====== NAS ======

NAS stands for __N__etwork-__A__ttached __S__torage. Basically a power-efficient computer or server that lives on your network that you use for keeping stuff. Makes it easy for multiple people to access the same files, so a great place to keep movies and music.

I currently have a [[QNAP_TS-231P]], but it functions both as a NAS, and as a server running some useful software (see the linked page for more info.). I highly recommend, if you're into messing with Linux or BSD and computers, building your own. I certainly wish I'd done that, as so-called easy solutions like QNAPs and Synologies have a bunch of shit you don't need, and aren't great at having stuff up-to-date.

There's a popular NAS-targetted OS called [[TrueNAS]] (previously FreeNAS) that I'm curious to try. But I'd also like to just run a server with regular Linux or BSD maybe?

===== See Also =====

  * [[wp>Network-attached storage]]
  * [[https://www.truenas.com/|www.truenas.com]]

{{tag>hardware NAS}}