John Browning writing on Engadget has posted an interesting article “How-To: Set up a home file server using FreeNAS” a walkthrough on setting up an open source storage platform called FreeNAS as a “digital bookshelf”.
FreeNAS is an operating system based on FreeBSD that hasweb interface for management, and all the protocols you need to share files between Windows, Mac and Linux.
Read more at: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/01/how-to-set-up-a-home-file-server-using-freenas/