Version 8.2 Beta 3 of the free NAS operating software (based on BSD) FreeNAS has been released. Changes since Beta 2 are listed below:
Enhancements
GUI
- A major refactoring of the plugin structure has been done.
iSCSI
- Target reload is now supported for adding and removing (but not changing) targets on the fly. The Logical Unit Controller is used for this, reload wil not function if the LUC is not enabled.
CIFS
- Samba has been upgraded to 3.6.4 to address the security issues in 3.6.3
Bugfixes
GUI
- Fix a javascript error that affected IE8
Source: FreeNAS release notes
The same release notes have more details about changes since the last release version of FreeNAS.
FreeNAS is of course notable for having one of the easiest to implement ZFS file system solutions available - and all for free, of course.
Here is a video covering the features including a walk-through of the installation of FreeNAS version 8.01:
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- How-To: Set up a home file server using FreeNAS (engadget.com)
- Using FreeNAS With VirtualBox To Create A True Personal Storage Cloud? (essayboard.com)