Network Administration......Page 131
Getting Status Information About the Server......Page 132
Sending Status Report by Email......Page 134
Summary......Page 135
How FreeNAS Handles Data Disks......Page 136
UNIX Device Names......Page 137
Adding the Disk......Page 138
Formatting a Newly Added Disk......Page 139
Mounting Your Newly Formatted Disks......Page 141
Making the New Disk Available on the Network......Page 142
RAID All Starts with Adding the Disks......Page 143
Configuring RAID 1......Page 145
Configuring RAID 5......Page 147
Configuring JBOD or RAID 0......Page 148
Nested RAID Configurations......Page 149
Configuring RAID 1+0......Page 150
Configuring RAID 0+1......Page 151
Configuring RAID 5+0......Page 152
Configuring RAID 5+1......Page 153
iSCSI Initiator......Page 155
Summary......Page 156
Backup Your FreeNAS Using Windows XP's Built-In Backup Utility......Page 158
Setting Scheduled Backups with XP's Built-In Backup Utility......Page 161
Restoring a FreeNAS Backup Made with XP's Built-In Backup Utility......Page 164
What is XML?......Page 165
Using Another FreeNAS Server as a Backup Server......Page 166
Debugging Your RSYNC Setup......Page 170
RSYNC Internal Backup......Page 171
Debugging Your Internal RSYNC Setup......Page 172
Summary......Page 173
Disk Encryption......Page 174
Encrypting a Disk in FreeNAS......Page 175
Entering the Password When You Reboot......Page 176
Encryption Tools......Page 177
Checking the Status of an Encrypted Disk—list and status......Page 178
Advanced Hard Drive Parameters (S.M.A.R.T)......Page 179
Enabling and using S.M.A.R.T of the FreeNAS......Page 180
File System Consistency Check—FSCK......Page 182
Advanced OS Tweaking......Page 183
MTU, Device Polling, Speed, and Duplex......Page 185
Adding a Static Route......Page 186
Using Wireless......Page 187
Adding a Swap File......Page 188
Allow Root Login......Page 189
Types of SSH Authentication......Page 190
Summary......Page 192
Where to Look for Log Information......Page 194
Diagnostics: Logs......Page 195
Understanding Diagnostics—Logs: System......Page 196
Converting between Device Names and the Real World......Page 198
General Connection Problems......Page 199
Using Ping......Page 201
Using Ping from within the Web Interfaces......Page 202
Using ARP Tables to Solve Network Problems......Page 203
Problems Connecting to Shares (via CIFS)......Page 204
Turning On Logging to Help Solve Windows Networking Problems......Page 205
Diagnostics: Information......Page 206
Replacing a Failed Hard Drive in a RAID Set......Page 207
Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array After Disk Failure......Page 208
Rebuilding a RAID 5 Array After Disk Failure......Page 209
Summary......Page 210
Introduction to FreeBSD......Page 212
Directory Listings (ls)......Page 213
Change Directory with cd......Page 214
Copy a File and Change Its Permissions (cp and chmod)......Page 215
Connecting to FreeBSD Using Putty......Page 217
Discover the Size of Directories Using du......Page 219
Process Monitoring Using ps and top......Page 220
Starting and Stopping Services......Page 222
Getting Drastic with kill and killall......Page 223
Warning......Page 224
List and Status Commands......Page 225
RAID 1 and gmirror......Page 227
RAID 5 and graid5......Page 228
Where the FreeNAS Stores Things......Page 229
Using ping and arp from the Command Line......Page 230
Editing Files Using nano......Page 231
Summary......Page 232
Index......Page 234