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Building a Home File Server with FreeNAS ( FreeBSD based NAS Server )

Posted by Vivek on Friday January 18, 08 @10:39 am

FreeNAS is a free Network-attached storage (NAS) server. It supports following protocols:

=> CIFS (Samba) - Mac / UNIX / Windows can use CIFS to store files
=> FTP
=> NFS
=> Rsync
=> AFP

You can use local user authentication, and software RAID (0,1,5), with a web-based configuration interface.

I've installed it on USB pen which takes less than 32 MB. You can install software on hard disk or flash drive.

My Setup

Building a Home File Server with FreeNAS Software - FreeNAS WEB User Interface
(Fig. 01: FreeNAS Web User Interface Configuration Tool)

The software is easy to use and perfect for building a low cost home file server. I'm currently using this NAS as:
=> Home Music / Media Server
=> Home Backup Server
=> Home Ftp Server etc

Download FreeNAS server

=> Visit official site to grab latest software.

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