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I don’t have a good history with FreeBSD RAID…
I’ve never got on well with software RAID systems on FreeBSD. I’ve tried gvinum (previously I used vinum), gmirror, and ataraid, all with varying degrees of success. The latest machine I built is using...
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A new server and a new RAID setup
So my current hosted server is getting a bit old. It’s not got enough RAM, and the disk in it is failing (yes, I did have RAID, more on that later). So it’s about time to get a replacement in. The guys...
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“I’ll build a new server; it’s got to be easier than patching up the old one…”
A few weeks back I started having problems with my file server at home. This machine is fairly important to us; it holds all our photos, music and other files. For years I’ve been bodging it together...
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FreeBSD stuff
I’ve done a bit of work on my FreeBSD ports lately. Firstly, after building my new server, I got round to upgrading from SlimServer to SqueezeCenter. This also meant sorting out ports for all the...
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A new router (Soekris, Draytek and NanoBSD)
A few months back I wrote about building a new server. It turned out to be more complicated than I thought, but 5 months on it’s still working well. Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on my next...
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FreeBSD with Netgear WG311T
A few days I wrote about my new Soekris net5501 router. In that post I mentioned that the only thing left to sort out was the wireless card. It turned out to be simpler to do than I thought. I decided...
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FreeBSD filesystem snapshots
I’ve been looking at filesystem snapshots on FreeBSD lately and I have to say I wasn’t too impressed. Yes, the functionality is there, but the interface sucks. For UFS you have to create a snapshot,...
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Machine backups using tarsnap
I’ve got a dedicated server that I’ve been backing up for the past few years. My crude backup system involved taring everything to local disk and then rsyncing it to a remote server. It worked well at...
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Automating tarsnap backups
In my last post I wrote about backing up my dedicated server and why I decided to use tarsnap. After a couple of months of running tarsnap manually I decided it was way past the time to properly...
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Using FreeBSD’s Tinderbox as a package builder
Tinderbox setup The machine I’m using is currently being used to test port updates. It has a bunch of jails for the -STABLE branches and a copy of the ports tree that I make changes to when testing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I don’t have a good history with FreeBSD RAID…
I’ve never got on well with software RAID systems on FreeBSD. I’ve tried gvinum (previously I used vinum), gmirror, and ataraid, all with varying degrees of success. The latest machine I built is using...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A new server and a new RAID setup
So my current hosted server is getting a bit old. It’s not got enough RAM, and the disk in it is failing (yes, I did have RAID, more on that later). So it’s about time to get a replacement in. The guys...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“I’ll build a new server; it’s got to be easier than patching up the old one…”
A few weeks back I started having problems with my file server at home. This machine is fairly important to us; it holds all our photos, music and other files. For years I’ve been bodging it together...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FreeBSD stuff
I’ve done a bit of work on my FreeBSD ports lately. Firstly, after building my new server, I got round to upgrading from SlimServer to SqueezeCenter. This also meant sorting out ports for all the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A new router (Soekris, Draytek and NanoBSD)
A few months back I wrote about building a new server. It turned out to be more complicated than I thought, but 5 months on it’s still working well. Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on my next...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FreeBSD with Netgear WG311T
A few days I wrote about my new Soekris net5501 router. In that post I mentioned that the only thing left to sort out was the wireless card. It turned out to be simpler to do than I thought. I decided...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FreeBSD filesystem snapshots
I’ve been looking at filesystem snapshots on FreeBSD lately and I have to say I wasn’t too impressed. Yes, the functionality is there, but the interface sucks. For UFS you have to create a snapshot,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Machine backups using tarsnap
I’ve got a dedicated server that I’ve been backing up for the past few years. My crude backup system involved taring everything to local disk and then rsyncing it to a remote server. It worked well at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Automating tarsnap backups
In my last post I wrote about backing up my dedicated server and why I decided to use tarsnap. After a couple of months of running tarsnap manually I decided it was way past the time to properly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Using FreeBSD’s Tinderbox as a package builder
Tinderbox setup The machine I’m using is currently being used to test port updates. It has a bunch of jails for the -STABLE branches and a copy of the ports tree that I make changes to when testing...
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