What is FreeNAS?įreeNAS is based on FreeBSD, itself born of BSD, a version of Unix developed at the University of California, Berkeley. FreeBSD is a full-fledged server operating system, but FreeNAS has been optimized strictly for file serving and storage. One in particular, FreeNAS, is extremely stable, easy to set up, and laser-focused on storing and sharing files across your home network. All you need is a working system with a reliable hard drive (or three) and a little time to configure everything. Several free and open-source operating systems run extremely well on a wide array of older hardware. Instead of leaving it to collect dust, why not repurpose it as a file-slinging server?
PC lovers tend to collect a lot of hardware as the years roll by.
