FreeNAS

Screenshot of the web interface (top) and the command line ( below)

FreeNAS is a free operating system for Network Attached Storage. It is based on FreeBSD and runs on x86 - compatible platforms in the 32 -bit or 64- bit architecture. From FreeNAS 8.x 64- bit architecture and the ZFS file system is recommended.

Technology

FreeNAS is a minimal version of the operating system FreeBSD 8.2 based on NanoBSD and occupies about 64 MB. The server supports the file systems, ZFS, UFS, Ext2/Ext3, FAT32, NTFS ( by ntfs -3g read and write access). The operating system is bootable from a Compact Flash card, USB flash drive or hard disk, which is then not further stands as NAS storage. It is managed using a web-based administration interface via the network.

The software contains NAS services such as CIFS (Samba ), FTP, SFTP, NFS, rsync, iSCSI, SMART, local user authentication, Software RAID ( 0,1,5 ), RAID -Z and Unison. In addition, the integration into an Active Directory is possible. The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP ) and Zeroconf has been added.

FreeNAS is in development, in particular by the integrated web interface firmware update can therefore fail within the group version 8. Therefore, a backup and upgrade CD that retains all the settings recommended as safe. A firmware update of the outdated version 0.7.x group 8.x to version not supported. Moreover, it can sometimes be awkward to make the FreeBSD -based FreeNAS system from a boot media such as flash memory or USB stick run if no CD drive is available.

Functions

  • File systems: UFS, FAT32, ext2/ext3, ZFS, NTFS ( ZFS volumes are recommended need for high-performance operation and at least 4GB of free RAM. )
  • Protocols: CIFS ( samba ), FTP, NFS, SSH, rsync, iSCSI, AFP and Avahi ( zeroconf ), SNMP, BitTorrent.
  • GPT / EFI partitioning > 2TB possible.
  • Booting from a USB memory stick or flash memory
  • Software RAID 0, 1 and 5, as well as JBOD and the unstable Geom Vinum, as well as RAID and RAID -Z2 Z1
  • Encryption (there are four algorithms available: 3DES 168 bit, AES 256-bit, 448-bit Blowfish, Camellia 256 bit)
  • HTTPS ( for secure key transfer for disk - Live - encryption)
  • Local User Authentication (not yet fully implemented in SMB / CIFS - no permissions on folder and file level ) and Windows domains
  • Unison
  • S.M.A.R.T.
  • UPnP not implemented in version 8.0 (re part of version 8.1)
  • Web server function
  • Status reports via e -mail
  • Status graphs for the CPU usage and LAN transfer rate
  • Limited command line via the web interface

Hardware support

  • Hardware RAID controller: all of FreeBSD 8.2 supported.
  • Hard disk interface: PATA (IDE ) / SATA, SCSI, USB ( since version 8.0.1 also USB 3.0) and FireWire.
  • Network cards: all of FreeBSD 8.2 supported Wi-Fi and Ethernet.
  • CPU architectures: all i386 -compatible and AMD64 ( 64- bit architecture is recommended).

Planned features

The main planned features for version 8.1 are: ADS, LDAP, NIS, RADIUS, UPnP / DAAP / DLNA and encryption. Already in the version 8.0.1 have been incorporated by GUI SMART monitoring, rsync and cron configuration via GUI management.

Awards

  • Sourceforge.net - Project of the Month January 2007
  • InfoWorld - Best Open Source Offerings
IA-32 X86-64 License BSD licenses Network File System Unison (file synchronizer) Samba (Software) Secure Shell Simple Network Management Protocol Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Byte Advanced Encryption Standard Blowfish (cipher) Camellia (cipher) Universal Plug and Play Controller (computing) IEEE 1394 Network Information Service OpenMediaVault
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