What is Openmediavault?
Openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins.
openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in small offices or home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy to use out-of-the-box solution that will allow everyone to install and administrate a Network Attached Storage without deeper knowledge.
Features
openmediavault includes the following key features
Core
- Debian Linux (Jessie) OS
- Web based administration
- Easy system updates via Debian package management
- Usermanagement
- Scheduled jobs
- Multilanguage support
- Service announcement via DNS-SD
- Plugin system
Networking
- Link aggregation
- Wake On Lan
- IPv6 support
Volume management
- HDD power management (APM/AAM)
- GPT partitions
- EXT3/EXT4/XFS/JFS filesystem support
- Software RAID JBOD/0/1/5/6/…
- Quota (per volume)
- ACL
- Share management
Monitoring
- Syslog
- Watchdog
- S.M.A.R.T.
- SNMP (v1/2c/3) (read-only)
- Email notifications
- Proactive process and system state monitoring
Services
- SSH
- FTP
- TFTP
- NFS (v3/v4)
- SMB/CIFS
- RSync
Plugins
With the plugin system it is possible to add additional services, e.g.
- LVM
- LDAP Directory Service
- AFP
- Bittorrent client
- DAAP server
- UPS
- iSCSI Target
- Antivirus