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 3.9.1, an updated build of the projects CentOS-based Linux distribution designed specifically for Network-Attached Storage (NAS) or private cloud storage scenarios: "Rockstor 3.9.1 is now available. Six contributors have come together to close 30 issues, including major feature updates and bug fixes to make this update happen. Disk encryption with LUKS is the biggest feature weve added and something the community has been wanting for a while. Weve also added support for scheduling power management and jumbo frames, just to name a few. This update also comes with a 4.10 kernel from elrepo and a btrfs-progs update from the Btrfs community. For new installs, we created a brand new 3.9.1 ISO image. Please purchase a subscription for Stable updates subscription after install and enjoy these benefits. Stable update subscribers can update from the UI as usual. Heres the list of issues we closed in this issue: support full disk LUKS; schedule power down/up of the system; graceful shutdown with cron job; UI Shares view incorrect sort on size....
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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.
