Category Archives: OpenFiler
Creating a NAS Box Using OpenFiler
“In a recent article we saw how easy it is to take an existing server and enable NFS, effectively turning it into a NAS box (See Creating a NAS Box with an Existing System). The steps are fairly simple and … Continue reading
Use OpenFiler as Free VMware ESX SAN Server
“Many of the VMware ESX Server advanced features cannot be used without a SAN (storage area network). Besides the high cost of the ESX Server software and the Virtual Infrastructure Suite, a SAN can be a huge barrier to using … Continue reading
The greatest open source software of all time: OpenFiler
There are many open source software gems. InfoWorld has awarded the 2009 Bossies (Best of Open Source Software Awards). The award is presented to the forty best free business applications. OpenFiler caught the InfoWorld reviewers’ special attention. The flexible NAS … Continue reading
The wonderful world of low cost storage appliances
Marc from techmoments.com looks at 3 cheap/free data storage solutions and discusses FreeNAS, OpenFiler and the D-Link DNS 323: So, you have alot of old equipment hanging around? What is that you say? You also suddenly have the need to … Continue reading
OpenFiler: an Open-Source Network Storage Appliance
OpenFiler is an easy-to-deploy and easy-to-use distribution that does one thing very well, and that’s serve files to network clients. If you’ve got an older computer or laptop lying around, you can turn that system into a NAS appliance simply … Continue reading
Setting up a High Availability NAS/SAN using Openfiler
This HowTo focuses on setting up the OpenSource NAS/SAN Openfiler as a High Availability storage. There currently does not appear to be a lot of documentation available on setting it up in version 2.3, so here’s some documentation
Day of trying out NAS and SAN distros
Daniel Knox took FreeNAS and OpenFiler for a ride: So starting trying out SAN and NAS distro’s today. FreeNAS and OpenFiler. FreeNAS is based on bsd, and after booting it on my virtual server I found it to be very … Continue reading
