NAS and SAN storage operating system

Openfiler

NAS and SAN storage operating system

Description

Openfiler is a powerful, intuitive browser-based networkstorage software distribution. Openfiler delivers file-based NetworkAttached Storage and block-based Storage Area Networking in a singleframework.

Openfiler sits atop of CentOS Linux (which is derived from sources freelyprovided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linuxvendor). It is distributed as a stand-alone Linux distribution. The entiresoftware stack interfaces with third-party software that is all opensource.

File-based networking protocols supported by Openfiler include: NFS,SMB/CIFS, HTTP/WebDAV and FTP. Network directories supported by Openfilerinclude NIS, LDAP (with support for SMB/CIFS encrypted passwords), ActiveDirectory (in native and mixed modes) and Hesiod. Authentication protocolsinclude Kerberos 5.

Openfiler includes support for volume-based partitioning, iSCSI (targetand initiator), scheduled snapshots, resource quota, and a single unifiedinterface for share management which makes allocating shares for variousnetwork file-system protocols a breeze.

Features currentlyavailable in Openfiler.

Powerful block storage virtualization

Full iSCSI target support, with support for virtual iSCSI targets for optimal division of storage
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

Other features:

UPS management support

Built-in SSH client Java applet

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

WebDAV and HTTP 1.1 support

Linux distribution back-end for any other customizations

Open source provides you the power to modify and deploy software if you want to do so

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