You can install an i386 system without problems on VirtualBox running on a amd64 Host. This means if you like to build FreeNAS for amd64 you need to setup a FreeBSD amd64 system. ( also for FreeBSDįor compiling you need to setup a FreeBSD system according to the target architecture. Virtualbox is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and OpenSolaris. This virtualisation software can be downloaded for free. In this Guide we will setup our FreeNAS build environment inside a VirtualBox. It isn't necessary to use a dedicated box to compile FreeNAS. If you want to know more about FreeBSD 7.3 i refer to the FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE AnnouncementįreeBSD 7.3 Installation CD ( bootonly or disc1) (see FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE Announcement) This Document will use the current FreeNAS Version based on FreeBSD 7.3. Download NAS4Free 10.3.Quickstart Guide for Developers and interested Userīy Christian Degen aka bubulein Īfter reading this Guide you will know how to Setup a FreeBSD System for compiling FreeNAS from Scratch. All are highly configurable by using a web interface. NAS4Free includes ZFS v28 (RAIDZ, RAIDZ2 and RAIDZ3) Software RAID (0,1,5), Disk Encryption, S.M.A.R.T / Email Reports, and it supports the following protocols: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, TFTP, AFP, RSYNC, Unison, iSCSI (initiator and target), HAST, CARP, Bridge, UPnP, and BitTorrent. NAS4Free also incorporates many different streaming features for sharing multimedia with other devices on the network.

NAS4Free is easy to set up in most home and enterprise environments and will allow to manage and share large amounts of data easily across a network. NAS4Free supports sharing across multiple operating systems, including Windows, Apple and UNIX-like systems. NAS4Free is an embedded open-source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD.

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