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Everyone knows that I am a huge fan of FreeNAS - the free network attached storage solution that runs on a cd. Well, last night Gary Sims pointed me in the direction of his site http://www.learnfreenas.com/ and I have to tell you that I was quite impressed! Gary just happens to also be the author of the Learning FreeNAS book from PACKT Publishing.

The Learn FreeNAS website is a fantastic collection of articles and videos that can help you understand the FreeNAS product and the best ways to use it. The first video I saw was a “Tour of the FreeNAS server” which was a narrated video tour of the FreeNAS web interface. I found the videos and articles to be very easy to follow and quite helpful as a training aid. In addition to content regarding the current version of the product, there are also many articles and videos on the future FreeNAS version 0.70 release. If that’s not enough for you, there is a forum where one can play question and answer, and a downloads section where you can grab a copy of the latest versions of FreeNAS.

The site also offers a news section that gives the reader access to all of the latest FreeNAS related news, plus offers up an RSS feed that allows keeping-up-to date to be easier than ever. From what I can tell, Gary isn’t directly affiliated with the FreeNAS team, but after reviewing his work I definitely think that he should be. I wish more products out there had this type of additional documentation layer. Thanks Gary for helping the masses embrace this incredible storage solution - and thank you for bringing it to my attention!

Head on over to http://www.learnfreenas.com/ today and see just how easy this product is to use.