[Novalug] Why FreeNAS?

Peter Larsen plarsen@famlarsen.homelinux.com
Fri Aug 20 14:18:19 EDT 2010


On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 10:55 -0700, Subba Rao wrote:
> For backup, I can use Samba.  What is the advantage of using FreeNAS?
> Can anyone convince me why FreeNAS is a better backup solution over
> Samba?

More options; easier setup; ready AD/LDAP integration; RAID management;
etc.

It's a much more elaborate solution. Think it of it like this: FreeNAS
has a full Samba server PLUS a lot more.  So the same data can be made
available to not just SMB users, but NFS, SSH and other protocols you
choose to install/support.

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Best Regards
  Peter Larsen

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         Why use Windows when you can have air conditioning?
         Why use Windows, when you can leave through the door?
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