subject: What Is Openfiler [print this page] Openfiler is an operating systemOpenfiler is an operating system. It is file-based network-attached and storage area network. It is free software. Xinit Systems createdthis software. It offers to share files employing iSCSI, FTP, NFS, HTTP, and many more. Once you have installed the software you have the prospect to develop disk volumes and share data through SAN (storage area network) or NAS( network attached storage).
It can serve the purpose of iSCSI SAN. Many people use this software with dedicated machines in VMware workstation and ESX server. You have to download the openfiler of your choice. It is obtainable in 34-bit, 64-bit, ISO, VMware ESX server and XEN appliances. Both the versions are free to download. It can be installed in all computer ranging from the old ones to the high performance tower. It supports LDAP and has volume-management allowing easy storage management.
Openfiler is a storage management software, which is standalone Linux distribution. It supports all major network directories.
It has volume-based partitioning, iSCSI, resource quota, schedule snapshots and interface for sharing files. It combines various open source technologies on Linux 2.6 kernel base, which helps in giving a compact storage management solution.
Administers can utilize the file system with desired performance parameters, to create a logical volume. Two main systems are supported by openfiler. They are XFS and ext.3, which are journaled file systems. Data security is enhanced. Data is logged to the journal in this process. This reduces the risk of system crash and secures your data.
