FreeNAS Operating System

FreeNAS

 

Newest Review: ... the complicated stuff is over, pop the cd into any spare computer you have and FreeNAS takes over, the installer runs and then you configure the network and disks following the comprehensive user manual. The computer reboots and you can access the web based configuration site over the network, and view the hard drives as network shares assigned to a static IP. From then FreeNAS s ready to use Why use FreeNAS? FreeNAS is great for putting all your data in one central place where all the computers on your network can view modify and create data. It handles all file types and is fast and speedy and reliable, in the 3 years mine has been onlin... more

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crazyboi1
Premium Review FreeNAS: Its everything Home server should have been! (355 words)
by - written on 19/05/08 (Very useful, 592 readings)
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Before i start i apologize for the technical language in this review but im assuming if your reading this review you have some knowledge of computers and an interest in geekyness !!. What is FreeNAS FreeNAS is exactly what the title says, its a Linux based operating system IE the software that tells a computer to run . FreeNAS stands for free network attached storage. To use this OS you have to download it from the website in the form of an ISO which then needs to be burnt to a CD, once that's done the complicated stuff is over, pop the cd into any spare computer you have and FreeNAS takes over, the installer runs and then you configure the network and disks ...  Read the complete review

 
dooyooCommunity Rating
Variety of features:  100% Reliability:  100%
User friendly:  100%
 

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