Re: [CentOS] Centos and Network Attached Storage

Alexandru Asofie wrote:

Hello,

I need to setup a NAS server on Centos. The machine will be: Dual xeon/Dual Opteron 4GB memory 13x 320GB SATA + 1 hotspare 1x 320GB SATA for OS The server can do RAID5,6,or 10. Has anyone installed such a software and can you recommand a specific product?

Thank you.

Unless you need all of the power of the full CentOS distro (with the configuration overhead that goes with this), you might consider a dedicated storage server distro such as OpenFiler:

http://www.openfiler.com/

OpenFiler hosts their web site on CentOS. :)

We are only in the testing phase, but we have been using OpenFiler as an iSCSI target and it is working like a champ.

Dan Stoner Network Administrator Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida