Open Media Vault

Open Media Vault is a modern and robust NAS solution built on top of Debian Linux.  Everything in this system is straightforward and easy to manage for home users to build a home NAS.  It features an impressive web interface for accommodating this task and makes sure users with limited knowledge of Linux or Debian can manage the software very easily.  It comes with default support for a wide range of standard protocols, including Samba/CIFS, FTP, NFS, Rsync, and TFTP.

Features of Open Media Vault

  • Interface: Multi-language, Web-based graphical user interface
  • Network Protocols: CIFS (via Samba), FTP, NFS (versions 3 and 4), SSH, rsync, iSCSI, AFP and TFTP
  • Storage: Software-RAID (levels 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, and 10, plus JBOD), GPT/EFI partitioning >2 TByte possible, Quota
  • Filesystems: ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs, XFS, JFS, NTFS, FAT32
  • Monitoring: Syslog, Watchdog, S.M.A.R.T., SNMP (v1, 2c, and 3) (read-only)
  • Administration: Statistic reports via E-Mail, Statistic graphs for the CPU-workload, LAN transfer rates, hard disk usage and RAM allocation, User and group management, Access controls via ACL
  • Others: Link Aggregation Bonding, Wake On LAN
  • Plug-in system: ClamAV, OwnCloud, etc.