TOP 10 NAS Systems in 2024

The following list of operating systems is dedicated to the most popular operating systems from the Linux, BSD, Solaris, AROS, DOS families and other independent ones that offer a ready-to-use NAS server. NAS server (Network Attached Storage) is a technology that allows you to connect disk storage resources directly to a computer network. Thanks to this solution, you can easily configure access from different network points to data located in one place.

The list includes NAS systems that caught your attention the most on the Linuxiarze.pl portal in 2024.

The list takes into account the views of the distribution, download and comments pages.

1. OpenMediaVault

OpenMediaVault is a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, which offers a pre-configured NAS server for home network users and small businesses.
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2. TrueNAS

TrueNAS is a specialized distribution of the BSD family system, equipped with a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, developed by iXsystems. The FreeNAS project, together with TrueNAS, are very closely related network-attached storage platforms operated by iXsystems.
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3. NAS4Free

NAS4Free is an open source operating system for embedded devices, providing a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server. The system is based on FreeBSD. NAS4Free allows sharing resources with other machines equipped with MS Windows, Apple and UNIX/Linux operating systems.
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4. EasyNAS

EasyNAS is a Linux distribution based on openSUSE and offers a pre-configured NAS server for home network users and small businesses. The NAS server allows you to share disk resources with other network users.
EasyNAS uses openSUSE Leap as its base and has support for the Btrfs file system.
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5. FreeNAS

FreeNAS is a free and open source operating system equipped with a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server. NAS is a technology that allows you to connect disk storage resources directly to a computer network. Thanks to this solution, you can easily configure access to data located in one place from different points on the network.
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6. Rockstor

Rockstor is a specialized Linux distribution based on CentOS, created with Network Attached Storage (NAS server) and private cloud storage in mind.
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7. XigmaNAS

XigmaNAS (previously: NAS4Free) – an open source operating system for embedded devices, providing a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server. The system is based on FreeBSD. The XigmaNAS NAS operating system can be installed on virtually any x64 hardware platform to share computer data storage across a computer network.
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8. NexentaStor

NexentaStor is a Unix operating system based on the illumos kernel and is a fork of OpenSolaris.
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A full list of NAS systems can be found at: https://linuxiarze.pl/dystrybucje-nas/

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