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XigmaNAS

{{Short description|Software}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = XigmaNAS

| screenshot = XigmaNAS rev.6400 statuswindow.png

| screenshot size = 250px

| logo =

| caption = Screenshot of XigmaNAS WebGUI

| developer = {{ubl|The XigmaNAS Project:|Michael Schneider|Michael Zoon}}

| latest release version = 13.3.0.5.10153

| latest release date = {{release date and age|2024|07|04|df=yes}}

| operating system = FreeBSD

| platform = x64

| genre = Computer storage

| license = BSD license

| language = {{Plainlist|

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| website = {{URL|www.xigmanas.org/}}

}}

XigmaNAS is an open-source Network-attached storage (NAS) server software with a dedicated management web interface. It is a continuation of the original FreeNAS code, which was developed between 2005 and late 2011. It was released under the name NAS4Free on 22 March 2012.{{cite web|title=NAS4Free as your cross-platform network filehub|url=http://knightwise.com/kw405-nas4free-as-your-cross-platform-network-filehub/|work=podcasts|publisher=knightwise 2012|access-date=13 May 2013}} The name was changed to XigmaNAS in July 2018. On SourceForge, it was elected "'Community Choice' Project of the Month" twice, in August 2015 and March 2017.

Technology

XigmaNAS is an embedded open-source NAS software distribution based on the latest release of FreeBSD.{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://www.nas4free.org/general_information.html|work=NAS4Free|publisher=The NAS4Free Project 2013|access-date=13 May 2013|archive-date=28 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028152028/http://www.nas4free.org/general_information.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=March 2017, "Community Choice" Project of the Month – NAS4Free|url=https://sourceforge.net/blog/march-2017-community-choice-project-of-the-month-nas4free/|website=sourceforge|date=March 2017|publisher=Slashdot Media|access-date=8 June 2017}} It is free software under the terms of the Simplified BSD license.{{cite web |title=LICENSE |url=https://www.xigmanas.com/wiki/doku.php?id=license |access-date=13 May 2013 |work=NAS4Free Documentation |publisher=The NAS4Free Project 2013}} It was developed from the original FreeNAS 7 code and updated to work with current FreeBSD releases{{cite web|title=NAS4Free - The Free Network Attached Storage Project|url=https://www.xigmanas.com/wiki/#history|publisher=The NAS4Free Project 2013|access-date=13 May 2013}} while preserving FreeNAS's original m0n0wall/PHP architecture and introducing experimental support for the ARM architecture.{{cite web|title=FreeNAS vs NAS4Free - High Level Comparison|url=http://www.freenas.org/freenas-vs-nas4free/|website=freenas.org|publisher=iXsystems, Inc.|access-date=8 June 2017}}

XigmaNAS supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems. It includes ZFS v5000, Software RAID (0,1,5), disk encryption, S.M.A.R.T., and email reports etc., with the following protocols: SMB, Samba Active Directory Domain Controller AD, FTP, NFS, TFTP, AFP, rsync, Unison (file synchronizer), iSCSI (initiator and target), HAST, CARP, Bridge, UPnP, and BitTorrent. All of this is configurable through its web interface.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

= Features =

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Installation

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XigmaNAS is installable on almost any boot medium including LiveCD, both for x86-64 and x86-32 computer platforms up to version 10.3.{{cite web |url=http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php?id=NAS4Free#technology |title=nas4free [NAS4Free] |website=wiki.nas4free.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508100651/http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php?id=NAS4Free |archive-date=2013-05-08}} {{user-generated source|date=November 2022}} As of version 11.0, XigmaNAS no longer supports x86-32, but version 10.3 is still getting updates.{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/nas4free/files/NAS4Free-11.0.0.4/11.0.0.4.3252/ |title=Download NAS4Free 11.0 |publisher=SourceForge & NAS4Free |access-date=30 November 2016}} XigmaNAS can be installed on Compact Flash, USB flash drives, SSD, hard drives or other bootable devices, and supports advanced formatted drives using 4 kB sectors. The software distribution is currently distributed in ISO image (.iso, approximately 370 MB), USB flash drive image (.img, approximately 320 MB) format, and in source form.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

= Preferred embedded installation =

A special small footprint embedded image is also available (.img, approximately 150 MB).

