redunanant controller setup is a cool detail they added. The zfS part is at the bottom of the link:
QNAP at CES: A M.2 SSD NAS, Dual-Xeon ZFS NAS and More
QNAP at CES: A M.2 SSD NAS, Dual-Xeon ZFS NAS and More
I'd be curious to see if they recompiled the FBSD install to take out everything but what they need to run their hardware. Not entirely necessary but cool none-the-less to leave the smallest footprint. Though, as far as features go, I'm not sure who is keeping up the Oracle distributions best.
I believe they choose freeBSD due on current 4.4 BSD licenese (used by freeBSD)wow fail. they could have saved some dev resources using off the shelf things...
didn't know that about the license. They could have done so much more with just jails and a vanilla BSD install. Oh wellI believe they choose freeBSD due on current 4.4 BSD licenese (used by freeBSD)
4. The Current State of FreeBSD and BSD Licenses
The so-called new BSD license applied to FreeBSD within the last few years is effectively a statement that you can do anything with the program or its source, but you do not have any warranty and none of the authors has any liability (basically, you cannot sue anybody). This new BSD license is intended to encourage product commercialization. Any BSD code can be sold or included in proprietary products without any restrictions on the availability of your code or your future behavior.
Do not confuse the new BSD license with “public domain”. While an item in the public domain is also free for all to use, it has no owner.
the detail is Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project
they can do everything, and keep the changes for them self , and locks user/customers to rely on their only services.
this is their current concern with their linux product that need to release basic source codes and the changes, unless they can keep the source code as long as built for scratch to up...
I doubtly they will strip down much the kernal and filesystem. Basically they lock down the system and they will ask $$ for supports and locked the door for everyone to improve or make "clone"
the big success on forking is Xpenology .
I would suggest to get Synology than qnap on my objective license concern..
They can modified and make any changes without giving back to community due on freebsd license...didn't know that about the license. They could have done so much more with just jails and a vanilla BSD install. Oh well