Staying current in IT: The ISOs your NAS should have

[Cliff Robinson]

We have a list of the ISOs your team should have on their NAS to facilitate deployment and testing - the universe is much larger than VMware and Microsoft!

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[watersb]

I have enjoyed working with almost all of these things, and a bit deeper into security.

However, most of my friends think I am nuts, that this field is too broad.

What would be a job title for someone who knows about all of these OS options, worked through Linux From Scratch, a Mac and iOS programmer, and learning about MDM (Mobile Device Management)?

What a weird life.

 

[T_Minus]

Sys Admin

 

[whitey]

'Jack of all trades...master of none' :-D

hahah j/k I COULDN'T resist though...some days I tell ya...sure feels like it though :-D

 

[pricklypunter]

I have enjoyed working with almost all of these things, and a bit deeper into security.

However, most of my friends think I am nuts, that this field is too broad.

What would be a job title for someone who knows about all of these OS options, worked through Linux From Scratch, a Mac and iOS programmer, and learning about MDM (Mobile Device Management)?

What a weird life.

You do realise that you'll be the old fogey that they eventually stick in the cupboard for emergencies, right?

 

[Deslok]

I feel like some kind of utility iso should be on the list, Hirens comes to mind

 

[Patrick]

Personally, I think a FreeDOS ISO should be on the list.

I think there is a follow-up piece coming with utilities or technologies that people should try.

 

[Alex Skysilk]

I dont know if NAS distributions need to be on your nas, BUT- Rockstor is maturing nicely, and can do things that ZFS based distros cant (heterogeneous disk raid groups, RAID growing/rebalancing, linux.)

For your PXE- Acronis/PING/clonezilla. Hiren/UBCD

 

[i386]

Personally, I think a FreeDOS ISO should be on the list.

Time for a 2021 version?

Personally I would remove:
centos (not a free rhel clone anymore)
windows 8.1 (old)
"windows server" (old/version not specified)
xenserver ("replaced" by kvm)
scaleio (not sure how relevant it is for sds in 2021)

Add:
Windows Server 2019 (v1709 and newer support 256+ TByte volumes ;D)
Windows Server 20H2 (gui less version, updated more frequently)
FreeDOS (Unbelievable how many firmware update tools still require a dos environment/direct hardware access)

Replace:
FreeNas with TrueNas

Move:
Proxmox from special distros to hypervisors/storage

I don't know about omnios (or other solaris based os) and how relevant they are anymore after the zfs development moved to the openzfs project...