<s>
XigmaNAS	B-Application
is	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
server	O
software	O
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
management	O
web	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
Simplified	B-Operating_System
BSD	I-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
XigmaNAS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
code	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
between	O
2005	O
and	O
late	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
NAS4Free	B-Application
on	O
22	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
XigmaNAS	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
elected	O
“	O
 '	O
Community	O
Choice	O
 '	O
Project	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
”	O
twice	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
2015	O
and	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XigmaNAS	B-Application
is	O
an	O
embedded	B-Architecture
open-source	B-Application
NAS	B-Application
software	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
7	O
code	O
and	O
updated	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
current	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
"	O
XigmaNAS	B-Application
preserves	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
’s	O
original	O
m0n0wall/PHP	O
architecture	O
and	O
introduces	O
experimental	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ARM	O
architecture.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
XigmaNAS	B-Application
supports	O
sharing	O
across	O
Windows	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
and	O
UNIX-like	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
ZFS	B-Application
v5000	O
,	O
Software	O
RAID	B-Architecture
(	O
0	O
,	O
1	O
,	O
5	O
)	O
,	O
disk	O
encryption	O
,	O
S.M.A.R.T.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
email	O
reports	O
etc.	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
protocols	O
:	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
,	O
Samba	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Domain	B-Protocol
Controller	I-Protocol
AD	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
NFS	B-Protocol
,	O
TFTP	B-Device
,	O
AFP	B-Protocol
,	O
rsync	B-Application
,	O
Unison	B-Application
(	O
file	O
synchronizer	O
)	O
,	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
(	O
initiator	O
and	O
target	O
)	O
,	O
HAST	B-Application
,	O
CARP	B-Application
,	O
Bridge	O
,	O
UPnP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
configurable	O
by	O
its	O
web	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XigmaNAS	B-Application
is	O
installable	O
on	O
almost	O
any	O
boot	O
medium	O
including	O
LiveCD	O
optionally	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
for	O
config	O
storage	O
if	O
necessary	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
x86-64	B-Device
and	O
x86-32	B-Operating_System
computer	O
platforms	O
up	O
to	O
version	O
10.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
11.0	O
,	O
XigmaNAS	B-Application
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
x86-32	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
version	O
10.3	O
is	O
still	O
getting	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XigmaNAS	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
Compact	O
Flash	O
,	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
,	O
SSD	B-Device
,	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
or	O
other	O
bootable	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
advanced	O
formatted	O
drives	O
using	O
4	O
kB	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
is	O
currently	O
distributed	O
as	O
in	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
(	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
,	O
approximately	O
370	O
MB	O
)	O
or	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
image	O
(	O
.img	O
,	O
approximately	O
320	O
MB	O
)	O
format	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
source	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
small	O
footprint	O
embedded	B-Architecture
image	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
(	O
.img	O
,	O
approximately	O
150	O
MB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
preferred	O
method	O
is	O
the	O
embedded	B-Architecture
installation	O
onto	O
a	O
USB	O
stick	O
,	O
Compact	O
Flash	O
card	O
(	O
CF	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
HDD/SSD	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
XigmaNAS	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XigmaNAS	B-Application
OS	O
will	O
load	O
into	O
system	O
memory	O
,	O
eliminating	O
system	O
writes	O
to	O
a	O
drive	O
except	O
for	O
configuration	O
changes	O
written	O
to	O
an	O
archive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	O
devices	O
are	O
more	O
energy	O
efficient	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
updating	O
process	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
WebGUI	B-Language
in	O
the	O
browser	O
,	O
downloading	O
and	O
installing	O
a	O
new	O
firmware	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
project	O
derives	B-Application
from	O
m0n0wall	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
0.7	O
branch	O
was	O
end-of-life	O
'	O
d	O
in	O
late	O
2011	O
after	O
the	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
name	O
was	O
legally	O
acquired	O
by	O
iXsystems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
8.x	O
,	O
new	O
iXsystems	O
developers	O
rewrote	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
and	O
legacy	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
0.7	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
legacy	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
0.7	O
code	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
any	O
longer	O
under	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
name	O
change	O
was	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
(	O
Olivier	O
Cochard-Labbé	O
)	O
donated	O
the	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
NAS4Free	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
developers	O
,	O
namely	O
Daisuke	O
Aoyama	O
and	O
Michael	O
Zoon	O
,	O
it	O
carries	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
8.x.y	O
and	O
up	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
the	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
with	O
a	O
new	O
rewritten	O
code-base	O
,	O
continuing	O
the	O
old	O
branded	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
applied	O
for	O
the	O
XigmaNAS	B-Application
trademark	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
protect	O
the	O
brand	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
v11.2	O
.	O
</s>
