Ubuntu does just fine as a nas

On Sep 5, 2016 5:14 PM, "Mike Bushroe" <mbushroe@gmail.com> wrote:

> What about NAS backups? Everything I have seen so far is either very
> expensive (tape drives), or very tedious (recordable DVD or BlRay) I
> started building a FreeNas, but the BSD that it runs on would not read the
> extra SATA card I bought, so I had to buy more and more expensive. Then the
> motherboard wouldn't boot off the USB. I still have a tall box small pile
> of drives that I never got to NAS for me. I understand that the latest
> Ubuntu will do ZFS, perhaps I should put all the pieces back together and
> see if I can configure an Ubuntu system to act as a NAS server.
>
> Mike
>
> On 09/01/2016 07:58 AM, Anon Anon wrote:
>
>>
>> Get a nas from Fry's electronics. Well worth the money. Also, buy a fire
>> proof safe and mount the nas in the safe.
>>
>> Will save your life if you have a fire. They make electronics safes.
>> Don't rush into a burning house for hard drives. Pets and wives only bruh.
>>
>> --
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