FreeNAS on a laptop

[Bodhi]

Hi my pretties,

Quick question, has anyone tried setting FreeNAS up on an old laptop? I've got an old Samsung R560 and a spare 500Gb drive, and am wanting to set this up to share music and photos throughout the house. Was just wondering, am I making things difficult for myself using a laptop? Will all the power saving gubbins get in the way (although the battery s dead so if power fails the laptop switches off). What about stuff like closing the lid? Will I have issues with WiFi?

 

[MYstIC G]

If it runs freebsd it'll run freenas. You are picking up difficult hardware but if you can figure those things out it won't be a problem.

 

[TdC]

If it runs freebsd it'll run freenas.

a nuance: if it runs FreeBSD it's *likely* to run FreeNAS.

 

[MYstIC G]

a nuance: if it runs FreeBSD it's *likely* to run FreeNAS.

FreeNAS is FreeBSD so

 

[TdC]

FreeNAS is FreeBSD so

No: it's based on FreeBSD. if it was FreeBSD it would be called FreeBSD, so

 

[MYstIC G]

NanoBSD

 

[Embattle]

http://arstechnica.com/information-...as-distribution-shootout-freenas-vs-nas4free/

 

[MYstIC G]

http://arstechnica.com/information-...as-distribution-shootout-freenas-vs-nas4free/

Informative but I hate articles that go all out then basically don't give any conclusion but "use the one you think is best for you"

 

[Embattle]

I think in essence one is simpler and the other is more complex but in that one way I guess it means one can offer more advanced features than the other as well.