OpenMediaVault

OpenMediaVault (OMV) is a free Linux distribution designed for network-attached storage (NAS).[3][4] The project's lead developer is Volker Theile, who instituted it in 2009. OMV is based on the Debian operating system, and is licensed through the GNU General Public License v3.[5]

OpenMediaVault
Web interface (2013)
DeveloperVolker Theile
Written inWeb interface: PHP, JavaScript (Ext JS)
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release17 October 2011 (2011-10-17)
Latest release5.4.3-1 (Usul)[1] / 30 April 2020 (2020-04-30)[1]
Repository
Marketing target
  • Home user
  • Small office / home office
Available inEnglish, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian[2]
Update methodAPT
Package managerdpkg
Platforms
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default user interfaceGNOME Shell
LicenseFree software (GPL v3)
Preceded byFreeNAS v0.7
Official websitewww.openmediavault.org

Background

By the end of 2009, Volker Theile was the only active developer of FreeNAS, a NAS operating system that Olivier Cochard-Labbé started developing from m0n0wall in 2005.[6][7][8] m0n0wall is a variation of the FreeBSD operating system, and Theile decided he wanted to rewrite FreeNAS for Linux. The project team had known for months that FreeNAS needed a major rewrite in order to support crucial features.[7] Since Cochard-Labbé preferred to stay with a FreeBSD-based system, he and Theile agreed that Theile would develop his Linux version under a different name;[6] that name was initially coreNAS, but within a matter of days Theile discarded it in favour of OpenMediaVault.[8]

Meanwhile, FreeNAS still needed to be rewritten and maintained. To accomplish this, Cochard-Labbé handed development over to iXsystems, an American company that develops the TrueOS operating system.[7][8]

Technical design

Theile chose Debian because the large number of programs in its package management system meant that he wouldn't have to spend time repackaging software himself.[9] OpenMediaVault makes a few changes to the Debian operating system. It provides a Web-based user interface for administration and customisation, and a plug-in API for implementing new features. One can install plug-ins through the Web interface.

Features

Plug-ins

Additional plug-ins

Additional plug-ins are available via additional package repositories. The majority of those Plug-ins are developed by a group called OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers.[12] The status of all Plug-ins can be viewed online.[13] In October 2014 there were around 30 plugins available. In June 2015 there were more than 70 stable plug-ins available.

Third-party plug-ins

Some of the software that is controllable via third-party plug-ins are:[14]

Minimum System requirements

Release history

For each OpenMediaVault release, Theile chooses a project code name from Frank Herbert's Dune novels.[17]

Legend: Old version, not maintained Older version, still maintained Current stable version Latest preview version Future release
Version Name Release Date EOL Date Base Notes
Old version, no longer maintained: 0.2 Ix 2011-10-17[18] Debian 6 Named for the planet Ix.
Old version, no longer maintained: 0.3 Omnius 2012-04-18[19] 2012-12-30[20] Debian 6 Introduced multi-language web interface and graphical user prompt for rights administration via Access Control List. The release is named for Omnius, a sentient computer network in the Legends of Dune trilogy.
Old version, no longer maintained: 0.4 Fedaykin 2012-09-21[21][22] 2013-12-09[23] Debian 6 Named for the Fedaykin commandos of the Fremen people.
Old version, no longer maintained: 0.5 Sardaukar 2013-08-25[24] Debian 6 Revised API renders v0.4 plugins incompatible.[25]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0 Kralizec 2014-09-15[26] 2015-12-26[27] Debian 7 Improves support for weaker systems; adds a dashboard with support for widgets; improved infrastructure for plug-ins. This release is named for Kralizec, a battle predicted to occur at the end of the universe.
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0 Stone burner 2015-06-29[28][29] 2017-12-06[30] Debian 7 Sencha ExtJS 5.1.1 Framework for the WebGUI; revised GUI supports configuration of WiFi, VLAN, et al. This release is named for the stone burner, a nuclear weapon held by House Atreides.
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0 Erasmus[31] 2017-06-13 2018-07-09[32] Debian 8 Named for the robot Erasmus.
Current stable version: 4.0 Arrakis[33] 2018-05-08 2020-06-30 Debian 9 Named for the planet Dune.
class="templateVersion c" style="background-color: #D4F4B4; " title="Current stable version" data-sort-value="5.0[34]" | Current stable version: 5.0[34] Usul[35] 2020-03-30 Debian 10 Named for the secret name of Paul Atreides (Usul) in Dune.

