This presentation will teach newcomers to open source operating systems how to set up a Network Attached Storage device for their home or office using the FreeNAS software appliance. A video of the full talk can be found here: http://bit.ly/1lT7Bvo

1. Setting up your first NAS
with FreeNAS

2. What to Expect:
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Introduction to FreeNAS
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How to Install
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Doing it Right
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Making it Work

3. FreeNAS is a Free and Open Source
Embedded Operating System For
Network Attached Storage

4. Get FreeNAS
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FreeNAS.org/download
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Choose 64-bit File
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ISO file if you have CD drive, IMG.XZ if not

5. Install FreeNAS
1. Burn ISO to a CD
2. Make sure your PC boots from the CD
3. Follow the instructions to install

6. First Time Setup
1. Remove the CD
2. Boot the PC from the USB
3. Get an IP address

7. Welcome to FreeNAS

8. Users and Groups

9. Planning your Volume
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All disks should be as close as possible in size
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You can't add disks to ZFS RAID groups, only stripe
new groups together

10. ZFS Raid Options
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Mirror or Stripe of Mirrors gives great performance, but
loses 50% of capacity.
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RAID-Z, RAID-Z2, and RAID-Z3 use one, two and three
disks of parity respectively. Good for capacity and
redundancy.
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Don't use a hardware RAID controller, ZFS works best
with direct disk access.

11. Volume Creation

12. Dataset Features
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Datasets may each have different levels of
compression. LZ4 is a good choice.
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Choose the share type you plan to use the dataset with.
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Quotas reserve space for this dataset or prevent it from
using more than a given amount.
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Deduplication is for advanced users only.

13. Permissions

14. Sharing is Caring
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CIFS (“Windows”) Shares work with most
operating systems.
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NFS (“UNIX”) Shares are a popular choice in
enterprise environments.
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AFP (“Apple”) Shares work well with all-Mac
environments.

16. Thanks!