高機能NASソフト”openfiler”

過去の資料から

インターネットを検索していますと,タイトルのプロジェクトが行われているようです。
NASソフトといえば,FreeNASが有名になりましたが,このopenfilerも有名になりそうです。まだ,検証しておりませんので分かりませんが,検証でき次第,また活用したいと思います。

特徴は,次の通り。


The following are just some of the features currently available (unless indicated otherwise) 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

openfiler
http://www.openfiler.com/