maybe this is not a correct place, but you can try with opensolaris+zfs.

with zfs, you can create iscsi, nfs and smb shares from cli.

it's really easy to do.
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From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@SoftDux.com>
To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org>
Sent: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:08:15 +0200
Subject: [CentOS] settings up cheap a NAS / SAN server, is it possible?

> Hi all
>
> I want to look at setting up a simple / cheap SAN / NAS server using
> normal PIV motherboard, 2GB (or even more) RAM, Core 2 Duo CPU (probably
> a Intel 6700 / 6750 / 6800) & some SATA HDD's (4 or 6x 320GB - 750GB).
> My budget is limited, so I can't afford a pre-built NAS device.
>
> Can this be done with CentOS? I've been looking FreeNAS (which is built
> on FreeBSD), and it look like a great project, but since the hardware
> support in FreeBSD is limit, I'd rather use Linux for it.
>
> Has anyone done this? If so, please share a bit in your experiences :)
>
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