What is Amahi going to be in the end.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:00 am
For me it took a long way to discover Amahi. I spent days and weeks configuring and testing NAS solutions. My starting point in that was with a QNAP around 5 years ago and since then i tested almost everything available out there. So i know Amahi isn't an enterprise product, and i really appreciate it that all contributors made it happen to create a Platform like this. I really want to support this project since i can see the potential in it. But for me there comes up a huge question. Where is Amahi gonna be in 2 years. I for myself am not entirely satisfied with Amahi the way it is now. I don't have the opportunity to easily configure a software RAID, no hot spares and so on. Just when I compare Amahi to DSM 5 (Synology) or QTS 4.1, Amahi is far behind. They have been developing their system OS for a long time now and rather than saying 'we are aiming at different markets', i would prefer to say, let's take a look at it. It always has been the way to success to take features that have proven to be successful, then combine it with your own ideas and create something awesome. Samba4 can serve as a Domain Controller (AD Domain), RADIUS servers. I would love to see the first AD Domain controller build into a NAS solution. I would love to see an implementation of a working RADIUS right out of the box. What i want is a system that provides people an easy access to Business grade technologies without needing to have the knowledge. Just a Jack of all trades for networks. I mean i want to feel a bit Professional at home. I built a Xeon server because I absolutely wanted Active Directory, ethernet teaming, RADIUS for my WLAN, iSCSI for my Mac and i somehow got it running working every evening for like 2 weeks. Why not make that accessible for everyone? And something like that would even attract Small/Medium Business Companies. And targeting SMB means getting more Contributors for Apps and the system itself. But this thread is not aimed at what i want. It's about everyones expectations and wishes. I want to know where the community sees Amahi's potential.
I see people asking vor PBX / Voice over IP software, Version control/collaboration softwares, Scalix/Zarafa (MS Exchange alternatives) and other 'business grade products' so i don't seem to be too far off with my point of view
I see people asking vor PBX / Voice over IP software, Version control/collaboration softwares, Scalix/Zarafa (MS Exchange alternatives) and other 'business grade products' so i don't seem to be too far off with my point of view