See also
  • Comparison of iSCSI targets
  • Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
  • Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • CryptoNAS - NAS specially designed for encrypted partitions (Debian-based Live-CD, GPL)
  • FreeNAS - the FreeBSD-based NAS from which OpenMediaVault was originally forked
  • napp-it - free browser-managed ZFS Internet-Nas-San-Server for user with less computer or OpenSolaris experience
  • NAS4Free - another FreeBSD 11.x-based NAS operating system, NAS4Free is the direct continuation of the original FreeNAS code that was under development from 2005 till 2011 under the name FreeNASfork from FreeNAS
  • NASLite - another low-cost commercial NAS operating system from the developers of NanoNAS
  • NexentaOS - open source OS and enterprise class NAS with kernel based ZFS
  • Open-E - unified file and block storage management software that supports NAS, iSCSI, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, SAN and Failover
  • Openfiler - CentOS-based NAS operating system
  • PulsarOS - another attempt to create a lightweight NAS operating system
  • Windows Home Server
  • Zentyal

References
  1. "openmediavault/changelog at 5.x - openmediavault/openmediavault - GitHub". github.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "OpenMediaVault". Transifex. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. Huber, Mathias (8 December 2009). "FreeNAS: BSD Line and Linux Fork". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  4. Halfacree, Gareth (19 July 2012). "WHS Alternatives: Media Streaming". bit-tech.
  5. GNU General Public License Version 3, 29 June 2007
  6. Baader, Hans-Joachim (20 October 2011). "Erste Version der NAS-Distribution OpenMediaVault" [First Version of the NAS Distribution OpenMediaVault]. Pro-Linux (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. "FreeNAS vs OpenMediaVault". FreeNAS.org. iXsystems. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. Thoma, Jörg (7 December 2009). "FreeNAS bleibt bei FreeBSD" [FreeNAS Stays on FreeBSD]. Golem.de (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  9. Seifried, Steven (10 April 2015). "Interview with OpenMediaVault developer Volker Theile". Canox.net. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  10. "OpenMediaVault Features". openmediavault.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. "OpenMediaVault Package Repository". openmediavault.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  12. github.com, "OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers" Retrieved 2014-10-03
  13. omv-extras.org, "Latest updates..." Retrieved 2014-10-03
  14. "OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers Package Repository". bintray.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  15. debian.org/ports. Debian Website, List of ports
  16. wiki.debian.org/Hardware. Debian Wiki, Supported Hardware
  17. Theile, Volker (14 July 2011). "First release of OpenMediaVault is called Ix". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  18. OpenMediaVault 0.2 (Ix) has been released
  19. OpenMediaVault 0.3 BETA available
  20. OpenMediaVault 0.3.x end-of-life
  21. Package repository for 0.4 (Fedaykin) is up
  22. New updates available - OpenMediaVault 0.4.0.1 released
  23. OMV 0.4 EOL
  24. OpenMediaVault 0.5 (Sardaukar) released
  25. OpenMediaVault Blog. 3rd Party Plug-ins. Retrieved 2013-08-31
  26. OpenMediaVault 1.0 (Kralizec) released
  27. OMV 1.x is now EOL
  28. OMV 2.0 (Stone Burner) will be available soon
  29. Release of OpenMediaVault 2.1 (Stone burner)
  30. OMV 2.x is now EOL
  31. Theile, Volker (17 December 2015). "OMV 3 (Erasmus) on Debian 8 (Jessie)". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  32. OMV 3.x is now EOL
  33. Theile, Volker (27 February 2017). "Results from SUSE Hack Week". OpenMediaVault.org. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  34. Theile, Volker (21 August 2019). "Releases". openmediavault.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  35. Theile, Volker (19 April 2019). "Results from Openmediavault Blog". OpenMediaVault.org.
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