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On 10/03/15 20:37, Gordon Henderson wrote: > I've had good results using boxes from http://www.xcase.co.uk/ but if > you want to run Linux applications on the server, then you'll need to > install Linux and not FreeNAS. > > You may want to look at: http://www.openmediavault.org/ if you want a > FreeNAS type of system running Linux. > > Or just install Linux and DIY it. You might not get good ZFS though - I > don't know what the state of the art of ZFS is with standard Linux > distros right now is. The BSDs have long had an ABI compatibility layer allowing them to run many Linux ELF binaries unmodified actually - it doesn't necessarily work particularly well in many cases but you can definitely run Linux applications on BSD. https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/linuxemu.html ZFS is pretty much production ready on Linux now, although I wouldn't build anything really important on it quite yet: FreeBSD (FreeNAS also counts here) or one of the Solaris/Illumos derivatives is a stronger choice for really bullet-proof ZFS. http://zfsonlinux.org/ Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq