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===What is FlexRAID?===
[http://www.flexraid.com/ FlexRAID] is a highly scalable and smart storage system that turns independent hard drives of various sizes, makes, and models into storage pools and storage pools into storage clouds.
Furthermore, FlexRAID is not limited to hard disks as it can pool data from all accessible sources including removable media, external storage, network shares, LUNs, disk arrays, etc.
'''NOTE:''' Ensure you turn off Greyhole and disable it permanently as shown in [[Greyhole#Disable_Greyhole|Greyhole Disable Section]]. THey <u>SHOULD NOT</u> been run together and could produce disastrous results. CLI Client:<!--Downloads:{{Link|http://download.openegg.org/release/FlexRAID/Basic/1.4/b7/FlexRAID_Basic_Host_1.4_beta7.binhttp://download.openegg.org/release/FlexRAID/Basic/1.4/b7/FlexRAIDWebUI_1.4.tar.gz}}--><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: keep-all;"><nowiki>http://download.openegg.org/release/FlexRAID/Basic/1.0/FlexRAID_Basic_CMD_Client_1.0_final.bin</nowiki></pre>
* [[Open_Terminal_as_root|As root user]], do the following:
{{Code| cd /var/hda/web-apps/flexraid wget <nowiki>http://download.openegg.org/release/FlexRAID/Basic/1.4/b7/FlexRAID_Basic_Host_1.4_beta7.bin</nowiki> wget <nowiki>http://download.openegg.org/release/FlexRAID/Basic/1.4/b7/FlexRAIDWebUI_1.4.tar.gz</nowiki> tar -xzpf FlexRAIDWebUI_1.4.tar.gz -d html chmod +x ./FlexRAID_Basic_Host_1.4_beta7.bin ./FlexRAID_Basic_Host_1.4_beta7.bin}}* Accept the EULA and when prompted for location, enter '''''/home/<USERNAME>/openegg'''''.
* Log in using admin/admin as user name and password.
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=== Create Init Script (Not Working)===* Create To enable FlexRAID to start on boot, create the file named '''flexraid ''' and insert the following text:<pre>#! /bin/sh
# by wyld### BEGIN INIT INFO# Provides: FlexRAID application instance# Required-Start: $all# Required-Stop: $all# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5# Default-Stop: 0 1 6# Short-Description: starts FlexRAID app# Description: starts instance of FlexRAID app using start-stop-daemon### END INIT INFO