[Novalug] Why FreeNAS?

John Franklin franklin@elfie.org
Fri Aug 20 16:11:46 EDT 2010


On Aug 20, 2010, at 1:55 PM, 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?


Technically, it's not a backup solution, it's a storage solution.   
You'll need still need a backup agent to complete the backup  
solution.  The agent could be something something simple like rsync or  
more complex like bacula.

jf
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