FreeNas vs. Nas4Free...Opinions|Suggestions

[ArtemusComputerTechnology]

I was wondering if any of you all use either two to repurpose an old pc. I'm using FreeNas on an Optiplex 320 right now at home. Never used Nas4Free yet. What you think? Have you ever installed?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Have used FreeNAS...actually just a few days ago I downloaded the latest one to repurpose a tower for using as additional storage in our network and for StorageCraft to backup images too. Love that distro.

Haven't used NAS4Free...so no input there, no comparison notes. Have heard of it/seen the site....looks more "dated"...but really doesn't matter what the web admin looks like, all I need it to do is mount a volume(s) on the network.

 

[Jonathan]

To compare FreeNAS with NAS4Free, the NAS4FRee wiki: http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php

History

Some users assume that NAS4Free is a “fork” of FreeNAS. This is absolutely NOT the case.

NAS4Free is the direct continuation of the original FreeNAS code that was under development from 2005 till 2011 under the name FreeNAS.

After the FreeNAS name was legally acquired by iXsystems, Inc. (year 2011), the code was unable to be developed any longer under the same name, and a name change was necessary. The founder of FreeNAS (Olivier Cochard-Labbé) did donate the code of FreeNAS 7 to our project. IXsystems no longer wanted us to release new builds under the FreeNAS name, so the only option was to leave the FreeNAS project after so many years.

At the time we began publishing the new name. Many necessary updates were done, including upgrading the base system. NAS4Free went up from FreeBSD 7 to the FreeBSD 9.x releases, allowing support for a lot of newer hardware too. NAS4Free now also includes support for the latest Intel Atom based processors. This includes great advances in ZFS version support as well. These changes should vastly increase our ability to offer you an even better NAS system than ever before.

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[SilverLeaf]

Don't overlook Open Media Vault. It's a NAS solution based on Debian Linux rather than FreeBSD.

 

[Brand]

To compare FreeNAS with NAS4Free, the NAS4FRee wiki: http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php:

The link you posted is bad. You need to remove the colon from the end of the link.

 

[gikstar]

Don't overlook Open Media Vault. It's a NAS solution based on Debian Linux rather than FreeBSD.

Sounds and looks good... think I might just give it a try on my next in-office NAS. Does anyone have any input with regards to how this program is working for them? Any size limits - hard drive size, max # of drives, or data transfer speeds?

 

[Jonathan]

The link you posted is bad. You need to remove the colon from the end of the link.

Fixed it, thanks!

Re: OMV, just discovered it myself and downloaded a copy to try out.