You can run FreeNAS without installing it to hard disk.  A thumb drive or SD card 2GB or higher is required and now inexpensive.  If you are like me, a Windows guy, the process of installation is different in that you do not need to install the software, rather transfer the image to the de... [More]

Unless you are using a solid hardware mirror, which unfortunately does not come standard on today's motherboards, Windows 7 drive mirroring is a viable option if you want a certain level of fail-safe redundancy.  Backups are always you best bet for redundancy. Breaking drive mirrors in Windows... [More]