The preferred method is the embedded installation onto a USB stick, Compact Flash card (CF), or HDD/SSD, for which XigmaNAS was designed. The XigmaNAS OS will load into system memory, eliminating system writes to a drive except for configuration changes written to an archive. Flash devices are more energy efficient and the updating process can be done by WebGUI in the browser, downloading and installing a new firmware image.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

History

The original FreeNAS project derives from m0n0wall.{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/the-ars-nas-distribution-shootout-freenas-vs-nas4free/|title = The Ars NAS distribution shootout: FreeNAS vs NAS4Free|date = 19 June 2014}}

The FreeNAS 0.7 branch was end-of-life'd in late 2011 after the FreeNAS name was legally acquired by iXsystems, Inc. Starting with version 8.x, new iXsystems developers rewrote FreeNAS. Legacy FreeNAS 0.7 was no longer available for download.

The legacy FreeNAS 0.7 code was unable to be developed any longer under the same name, and a name change was necessary. The founder of FreeNAS (Olivier Cochard-Labbé) donated the original FreeNAS source code to the NAS4Free project. With the support of the former developers, namely Daisuke Aoyama and Michael Zoon, it carries on the original FreeNAS code base. FreeNAS 8.x.y and up is a software fork of the original FreeNAS with a new rewritten code base, continuing the old branded name. In 2018, the project applied for the XigmaNAS trademark to protect the brand{{cite web |url=https://www.xigmanas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13790 |title=Project is changed into XigmaNAS! - XigmaNAS |website=www.xigmanas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626160109/https://www.xigmanas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13790 |archive-date=2019-06-26}} prior to the release of v11.2.

Awards

| title = Project of the Month, March 2017

| date = March 2017

| publisher = SourceForge, Inc.

| url = https://sourceforge.net/blog/march-2017-community-choice-project-of-the-month-nas4free/

| access-date = 2017-03-01}}

| title = Project of the Month, August 2015

| date = August 2015

| publisher = SourceForge, Inc.

| url = http://sourceforge.net/blog/august-2015-community-choice-project-of-the-month-nas4free/

| access-date = 2015-08-02}}

| title = Project of the Week May 2015

| date = 18 May 2015

| publisher = SourceForge, Inc.

| url = http://sourceforge.net/blog/project-of-the-week-may-18-2015/

| access-date = 2015-05-18}}

{{small|The awards listed below are legacy FreeNAS ones.}}

  • VMware {{En dash}} "Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge, Consumer" (2008){{cite web

|title = FreeNAS is a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) server

|publisher = VMware, Inc.

|url = http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/168

|access-date = 2008-02-28

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080505080654/http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/168

|archive-date = 5 May 2008

|df = dmy-all

}}

|title = Project of the Month January 2007

|publisher = SourceForge, Inc.

|url = http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2007-01.php

|access-date = 2008-02-28

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080313190212/http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2007-01.php

|archive-date = 13 March 2008

|df = dmy-all

}}

  • InfoWorld {{En dash}} Best of open source in storage (2008){{cite web

| title = Best of open source in storage - 2007

| publisher = InfoWorld

| url = http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/2007/09/117-best_of_open_so-3.html

| access-date = 2008-02-28}}

See also

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References

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Further reading

{{small|Further readings prior to 2012 are referring to the legacy FreeNAS .07 precursor branch.}}

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  • {{cite web |title=FreeNAS: A Simple Data Storage Solution |publisher=Radio World |url=http://www.radioworld.com/article/85170 |date=11 August 2009}}
  • {{cite news |title=Network-Attached Storage on the Cheap |publisher=Washington Post |work=PC World |date=27 August 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082600237.html}}
  • {{cite web |title=Videotutorial with German Translator Falk |publisher=sysops.tv |date=5 November 2010 |url=http://www.sysops.tv/2010/11/05/079-freenas-entfesselt/ |work=079 – FreeNAS entfesselt}}

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External links

{{Commons category|NAS4Free}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.xigmanas.org/}}

{{FreeBSD}}

Category:Free file transfer software

Category:FreeBSD

Category:Home servers

Category:Network-attached storage

Category:Software using the BSD license