FreeNAS 11.2 Released With Modern Web Interface, Improved Jails

[phoronix]

Phoronix: FreeNAS 11.2 Released With Modern Web Interface, Improved Jails

A new release of the FreeBSD+ZFS-based network attached storage operating system, FreeNAS, is now available for this platform developed by iXsystems...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeNAS-11.2-Released

[GruenSein]

FYI, if you wish to update, you have to switch to the 11.2-Stable update trian. For some reason, the new version is not accessible via 11-Stable but remains at 11.1 for now..

[cen1]

the old interface was a bit clunky but it did the job. Time to update and see what they did.

[Veerappan]

I'll be taking a fresh backup tonight, and trying it out after. Just remember to back up those configs.

[Trevelyan]

We switched to OpenMediaVault some years ago and never looked back.
Not that I dont wish FreeNAS the best, just I never see OMV updates on phronix; despite many major new releases.

[elvenbone]

Is FreeNAS as hacky as OMV?
I am currently using OMV and have to work around so many inconsistencies and errors. It's almost not worth the benefit of having a GUI, compared to completely setting up a NAS/Cloud/Media server by oneself.

[cen1]

Is FreeNAS as hacky as OMV?
I am currently using OMV and have to work around so many inconsistencies and errors. It's almost not worth the benefit of having a GUI, compared to completely setting up a NAS/Cloud/Media server by oneself.

Give it a try and see for yourself. it is hard to express the experience in a forum post. I am quite happy with it personally.

[brrrrttttt]

We switched to OpenMediaVault some years ago and never looked back.
Not that I dont wish FreeNAS the best, just I never see OMV updates on phronix; despite many major new releases.

AFAICT it only supports ZFS through a plugin, and.... I'd greatly prefer ZFS-on-BSD over ZFS-on-Linux. :/

[starshipeleven]

Is FreeNAS as hacky as OMV?
I am currently using OMV and have to work around so many inconsistencies and errors. It's almost not worth the benefit of having a GUI, compared to completely setting up a NAS/Cloud/Media server by oneself.

No it's not hacky. I've never had to connect to ssh to do random shit unlike with OMV.

[edwaleni]

Gave up on FreeNAS awhile back. Freezing under load. Tried different motherboards, different NIC's, different drives, same result.

Tried all the others and found out I didn't need NAS as badly as I thought.