Intended Audience This post will be of interest if you want to use Resilio Sync to selectively back up folders on Android 4+ clients to a modern FreeNAS server (version 11.2 and below). An earlier version of this post using a legacy FreeNAS server (version 11.1 or below) can be found here. Assumptions The reader …
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Resilio Sync Setup for Windows 7+ Clients (revised)
You will need to setup the sync server first. The instruction here is for setting up sync client software on Android devices to backup important data from them on to the server. The app screens that follow are from the following version of the sync client: Step 1: Install and start the sync client. When starting […]
Advanced Resilio Sync Setup for FreeNAS (revised)
The objective here is to set up an automated backup of key user data from various devices such as phones, tablets and desktops into a central repository on a FreeNAS server. The repository should be readable to personnel responsible for recovering data for users. but should not accessible to anyone else. This will maximise the […]
Resilio Sync Setup for FreeNAS (revised)
Intended Audience This post may be of interest if you are setting up Resilio Sync for the first time under more modern versions of FreeNAS (version 11.2 and above), or, you are migrating from using Resilio Sync under legacy versions of FreeNAS (version 11.1 or earlier). Edit (02/04/2020): There are a number of advantages to …
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DHCP/DNS Server on FreeNAS
Intended Audience This post will be of interest to you if you require more comprehensive and flexible DHCP and local DNS services than might be available through your DSL router, and you have a FreeNAS server on your network. On the network I am working with, there is a Fritz!Box providing a basic DHCP/DNS service to …
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Neighbourhood Computer Browsing with Windows 10 and FreeNAS
Intended Audience This guide will be useful to you if you’re working in a predominantly Windows 10 workgroup with some legacy Windows and third-party devices employing SMB1. You have at least one FreeNAS server in the workgroup. Authentication is achieved without the use of a domain controller. In the network I’m referring to in this …
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Puzzling share access behaviour
My NAS of choice is based on the FreeNAS OS (versions 9.10.2-U5 & 11.0), but I also own a ReadyNAS NV+ V2 NAS, which is still in service. I use it to house archive material, which is rarely accessed. Printing and file services are one of the early tasks I consider when integrating a new client …
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Resilio Sync Setup for OS X 10.8+ Clients (legacy)
You will need to setup the sync server first. The instruction here is for setting up sync client software on Android devices to backup important data from them on to the server. The app screens that follow are from the following version of the sync client: Step 1: Install and start the sync client. When starting […]
Is replacing disks to grow a ZFS pool viable on FreeNAS?
Well, the answers to this question will undoubtedly be complex and varied so I will limit my discussion to home or small business systems. The response I give is based on my experiences in this area. Let’s start by looking at a breakdown of the key hardware costs of my first FreeNAS server. The build …
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RAID-Z1 or RAID-Z2 for FreeNAS?
There’s a raging debate on the merits of RAID-Z2 over RAID-Z1. Both have their pluses and minuses. RAID-Z2 requires two disks for redundancy and is less attractive for home and small business systems, which generally have no more than about five disks in a RAID configuration. However, as disk capacities grow, for instance, as I …
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