Linux.com: FreeNAS Makes it Easy to Add Storage to Home Networks

“FreeNAS is a small, powerful, full-featured implementation of
FreeBSD as a network-attached storage device. (It also happens to
be January’s Project of the Month at SourceForge.net.) If you’re a
Linux user like me, the BSD-speak used for devices and such might
give you pause, but other than that small caveat, installation and
usage shouldn’t be a problem. It’s powerful enough to be used in
the enterprise, but it’s friendly enough so that even a typical
home office user can take advantage of it. Here’s how I created an
easy-to-use NAS device for rsync backups and FTP server on my
LAN.

“First, you’ll need a machine to serve as a dedicated NAS
box…”

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