Response from: Dez Blanchfield    (08/12/06 1:47pm)

Hi Andrew,

thanks for the link to my web site TheStroageForum.COM and the review I did on FreeNAS.

You're so right with your comment "if you're not supporting open source in some way, then why not?" - indeed open source is all too often the catch cry of the new tech wave, but there is a solid place for open source, and I for one know through it's use and being hands on myself, that open source is a force to be reconed with and people either need to "get on the party bus, or get out of the way" ;-)

Stay tuned as I’ll be running a follow up series of reveiws and tests on related open source storage solutions, and platforms, with the aim to running a monthly detailed hands on audit and review of all and any NAS platform, open source or not, that I can get my hands on.

Love your site and again thanks for picking up my article.

Let’s share cross links ;-)

Cheers,

Dez

http://TheStroageForum.COM

http://WebSearch.COM.AU

http://CradleTechnologies.COM

http://www.Blanchfield.COM.AU

Response from: Dez Blanchfield    (08/12/06 1:48pm)

Hi Andrew,


thanks for the link to my web site TheStroageForum.COM and the review I did on FreeNAS.


You're so right with your comment "if you're not supporting open source in some way, then why not?" - indeed open source is all too often the catch cry of the new tech wave, but there is a solid place for open source, and I for one know through it's use and being hands on myself, that open source is a force to be reconed with and people either need to "get on the party bus, or get out of the way" ;-)


Stay tuned as I’ll be running a follow up series of reveiws and tests on related open source storage solutions, and platforms, with the aim to running a monthly detailed hands on audit and review of all and any NAS platform, open source or not, that I can get my hands on.


Love your site and again thanks for picking up my article.


Let’s share cross links ;-)


Cheers,


Dez


http://TheStroageForum.COM


http://WebSearch.COM.AU


http://CradleTechnologies.COM


http://www.Blanchfield.COM.AU

Response from: Addiction Treatment    (05/30/07 1:51pm)

When I first read this blog I remained astonished by the statement:
"I saw $75k performance from a $5k box running a beta NAS software platform."
It's true I always supported (at least morally) the open-source community, but I never thought they would get this far. But how far will they get until they are bought by a big software producer?

Response from: naughty    (06/13/07 8:06am)

indeed open source is all too often the catch cry of the new tech wave, but there is a solid place for open source, and I for one know through it's use and being hands on myself, that open source is a force to be reconed with and people either need to "get on the party bus, or get out of the way