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! > > cheers Well, 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