# Umbrel as a NAS alternative **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [April 15, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-as-a-nas-alternative/12119 "2023-04-15T06:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![FN1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FN1](https://community.umbrel.com/u/FN1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-as-a-nas-alternative/12119/2 "2023-04-15T09:37:11Z")
Hi Fellow Noob, I don’t have experience with Open Media Vault, but as it runs on Debian and supports open standards like SSH and SMB, you should be able to install Umbrel on top of these base layers. It maybe slightly difficult to find support answers within the Umbrel community, as most noobs are running on Raspberry Pis (a few on Linux). Assuming you want to install on top of your existing setup, then consider creating a separate drive and install Umbrel: curl -L [https://umbrel.sh](https://umbrel.sh) | bash -s – --install-path /yourdrivepath more here: > [@Help setting up Ubuntu to run Umbrel](http://community.umbrel.com/t/help-setting-up-ubuntu-to-run-umbrel/9603/8): > > Alright! No worries we’ll go through this together smile, Before starting here are a few basic Unix commands that you want to know: cd name\_of\_the\_directory : change directory, you’ll move yourself to the desired directory (move backward: cd .. ) ls : list all files and folders in the current directory pwd : gives you the absolute pathname of the current working directory mkdir name : creates a directory called 'name’ sudo name\_of\_command : Will execute the command as a root user. You… Hope that helps! FN --- _[View the full topic](https://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-as-a-nas-alternative/12119)._