Authentication using Pluggable Authentication Modules, configured from the web-interface
NIS, LDAP, Hesiod, Active Directory (native and mixed modes), NT4 domain controller; no local user management available for shares
Guest/public account support
Point-in-time snapshot support with scheduling
Online volume size expansion (testing)
Volume usage reporting
Support for multiple volume groups for optimal storage allocation
Quota / resource allocation
Per-volume based share creation
Multi-level share directory tree
Multi-group based access control on a per-share basis
Multi-host/network based access control on a per-share basis
Per-share service activation (NFS, SMB/CIFS, HTTP/WebDAV, FTP)
Support for auto-created SMB home directories
CIFS/SMB support for Microsoft Windows-based clients
NFSv3 support for all UNIX clients with support for ACL protocol extensions
NFSv4 support (testing)
FTP support
WebDAV and HTTP 1.1 support
Linux distribution back-end for any other customizations
Open source provides you the option to modify and deploy software as you see fit.