Short Answer:  incompatibilities with current infrastructure, and "It's not Linux".

Long Answer:

We had a gentoo file-server before, and wanted more storage and reliability, so we built up the freenas server.  For some reason the LDAP 
functions in freenas 9.1 are working, but don't work with their interface.  Basically, we can set it up, and it works, but the "Directory 
Services" service fails to start.  Because of this, we can't get ldap auth working for the CIFS shares, so we've hard coded the samba config 
files and got it to work.  Unfortunately the web interface overwrites the changes and drops the shares from the network when accessed.  So we 
are in constant battle with the web gui and the integrity checking scripts in cron.

For some reason, our /var partition is also full.  'df -h' shows:
Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/md2       149M    149M    -11M   109%    /var

But 'du -sh /var' shows:  10M    /var/

I'm confidant that this is some mess that we did to get the ldap/cifs working, but clueless on how to fix it.  With /var full, apps and services 
sometimes die or slow down as they wait for free space to be allocated.  And of course, since /var is full, everything that errors because of it 
get logged to <dramatic pause> /var.

It's become a weekly chore that we just have to break for an hour and fix the freenas server again, which is beyond my level of tolerance for a 
device.  If it wasn't for the ldap integration, it would probably be working fine.  We had this system running stand-alone for a good 6 months 
before we decided to move it in place, never had issues then.

Chris Frederick

On 01/24/14 15:22, Linda Kateley wrote:
> I am curious why you are changing?? I just started running freenas and am really digging it. Haven't gotten far enough along to find problems?
>
> linda
>
>
> On 1/24/14 3:18 PM, Chris Frederick wrote:
>> Would you be able to archive the meeting so we can access it later?
>>
>> I will be in the cities Saturday, but unable to attend.  Also, would you be able to field any questions on/off list?  or webex chat?  I have a
>> freenas server that I'm hoping to replace with gentoo in the near future.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris Frederick
>>
>> On 01/23/14 11:13, Linda Kateley wrote:
>>> I have a 50 seat webex license. I would be happy to setup, if there is adequate bandwidth. You won't be able to see the room, but you will see
>>> my screen.
>>>
>>> linda
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/22/14 11:20 PM, John Frisk wrote:
>>>> Yes, there is a Linux/web client to ustream.  It looks like there is some sort of basic functionality with ad-supported system to do as such.
>>>> However, I am not going to sign up (read volunteer) to be responsible for said function in our group.  I encourage folks in the group to bring
>>>> it up at the group meetings to see the level of interest and see if there are others who want to volunteer to be responsible for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com <mailto:ryanjcole at me.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Doesn't ustream have a Linux client?
>>>>
>>>>     --     Ryan Coleman
>>>>     ryanjcole at me.com <mailto:ryanjcole at me.com>
>>>>     m. 651.373.5015 <tel:651.373.5015>
>>>>     o. 612.568.2749 <tel:612.568.2749>
>>>>
>>>>     On Jan 22, 2014, at 21:54, John Frisk <john.a.frisk at gmail.com
>>>>     <mailto:john.a.frisk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     Some of the new rooms at TIES do not have recording capabilities
>>>>>     yet. I will not know until we get to the meeting. Sorry, but
>>>>>     it's the best our group can do for free. :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Jeff Chapin
>>>>>     <chapinjeff at gmail.com <mailto:chapinjeff at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         Any possibility of a webcast or recording being made?
>>>>>
>>>>>         Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:13 PM, John Frisk
>>>>>         <john.a.frisk at gmail.com <mailto:john.a.frisk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>             All are welcome this Saturday Jan 25th, 10AM @ TIES
>>>>>             Larpenteur Room for a presentation on ZFS by Linda
>>>>>             Kateley.  Directions and meeting information are below.
>>>>>
>>>>>             http://www.penguinsunbound.com/Meetings
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         --         Jeff Chapin
>>>>>         President, CedarLug, retired
>>>>>         President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it"
>>>>>         President, UNI Scuba Club
>>>>>         Senator, NISG, retired
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