I've often thought about dropping a
couple of hard drives in an old PC and using it as a network file server, but the task of setting up the OS and getting
things running seems daunting.
FreeNAS, short for Free Network-Attached Storage,
looks like it might be the solution I'vee been looking for. It's a 15MB download that includes a FreeBSD OS, CIFS
(Samba), FTP, and NFS support, software RAID, and a web-based configuration interface. What's more, it'll boot from a
USB key.
Tags: freebsd, freenas, nas, network storage, opensource
