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  • FreeNAS 8.0.4-p1 with URGENT SAMBA security patch released today.

    Yesterday a security advisory was announced for vulnerability in SAMBA. Read more at ZDNet. Today FreeNAS released version 8.0.4-p1, which contains a patch to fix the SAMBA vulnerability.  In the release notes, FreeNAS states that all versions prior to this one may be affected by this critical SAMBA vulnerability.   If you're running an earlier version…

  • How To: Install FreeNAS 8 to a USB key.

    Installing FreeNAS to a USB key is the preferred method when setting up a FreeNAS system.   The installer even makes a point of telling you this.  Booting from a USB key is becoming quite popular.  In fact, many modern servers come with an internal USB port, designed specifically for plugging a USB key containing an…

  • Budget Laboratory: Part 4 – Connecting VMWare ESXi 4.1 to an iSCSI SAN through vSphere

    For Part 4 of the "Budget Laboratory" series, we're going to connect the ESXi 4.1 server we installed in Part 3, to the Virtual SAN we created using FreeNAS 8 in Part 2, using the vSphere client. You will need: An iSCSI SAN. An ESXi 4.1 Server. A system running the vSphere client.* *If you…

  • Budget Laboratory: Part 2 – iSCSI Virtual SAN with FreeNAS 8

    Storage Area Networks (SANs) are used in most Enterprise class networks, you’ll also find them at a lot of small and medium businesses. A lot of systems rely on SANs to provide high availability features. A SAN is great to have for setting up shared storage for any type of cluster. Fiber used to be…