Openfiler

Openfiler是其中一個最佳的開源NAS方案，提供一系列的高階的功能予企業環境使用。 不過，不是所有功能都會在社區版本內提供，部份予生產環境使用的關鍵功能必需付費。她們的網站管理介面在大型操作環境都是非常易於使用。同時，軟體是採用了free GNU GPL 2軟件授權，可讓第三方的開發者去跟隨特別的需求修改軟件。

Openfiler功能：

  • Powerful block storage virtualization
    • Full iSCSI target support, with support for virtual iSCSI targets for optimal division of storage
    • Fibre Channel target support
    • Extensive volume and physical storage management support
    • Support for large block devices
    • Full software RAID management support
    • Support for multiple volume groups for optimal storage allocation
    • Online volume size and overlying filesystem expansion
    • Point-in-time snapshots support with scheduling
    • Volume usage reporting
    • Synchronous / asynchronous volume migration & replication (manual setup necessary currently)
    • iSCSI initiator (manual setup necessary currently)
  • Extensive share management features
    • Support for multiple shares per volume
    • 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 with read/write controls)
    • Support for auto-created SMB home directories
    • Support for SMB/CIFS “shadow copy” feature for snapshot volumes
    • Support for public/guest shares
  • Accounts management
    • Authentication using Pluggable Authentication Modules, configured from the web-interface
    • NIS, LDAP, Hesiod, Active Directory (native and mixed modes), NT4 domain controller
    • Guest/public account support
  • Quota / resource allocation
    • Per-volume group-quota management for space and files
    • Per-volume user-quota management for space and files
    • Per-volume guest-quota management for space and files
    • User and group templates support for quota allocation
  • Full industry-standard protocol suite
    • 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
    • Linux distribution back-end for any other customizations

There are some paid options listed below:

  1. High Availability Cluster/ Failover as well as block-level replication to facilitate disaster recovery
  2. iSCSI SAN-4-V is designed for production use in environments that demand high performance and strict standards compliance from backend storage.
  3. Openfiler FC SAN Target allows you to configure virtual block devices, and manage LUN masking for block device exports to SAN initiators.