[aklug] Re: Easy NAS setup

Jason,

I'll plus 1 the freenas option. It works and the documentation is better
than most.

If he doesn't want to manage his own server he can talk a look at Synology
products. They run linux but you get a nice web GUI for management.

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Jason McEachen <
jason@brightshinyobject.com> wrote:

> I'm a huge fan of http://www.freenas.org and it's a relatively easy
> install with two USB sticks.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Christopher Howard <christopher@alaskasi.com>
> Date:10/27/2016 2:37 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Alaska Linux Users <AKLUG@aklug.org>
> Cc:
> Subject: [aklug] Easy NAS setup
>
> Hi list. I was trying to advise a friend about how he could set up his
> own NAS using a spare tower PC and some kind of free software NAS
> distro. I know basically how I would do it with various Debian packages;
> but in his case, I was wondering if there might be an easier approach.
> He is mostly a Windows user so he doesn't really understand the command
> line or how Gnu/Linux works. Is there a distro out there that would
> allow him to simply install the disks and boot into a CD, and then it
> would handle setting up the software raid and boot into an easy-to-use
> file sharing interface?
>
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Received on Thu Oct 27 11:34:02 2016