I had an old pc lying around the house collecting dust so I decided to try turning it into a NAS (Network Attached Storage). I went with FreeNAS a linux based nas server. I gotta say, I'm very impressed with FreeNAS. it was very simple to set up, and configuration was straight forward.
If you have an old pc collecting dust try turning it into a NAS. Everyone can use more easily accessible storage 
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Adding additional drives and even adding usb drives is simple through the web interface. Try it out.
[url]freenas.org[/url] I think this is good program, I will try and thanks for info
Hi there,
Yes, I would like to thank you as this is something I'm looking for too.
Thank you. 
I Have an old Dell Optiplex GX100, 30gb harddrive, 128mb ram, run's windows, and mac shares My Servers called "MacNas" great product been running for about a year, excelent product it supports Apple File Protoco!l
Sorry I Just read my post, I ws in a hurry I'm running freenas, I just named my server macnas, again excelent product I'd highly recommend.
Is it based on the Linux Kernel. I remember that Mandrake used to be pretty good. My dad had a Redhat server on our homenet. Im sorry i just realiced this is not the Linux thread now is it. On topic. I actually have never heard of FreeNas
Yes freenas is based on a linux kernel
is FreeNAS based on FreeBSD 6??
No, it's a Linux distribution. I've been wanting to try it for some time now, but never got the time yet. Does it have any extra options like print server?
Thanks for this! Sounds good! Might just try it 
