• Start • Prev • 1 • • • • Introduction At a Glance Product Server Elements NASLite-2 Summary Lightweight Linux-based NAS application that installs on any supported hardware. Pros Gorgeous web-based status pages Painless installation Runs on anything supported by the 2.4.36 kernel Good offering of network protocols Cons Console only administration No folder-level permission settings No folder-level service export control No software RAID options Why build your own NAS?
Because there are plenty of great NAS applications, like NASLite, that are ready to turn an old (or new) computer into a lightweight NAS device. As NAS distros go, NASLite is extremely light, weighing in at less than 7 MB! It's Linux-based and very easy to deploy and administer.
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NASLite sports the usual collection of file transfer services including,,, and all topped off with a server. NASLite runs on a pretty extensive of hardware—pretty much anything supported by the Linux kernel 2.4.36 tree. NASLite has a set of nice built-in status webpages but, surprisingly, is not administered via the web, but rather via. NASLite packs a few other handy features such as SMART disk monitoring and disk capacity alarms. NASLite comes in three flavors: the 'HDD' version (hard drive installed) that I'll be reviewing; the 'CDD' version that boots directly from CD; and the 'USB' version that boots from a USB flash stick. Each version is priced at $29.95.
Installation NASLite uses a text based installer (Sorry folks, no fancy screenshots for this one!). As I've said before, it's not pretty, but it gets the job done. Figure 1: Text only install The installation process is actually as easy as advertised; all you have to do is select the right drive and start the install. The whole install process takes under 5 minutes. Figure 2: Formatting the disks I had a bit of again, as I did with, but this isn't NASLite's fault. However, a D-Link DGE530T worked wonderfully. My NASLite system specs are shown in Table 1.
To spice things up a bit, I decided to install NASLite on the same machine I had FreeNAS running on for a bit of head-to-head comparison. NASLite System Specs Model Compaq Persario Processor 700MHz Celeron Memory 384 MB Hard Drive Western Digital WD200AB 20Gb Seagate U5 ST310211A 10Gb Ethernet Adapter D-Link DGE530T Table 1: Test System Specs.
• Start • Prev • 1 • • • • Introduction At a Glance Product Server Elements NASLite-2 Summary Lightweight Linux-based NAS application that installs on any supported hardware. Pros Gorgeous web-based status pages Painless installation Runs on anything supported by the 2.4.36 kernel Good offering of network protocols Cons Console only administration No folder-level permission settings No folder-level service export control No software RAID options Why build your own NAS? Because there are plenty of great NAS applications, like NASLite, that are ready to turn an old (or new) computer into a lightweight NAS device. As NAS distros go, NASLite is extremely light, weighing in at less than 7 MB! It's Linux-based and very easy to deploy and administer.
NASLite sports the usual collection of file transfer services including,,, and all topped off with a server. NASLite runs on a pretty extensive of hardware—pretty much anything supported by the Linux kernel 2.4.36 tree.
NASLite has a set of nice built-in status webpages but, surprisingly, is not administered via the web, but rather via. NASLite packs a few other handy features such as SMART disk monitoring and disk capacity alarms. NASLite comes in three flavors: the 'HDD' version (hard drive installed) that I'll be reviewing; the 'CDD' version that boots directly from CD; and the 'USB' version that boots from a USB flash stick. Each version is priced at $29.95. Installation NASLite uses a text based installer (Sorry folks, no fancy screenshots for this one!).
As I've said before, it's not pretty, but it gets the job done. Figure 1: Text only install The installation process is actually as easy as advertised; all you have to do is select the right drive and start the install. The whole install process takes under 5 minutes. Figure 2: Formatting the disks I had a bit of again, as I did with, but this isn't NASLite's fault. However, a D-Link DGE530T worked wonderfully. My NASLite system specs are shown in Table 1.
To spice things up a bit, I decided to install NASLite on the same machine I had FreeNAS running on for a bit of head-to-head comparison. NASLite System Specs Model Compaq Persario Processor 700MHz Celeron Memory 384 MB Hard Drive Western Digital WD200AB 20Gb Seagate U5 ST310211A 10Gb Ethernet Adapter D-Link DGE530T Table 1: Test System Specs.