FreeNAS: The FreeNAS server

FreeNAS is an embedded open source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD, supporting the following protocols: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, TFTP, AFP, RSYNC, Unison, iSCSI (initiator and target) and UPnP.

It supports Software RAID (0,1,5), ZFS, disk encryption, S.M.A.R.T/email monitoring with a WEB configuration interface (from m0n0wall).

FreeNAS can be installed on Compact Flash/USB key, hard drive or booted from LiveCD.

FreeNAS image files suitable for most people are available on SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/
This is where you can download the latest versions to install on your hardware.

See the changelog for more information about the current public releases or the Downloads page for different releases.

2010-02-01: Interview with Olivier (Founder of FreeNAS) in BSD magazine 02/2010 (free to download)

2010-01-01: Josh Paetzel, Director of IT at iXsystems gives brief interview on PC-BSD and FreeNAS.

2009-12-15: iXsystems gives an interview about the future of FreeNAS on BSDTalk

2009-12-13: new website online!

• Features
• Screenshots
• License
• Contributors
• Roadmap

• Setup and User Guide
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• HowTo
• Hardware Compatibility Lists
• Learning FreeNAS Book

• The forum
• Knowledgebase
• Mailing Lists
• Submit a bug
• Feature Requests
• How to contribute
• FreeNAS team's blog

• iXsystems : Company managing FreeNAS development since December 2009
• Vaultnetworks : Offers a hosted server
• AMD : Donate a Tyan server
• Full Sourceforge users donators list

• StoreMan : A combination of a comfortable backup program and a db based archive manager