If you are like me, you will have alot of music, films and documents that you use alot but they are on one computer, bits a pieces on multiple computers. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a central area for your files so you could play your music and films on the Xbox or PS3, access your files from your laptop and download bittorrent files without your main pc. A NAS box is your answer.
What is a NAS box?
In simple terms a NAS box is a computer that acts like a hard drive connected to your network. NAS (Network Attached Storage) lets you share your documents, music, videos with any computer or device in your home.
This is my guide on how to build a NAS box using an opensource project called FreeNAS.
FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD which is a very secure and free operating system.
