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Linux File server software

Hello Experts,

I have a DELL server that I am going to mirror a couple of hard drives. It needs to become a file server.

My question is, is there a NAS software I could install on it and make it NAS server?

Software like FreeNAS or OpenFile. I will like the software to be free or otherwise, I will use a Linux server like CentOS 7 or Ubuntu.

If that is the case configuring Samba will be enough? Recommendation needed, please.

Thank you!

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Kent W

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marceloNYC

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Do I install FreeNAS on a Linux server installation or FreeNAS is already its own OS?

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marceloNYC

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Thank you! This should make a great project.

Marco van Beek

I think the question you need to ask yourself is whether it needs to join a Windows Active Directory system. If it does, then once you have joined it to the domain the management becomes a lot easier since you do not need your own authentication back end. You would probably want to use a distribution with Samba 4 for this, as Samba3 only really does the older NT Domain style stuff and is getting harder and harder to use on a newer Windows network infrastructure.

Otherwise, you could just use one of the all-in-one NAS distros like FreeNAS or Rockstor.

Kent W

FreeNAS is it's own OS.
The basics on installing - https://doc.freenas.org/11/install.html#getting-freenas

If you've ever downloaded an OS ISO, burned it, then installed from the burned media, you will be familiar with the process.