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Network-attached storage

lastmod 2025-07-30created 2016-06-1111 edits

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage device connected to a computer network that provides data access to different network clients.

Comparing Free and Open Source NAS Solutions

Solution

File Sharing

Monitoring

Backups

CIFS/SMB

NFS

S3

SAN

iSCSI

Disk Pooling

Amahi

✅

✅

✅

🚫

🚫

🚫

🚫

🚫

✅

ESOS

✅

🚫

✅

🚫

🚫

🚫

🚫

✅

🚫

OpenFiler

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

🚫

✅

✅

✅

OpenMediaVault

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

🚫

🚫

🚫

PetaSAN

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

🚫

RockStor

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

🚫

🚫

🚫

✅

TrueNAS

✅

✅

🚫

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

TurnKey

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

🚫

🚫

🚫

🚫

XigmaNAS

✅

✅

🚫

✅

✅

🚫

✅

✅

🚫

NAS Protocols

Commercial Products

curl download/upload

See Server Message Block#curl download/upload.

See also

  • Link aggregation
  • Orb - free/open-source web desktop that implements a Windows-like environment in a web browser - feels similar to Synology's web interface
  • Copyparty - open source that turns almost any device into a file server

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