Rockstor is a specialist CentOS-based Linux distribution designed for Network Attached Storage (NAS) an
d private cloud storage solutions. It is based on popular open-source technologies, such as the Btrfs file system a
nd Docker for automating the deployment of applications inside software containers. In addition to standard NAS fea
tures like file sharing via NFS, Samba, SFTP and AFP, advanced features such as online volume management, CoW Snaps
hots, asynchronous replication, compression, and bitrot protection are also supported. Rockstor provides additional
applications, including ownCloud, Syncthing, OpenVPN and Plex. These applications (called "Rock-ons") are powered
by a Docker-based application hosting framework. The Rockstor user interface, written in JavaScript, makes it simpl
e to manage the server from within a web browser.
Suman Chakravartula has announced the release of Rockstor 3.8-14, an updated version of the projects CentOS-based distribution designed for use as Network-Attached Storage (NAS) nodes: "I am happy to announce that Rockstor 3.8-14 is now released. Weve added big new features including an interface to power down HDDs to reduce noise and conserve electricity, and a way to browse and download logs almost too easily with a few clicks on the UI. As usual, there are many enhancements and bug fixes. 34 issues were closed altogether by the hard and smart work of eight different contributors. We welcomed new contributors in this 3.8-14 release cycle, the most weve had so far working together on one release. ... Here is the long list of issues we closed in this cycle: add anacron-like feature to task scheduling; add support for policy driven powering down of HDDs from the UI; add feature to browse and download various log files from the UI; significantly improve UI templates; add different support flows for stable and testing channel users; improve Active Directory info pop-up....
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Rockstor is a specialist CentOS-based Linux distribution designed for Network Attached Storage (NAS) an
d private cloud storage solutions. It is based on popular open-source technologies, such as the Btrfs file system a
nd Docker for automating the deployment of applications inside software containers. In addition to standard NAS fea
tures like file sharing via NFS, Samba, SFTP and AFP, advanced features such as online volume management, CoW Snaps
hots, asynchronous replication, compression, and bitrot protection are also supported. Rockstor provides additional
applications, including ownCloud, Syncthing, OpenVPN and Plex. These applications (called "Rock-ons") are powered
by a Docker-based application hosting framework. The Rockstor user interface, written in JavaScript, makes it simpl
e to manage the server from within a web browser.
