I discussed in an earlier column using https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Microsoft+Corporation.html’s $180 Windows Home Server to turn an old PC into a media-streaming ...

I finally got 10Gbps networking setup in my home office, and I was disappointed to find out I'm only pulling down a max 300MB/s if I'm lucky from my FreeNAS box. It averages closer to 280MB/s. I ...

What is FreeNAS you say? Put simply, it's is an operating system based on FreeBSD that brings with it a snazzy web interface for management, and all the protocols you need to share files between ...

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If you'd rather not keep your main machine on all day waiting for new TV shows to download, installing Sick Beard on a NAS is a fantastic way to automatically download your favorite TV shows, whether ...

We've shown you how to turn an old computer into a networked backup, streaming, and torrenting machine with FreeNAS, and even gone a little further and installed some Usenet and media management ...

We haven’t checked in with FreeNAS , the FreeBSD-based DIY NAS OS, in quite some time. The OS has been completely overhauled, plugin support has been added, and it now works with even more hardware.

I have a gigabit network set up in my home, and I'm trying to push large files from my W10 PC to my new FreeNAS box. After a while, the entire transfer stalls to 0KB/s and times out. The Windows file ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. FreeNAS 8.0, the long-awaited update to the best, most ...