Hi there, I'm building a NAS, and need some advice on operating systems. As far as I can tell, the best are FreeNAS and Ubuntu Server. FreeNAS is made entirely for NAS servers, and have the latest ZFS file system. I will be having 4x1TB disks in RAID5 I think (so I'll be having 2.79 GB of disk space, and an array size of 3GB). As I will store some confidential information, I will need to have the ENTIRE data partition encrypted. Can FreeNAS do that? I've heard that encryption and ZFS doesn't go well together. Is Ubuntu Server better in that regards? I will access the files via FTP (or STFP). Any suggestions on what OS to choose?
Openmediavault all the way. I run it from a USB pen drive hence saving a HDD bay, it's been flawless for me in over 6 months. Great for storing, streaming, print serving, etc...
Have a look at Nas4free its the carry on of freenas 7 and unlike freenas 8 addons and plugins still work. Also will do the encryption