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    jails Which type of jail for production use cases?

    Setup I usually use is described here [1]. There are also 'Single Process Jails' and 'VNET Jails' to complete the view. Some details here: [1] https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/06/28/freebsd-jails-containers/
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    Are FreeBSD Jails a Containers?

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    Valuable News – 2025/04/07

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    bhyve A solid HOWTO with BHYVE on FreeBSD 14 and Windows 11

    Here: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/freebsd-bhyve-virtualization/ - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/freebsd-bhyve-companion-tools/
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    Minecraft Server in FreeBSD Jails Container

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    Data destruction tool

    Just dd(1) the /dev/random on this device several (5+) times. Nothing more needed. # dd bs=1m status=progress < /dev/random > /dev/device You may add /dev/zero as the last run. # dd bs=1m status=progress < /dev/zero > /dev/device
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    FreeBSD, Who is it for?

    :)
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    Valuable News – 2025/03/31

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    Solved Using actual, raw FreeBSD as the OS on TrueNAS hardware?

    I have been buying/using all these things in the past and once such USB charger failed me - all other times it just worked - maybe I am just lucky.
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    Solved Using actual, raw FreeBSD as the OS on TrueNAS hardware?

    I did not needed 4 SATA ports at the time and 4 SATA ports options were in the same price range ... slower - yes - but also less power consumption as N95 has 15W and N97 has 12W. ... also its about timing. NOW the Odroid H4+ costs what it costs - when I built these systems - Odroid H1 or H2...
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    Valuable News – 2025/03/24

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    Solved Using actual, raw FreeBSD as the OS on TrueNAS hardware?

    diizzy For me Odroid H4/H4+ was always 'expensive' because I usually bought mine Mini-ITX motherboards (also often with 4 SATA ports) for 1/3 of the Odroid H4/H4+ price: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/silent-fanless-freebsd-desktop-server/ -...
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    Solved Using actual, raw FreeBSD as the OS on TrueNAS hardware?

    gpw928 Each of these M.2 ports in these boxes is capable of only 1x PCIe 3.0 speed = 1000MB/s so these M.2 drives will definitely run far from their maximum speed = less heat/more cool. The good news is - 1000MB/s is plenty of transfer for a small NAS - especially after You enable GELI or ZFS...
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    Solved Using actual, raw FreeBSD as the OS on TrueNAS hardware?

    rwv37 Keep in mind that iXsystems does not produce any of the parts of TrueNAS Mini series. The cases are from Ablecom company: - https://ablecom.com/en/product/Chassis/Tower-Workstation/CS-M55 - https://ablecom.com/en/product/Chassis/Tower-Workstation/CS-M50 -...
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    Valuable News – 2025/03/17

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    Backup software

    In the past it was a flexibility I wanted to have between ZFS and other filesystems - today - just continuing to use what works - I have my own 'parallel' scripts for backups - need to create an article about it some time. As for the ZFS send/recv ... its really good - especially with...
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    AMD APU, Althon 3000G (Zen, no plus)

    I do not see a single reason why Ryzen 3000G would not work. I have newer AMD APU working on FreeBSD/X11 - Ryzen 5300U - generation newer then 3000G: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/perfect-nas-solution/ Test all three: graphics/drm-510-kmod graphics/drm-515-kmod...
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    Advice on Poudriere setup and workflow

    Here is my guide: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/simple-freebsd-poudriere-harvester-guide/
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