Learning FreeNAS

This comprehensive guide for system administrators to building and using resilient network-attached storage solutions with FreeNAS, tackles the most important topics for understanding FreeNAS and setting it up as securely and quickly as possible. Written in an accessible style and filled with important facts, it shows you the right way to get things done and has a comprehensive troubleshooting section. It does not assume knowledge of BSD and will work for FreeNAS in any network environment. FreeNAS is free software that turns a PC into a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server. It supports client connections from Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD. It is ideal for systems administrators who want a low cost, simple way to provide large amounts of network-attached storage. It has a web interface for administration and includes support for RAID (0, 1, 5), iSCSI, drive encryption, and UPnP. Based on FreeBSD, it has modest system requirements but is scalable for the enterprise.