SeekerFreeNAS Mini
FreeNAS Mini provides administrators the ultimate in control over their NAS, thanks to the extensibility of its open-source software, despite some exasperation with the Unix/Free BSD software in administering.
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Product details
- Full-featured, compact, and reliable NAS & SAN storage system. Powered by FreeNAS, the #1 Open Source storage OS, and protected by the self-healing ZFS filesystem. Built-in RAID keeps your data safe and available, error-protection keeps it free from corruption, and snapshots protect it from ransomware attacks and human error.
- Performance-Oriented and Quiet Hardware Design: 16GB ECC RAM (upgradeable to 32GB) | 8-Core 2.4GHz Intel Atom CPU | 4x 3.5” Hot-Swap SATA Drive Bays | 2x 2.5” Internal SATA SSD Bays | Dual 1 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports can be added) | Remote Management (IPMI) | 3x USB | 1x Internal SataDOM Boot Device | Built-in RAID | Speed up workflows by adding SSDs for read and write caching.
- Ideal for file-sharing, backup, multimedia processing and distribution, video surveillance, edge/remote office, development, personal cloud, and other small/home office & SMB applications. Broaden your Mini’s capabilities with VMs and an extensive suite of software plugins.
- FreeNAS supports Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Unix clients and syncs with AWS, Azure, Dropbox and more. Supports NFS, SMB, AFP, iSCSI and S3 file sharing protocols.
- Built, tested, and supported in the U.S. by iXsystems. Proceeds support FreeNAS development.
PROS
+ Powerful hardware.
+ Highly extensible.
+ Feature-packed.
CONS
- No dual Ethernet, by default.
- Complicated drive recovery.
- Steep learning curve for the non-Unix experienced.
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By PCMag on October 18, 2013
FreeNAS Mini provides administrators the ultimate in control over their NAS, thanks to the extensibility of its open-source software, despite some exasperation with the Unix/Free BSD software in administering.
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