NAS4Free
Screenshot of NAS4Free WebGUI
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| Stable release |
11.0.0.4.3330 / 9 December 2016
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(no beta version)
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| Operating system | FreeBSD |
| Platform | i386/IA-32, x86-64 and ARM |
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| Type | Computer storage |
| License | BSD license |
| Website | www |
NAS4Free is a network-attached storage (NAS) server software with a dedicated management web interface (written in PHP). It is free software under the terms of the Simplified BSD license.
NAS4Free is the new brand name of the original FreeNAS code which was developed between 2005 and late 2011. It was released under the name NAS4Free on 22 March 2012.
NAS4Free is an embedded open source NAS software distribution based on FreeBSD, which developed from original FreeNAS 7 code and updated to work with the current latest FreeBSD releases.
NAS4Free supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems. It includes ZFS v5000, Software RAID (0,1,5), disk encryption, S.M.A.R.T. and email reports etc., with the following protocols: SMB, Samba Active Directory Domain Controller AD, FTP, NFS, TFTP, , rsync, Unison (file synchronizer), iSCSI (initiator and target), HAST, , Bridge, UPnP, and Bittorent. All of this is configurable by its web interface.
NAS4Free is installable on almost any boot media including LiveCD optionally with a small USB flash drive for config storage if necessary, both for x86-64 and x86-32 computer platforms up to version 10.3. As of version 11.0, NAS4Free no longer supports x86-32, but version 10.3 is still getting updates. NAS4Free can be installed on Compact Flash, USB flash drive, SSD, Hard drive or other bootable devices, and supports advanced formatted drives using 4kb sectors. It can be booted from LiveCD or LiveUSB. The software distribution is currently distributed as in ISO image (.iso, ~370MB) or USB flash drive image (.img, ~320MB) format, and in source form.
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