OpenMediaVault

Features

• Multi-language, Web-based graphical user interface
• Protocols: CIFS (via Samba), FTP, NFS (versions 3 and 4), SSH, rsync, iSCSI, AFP and TFTP
• Software-RAID (levels 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, and 10, plus JBOD)
• Monitoring: Syslog, Watchdog, S.M.A.R.T., SNMP (v1, 2c, and 3) (read-only)
• Statistic reports via e-mail
• Statistic graphs for the CPU-workload, LAN transfer rates, hard disk usage and RAM allocation
• GPT/EFI partitioning >2 TByte possible
• File systems: ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs, XFS, JFS, NTFS, FAT32 (ZFS with third-party plug-in)
• Quota
• User and group management
• Access controls via ACL
• Link aggregation bonding, Wake-on-LAN
• Plug-in system

Plug-ins

By default, OpenMediaVault comes with a limited set of plug-ins. These include:

• AirPlay – Stream music wirelessly to your iPod/iPad/iPhone/iTunes.
• ClamAV – Antivirus software
• Diskstats – Complementary plugin to extend system statistics collection by adding I/O statistic graphs.
• Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) – provides audio files in a local network (also for iTunes)
• FileBrowser – File managing interface.
• FTP – Provides a modular FTP/SFTP/FTPS server.
• Logical Volume Manager – enables the possibility to create and administrate dynamic partitions
• Network UPS Tools, to support the use of an uninterruptible power supply
• OneDrive – Synchronizing a shared folder with Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage.
• PhotoPrism – AI-powered app for browsing, organizing & sharing your photo collection.
• Podman – A tool for managing containers and images, volumes mounted into those containers, and pods made from groups of containers.
• S3 – MinIO based high-performance, S3 compatible object storage.
• ShareRootFs – Provides shared directories on root file system.
• SNMP
• TFTP
• USB Backup – Allows (automatic) backups to external USB hard disks
• WeTTY – Terminal access in browser over HTTP/HTTPS.

Third-party 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. The status of all Plug-ins can be viewed online. In October 2014 there were around 30 plugins available. In June 2015 there were more than 70 stable plug-ins available.

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

• File synchronization: BitTorrent Sync and Syncthing
• Calibre – e-book manager
• Backup: Borg, Clonezilla, duplicati, rsnapshot and SystemRescueCD
• CUPS – print server
• Docker
• eXtplorer – Web-based file manager
• Greyhole, Union mount, and SnapRAID
• KVM
• Let's Encrypt
• Database servers: MySQL / MariaDB and PostgreSQL
• Nginx – Web server
• virtual private networking: OpenVPN and WireGuard
• Media servers: minidlna, Plex and Subsonic
• Download managers: pyLoad and JDownloader
• RDP
• Roundcube – Web-based mail client
• SYSLINUX – Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
• Usenet download managers: Sickbeard, SABnzdb, Headphones, Couch Potato
• Transmission – a BitTorrent client
• Video Disk Recorder
• VirtualBox – virtual machine host
• WebDAV
• WordPress – blog software
• ZFS – an advanced file system
• and many more

Minimum System requirements

• Any Architecture/hardware that is supported by Debian
• 1 GiB RAM
• 4 GiB hard drive, solid-state drive, or USB flash drive with static wear leveling support for the OS.
• 1 hard drive, solid-state drive, or USB flash drive for storing user data