Hi Has anyone got any ideas on a nfs/nas appliance that i can install on x86 hardware with a few JBOD shelves attached to it. I would like an appliance like install and based on CentOS would be great. I really like the look of www.openfiler.com but it seems to be only in RC release stage so i don't think the 'boss' would like that idea. thanks
Tom Brown wrote:> Hi > > Has anyone got any ideas on a nfs/nas appliance that i can install on > x86 hardware with a few JBOD shelves attached to it. I would like an > appliance like install and based on CentOS would be great. I really like > the look of www.openfiler.com but it seems to be only in RC release > stage so i don't think the 'boss' would like that idea. >I've worked on openfiler for a while, and its quite a decent product - the reason why its stayed in RC stage for the openfiler-2 product, is because they are sorting out some commercial grade support options. If you dont need the commercial support, go with openfiler now! <disclaimer>I am no longer associated with the openfiler project, or Xinit, directly. I do, however, still try and help people and do some patches in the open source spirit of things </disclaimer> -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
Tom Brown wrote:> Hi > > Has anyone got any ideas on a nfs/nas appliance that i can install on > x86 hardware with a few JBOD shelves attached to it. I would like an > appliance like install and based on CentOS would be great. I really like > the look of www.openfiler.com but it seems to be only in RC release > stage so i don't think the 'boss' would like that idea. > > thanksI never tried it, but http://www.freenas.org/ seems nice. It shares the core and the UI of m0n0wall, a firewall based on freebsd, which I like. hth Ugo
Tom Brown wrote:> Hi > > Has anyone got any ideas on a nfs/nas appliance that i can install on > x86 hardware with a few JBOD shelves attached to it. I would like an > appliance like install and based on CentOS would be great. I really > like the look of www.openfiler.com but it seems to be only in RC > release stage so i don't think the 'boss' would like that idea. > > thanksSomeone else has mentioned OpenNAS, and I've looked at that, but it's in its infancy, and wouldn't work well with my network. Now, what I've done for my own NAS is to install CentOS 4.3 under Server->Minimal. I create a 6GB partition on one of my 3Ware cards for the OS. Then the rest of the space I use LVM to manage what I need. You'll need to install Samba if you need SMB, but essentially building a NAS is pretty easy. I've reached the stage where I can start from bare metal, and have a 5TB NAS up and running in about 30 mins - after the RAID5 array has finished initializing! :) I looked at OpenFiler as well, but was have difficult times getting it to run on my HW. It would simply lock up while formatting drives - not sure why... Since I really don't need a GUI to manage things, I keep things simple and use CLI for everything. HTH Mark
Tom Brown wrote:> Hi > > Has anyone got any ideas on a nfs/nas appliance that i can install on > x86 hardware with a few JBOD shelves attached to it. I would like an > appliance like install and based on CentOS would be great. I really like > the look of www.openfiler.com but it seems to be only in RC release > stage so i don't think the 'boss' would like that idea.Isn't AoE http://www.coraid.com/ open source?
Tom Brown wrote:>> I've worked on openfiler for a while, and its quite a decent product >> - the reason why its stayed in RC stage for the openfiler-2 product, >> is because they are sorting out some commercial grade support >> options. If you dont need the commercial support, go with openfiler >> now! > > thanks for your input - seems openfiler may be suitable after all! > > cheersWell, like I said, OpenFiler would freeze up while formatting the drives. So it wouldn't work with my HW, which was brand new and built around 3Ware SATA cards. HTH Mark