Looking for alternatives to FreeNAS? If for whatever reason you're not interested in FreeNAS but are looking to set up your personal NAS, there's a post over on TechShout that you might want to take a look at.
There are multiple reasons behind looking for FreeNAS alternatives. Despite the software being a popular choice and also intuitive to use for sharing content across multiple platform like Linux, Apple and Windows, there are always a few drawbacks that could make it a tedious solution. Also, with the launch of the latest iteration, version 8, a lot seems to have been changed. The developers have rewritten it from the ground up and in the bargain, even increased the hardware requirements. So if you're looking for a substitute OS to get your Network-attached storage up and running, we've lineup up several viable choices below.
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Admittedly, not all of the alternatives that the article discusses are free, but few of them are very expensive - Windows Home Server 2011 is one of the most expensive, and even that can be found for about $50.
| 4TB 16 Drive FreeNAS Raid NAS Storage System Windows Linux Server 25 35 Drives | |
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$899.00 Time Remaining: 26d 20h 35m Buy It Now for only: $899.00 Buy It Now |
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| 16 Drive FreeNAS Raid NAS Storage System Windows Linux Server 25 35 Drives | |
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$699.00 Time Remaining: 15d 18h 54m Buy It Now for only: $699.00 Buy It Now |
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| Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual 30GHz 12TB Storage FreeNAS 3 Year Warranty | |
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$1,599.00 Time Remaining: 12d 14h 42m Buy It Now for only: $1,599.00 Buy It Now |
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| Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual 2 233GHz Quad 12TB Storage FreeNAS 3 Year Warranty | |
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$1,699.00 Time Remaining: 9d 16h 1m Buy It Now for only: $1,699.00 Buy It Now |
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| Dell PowerEdge 2970 Server 2 x 29GHz Quad Core 8GB 12TB Storage FreeNAS | |
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$1,399.00 Time Remaining: 5d 7m Buy It Now for only: $1,399.00 Buy It Now |
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