This article is the first in a multi- part series featuring napp-it. For those that do not know what napp-it is, it is a free NAS / SAN web interface for Solaris derivatives. That is a big deal because it takes one of the most robust file systems in ZFS and makes it easy to use. Solaris and OpenSolaris derivatives such as OpenIndiana may not have the press that they once did, but it is built to be an ultra reliable operating system. ZFS has tons of great features built-in for data protection, memory caching, SSD caching, software RAID and etc. Prior to napp-it, managing a ZFS NAS based on Solaris or OpenSolaris meant learning CLI commands. With napp-it, users have an easy way to [...]