Been planning to build a FreeNAS box for a while and saw that the Supermicro X11SSM-F is going for cheap on Amazon right now. I figure I'll pair that with a G4560, this is a purely storage box, so I ...

If you’ve ever considered purchasing a NAS (short for network-attached storage) device to add storage to your home or small office network, you may have balked due to the relatively high prices they ...

With cheap storage readily available, the temptation to build vast libraries of music, movies, photos, and documents is ever present. But when each PC in your home is packed to its aluminum gills with ...

What OS are you planning on using for this system? Windows, FreeNAS, or XPEnology? Take a look at what NAS vendors are using for hardware and that will give you an idea of what to go by, but base your ...

I'm looking for a small and power efficient NAS build with 6 or so drives and I'd like to take advantage of the dual M.2 drives I have as well. The Synology and QNAP 6-bay systems look really nice ...

We haven’t checked in with FreeNAS , the FreeBSD-based DIY NAS OS, in quite some time. The OS has been completely overhauled, plugin support has been added, and it now works with even more hardware.

[Jeff Geerling] has tried building his own network-attached storage before, but found that the Raspberry Pi just wasn’t able to keep pace with his demands. He’s back with a new all-flash NAS build, ...

Following up on my previous review of FreeNAS, I have had some time to play around and investigate further. Unfortunately, due to issues with the current release of VMWare Fusion (bridged networking ...

If you are an avid consumer of media and have a large media library, storage can be a problem. This is especially true if you lack the ability or inclination to use a cloud-based storage solution, as ...