FreeNAS

FreeNAS Description

FreeNAS is a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution(for run it on a Compact Flash, CD-ROM or USB key) that provide NAS (Network-Attached Storage) services, supporting: CIFS, FTP, NFS protocols, with a Full WEB configuration interface.The minimal FreeBSD distribution, Web interface,PHP scripts and documentations are based on M0n0wall. Here are some key features of"FreeNAS":Feature ChartThin ProvisioningBackup and RestoreCommand Line InterfaceDriver SupportSnapshotsZettabyte File SystemWeb User InterfaceFile SharingPlugins What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]Version 9.2-RELEASE of FreeBSD with performance improvements, bug fixes, and updated software packages. For a complete list see http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.2R/relnotes.htmlUSB 3.0 support is disabled by default as it currently is not compatible with some hardware, including Haswell (Lynx point) chipsets. To enable USB 3.0 support, create a Tunable named xhci_load, set its value to YES, and reboot the system.The Kernel UMA allocator is now the default for ZFS. This results in higher ZFS performance.ZFS will now alert the administrator for pools that are not 4K-aligned.By default, FreeNAS will treat all disks as 4K sector ("Advanced Format") disks. This is a future-proof setting that allows AF disks to later be used as replacement drives for older, legacy 512 byte sector drives without compromising performance. The administrator can optionally disable this 4K-by-default behavior by setting vfs.zfs.vdev.larger_ashift_minimal to 0 in both sysctl and loader tunab... �.You can free download FreeNAS from Softpedia now.