Nexenta Documentation

Welcome to the Nexenta Wiki.. the source of information for Nexenta-related topics.

• GettingStarted : Guide to installing Nexenta.
• FAQ : Frequently asked questions (and their answers).
• WhyNexenta: Why should I use Nexenta anyway?
• PNFS: How to setup pNFS on Nexenta, with the experimental release.
• Nexenta on Flash media: Running Nexenta off a flash media
• Howto dynamically increase ZFS swap space: Howto dynamically increase ZFS swap space on Nexenta
• Difference: Difference between NCP and NexentaStor
• Presentations: Presentations on Nexenta Core Platform

Use Cases

• Nexenta NAS : Getting Nexenta working as a home NAS fileserver
• SABnzbd+ on NCP
• AFP with TimeMachine: Setting up Apple File Sharing (AFP) with Time Machine support
• SettingISCSI: Simple steps to setup iSCSI on Nexenta.
• DifferentPersonalities: Explains how Nexenta handles Sun/GNU personalities.
• ZFS_Permissions: Setting up ACLs for CIFS/NFS

Development

• BuildMachine: Nexenta project community build machine details.
• Porting_Codefixes: Various Linux to OpenSolaris porting code and examples.
• DistributionBuilder: Building you own Nexenta Based distributions.
• BuildingPackages: How to build a package on Nexenta.
• BuildingOpensolaris: Guide on building OpenSolaris on Nexenta. It's a simple 3 step process.