There are different open source software (both NAS & SAN) to be used in different environments totally free-of-charge. However, some of them are providing basic features for the community version and advanced features are paid options. At this point, we would like to share some common open source software below: (click on the name for further details)
1. Amahi
2. FreeNAS
3. XigmaNAS (formerly NAS4Free)
4. Openfiler (Community Version)
5. OpenMediaVault (OMV)
6. PetaSAN
7. RockStor
At this moment, Cloud computing is very popular and there are many different open source solutions being applied in both public and private cloud – such as Open V-storage. On the other hand, many large corporation like PayPal which is using OpenStack architecture. So, there are lots of different applications on the storage software.
Finally, you may ask what software is being used by Archsolution and sister companies. We are now using FreeNAS, PetaSAN and we have built our own private cloud with OpenStack.
