Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Leonard Isham <leonard.isham at gmail.com> wrote: > >>Anyone considered or used OpenFiler? It's based on CentOS. >>http://www.openfiler.com/ > > > Damn that looks sweet! I didn't even know about it! > CentOS 3-based. > > I'm sure they haven't addressed failover and many other > concerns, and it's not an "all-in-one" like old SME Server > (fka E-Smith), but it's definitely a nice, entry-level > "Filer". > > Screenshots to note ... > > Network/host definitions and access control: > http://www.openfiler.com/screenshots/shots/general_local_networks_1.png > http://www.openfiler.com/screenshots/shots/shares_edit_share_3.png > > Select directory service(s): > http://www.openfiler.com/screenshots/shots/accounts_authentication_2.png > > Group and host access control: > http://www.openfiler.com/screenshots/shots/shares_edit_share_5.png > > Quotas: > http://www.openfiler.com/screenshots/shots/quota_group_quota_2.png > > I saw snapshots mentioned as well, which work quite well > under kernel 2.4 and LVM (i.e., CentOS 3). > > All screen shots: > http://www.openfiler.com/screenshots/ > > FAQs -- General and Administration: > http://www.openfiler.com/docs/faq/openfiler-general-faq.html > > http://www.openfiler.com/docs/faq/openfiler-administration-faq.html > OpenFiler2 based on CentOS4/lvm2 is due out before the end of this month. We are going to still support the CentOS3/Openfiler 1 series for a while, SnapShots being an important factor. - K PS: OpenFiler is my day job -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
