Comments on: Creating a NAS Box Using OpenFiler http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: ring die http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-10163 ring die Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:42:15 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-10163 Thanks for your article.I got some useful informations. Thanks for your article.I got some useful informations.

]]> By: tallship http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8460 tallship Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8460 <p>Don\'t feel bad about having written possibly the longest article in Linux Mag history LOL!</p> <p>It was well written, and even though you\'re prolly still going to get some guff about only focusing on NFS, NFS is really what most installations use (when you really get to the nitty gritty of where all those Samba shares are located).</p> <p>This article builds upon the previous, in a logical sequence of expanded capabilities while diminishing the technical details down to a GUI for administrators incapable of setting up NFS (or any other service on a NAS).</p> <p>A fine article. I think you\'ve done well and have produced an article worth bookmarking :)</p> <p>Kindest regards,</p> <p>Bradley D. Thornton<br /> http://NorthTech.US </p> Don\’t feel bad about having written possibly the longest article in Linux Mag history LOL!

It was well written, and even though you\’re prolly still going to get some guff about only focusing on NFS, NFS is really what most installations use (when you really get to the nitty gritty of where all those Samba shares are located).

This article builds upon the previous, in a logical sequence of expanded capabilities while diminishing the technical details down to a GUI for administrators incapable of setting up NFS (or any other service on a NAS).

A fine article. I think you\’ve done well and have produced an article worth bookmarking :)

Kindest regards,

Bradley D. Thornton
http://NorthTech.US

]]> By: progrocker http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8461 progrocker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8461 <p>Just wanted to say I\'ve been running Openfiler 2.3 for over a year now, with 4 x 1TB drives mirrored to create 2TB of storage. It provides a secure store for my documents, photos and music via SMB and filestore (via iSCSI) for my ESXi server & has run 24/7 without skipping a beat. I love it. </p> Just wanted to say I\’ve been running Openfiler 2.3 for over a year now, with 4 x 1TB drives mirrored to create 2TB of storage. It provides a secure store for my documents, photos and music via SMB and filestore (via iSCSI) for my ESXi server & has run 24/7 without skipping a beat. I love it.

]]> By: smino http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8462 smino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8462 <p>I have been using UnRaid for the last year and a half, very stable, does what it advertises.<br /> I like the idea of having a parity drive without the striping, so that if two or more drives fail simultaneously, I only potentially lose the data on those drives or not, and the ability to remove the drive from the array and put in any linux desktop and be able to read and write to the drive as they user reiserfs. It is like raid 5 without the striping. Best speed I get is 70-80MB/s over a gige to the cache drive. So in a 16-21 Drive configuration, that is alot of data to lose in a software raid, while in unraid you would still have access to the remaining data. It also has the feature to power down whatever drives are not in use and power them up on request (ie you need to read a file). Very good power savings. Can openfiler do the same thing? Seriously asking, not trying to provoke a war. It also has a nice gui, that is simple to use. I found upgrading a 400GB drive and putting in a 1.5TB drive was very easy. It automatically copied back the data onto the 1.5TB drive, and I still had the data available on the 400GB drive if something went wrong (but it did not). </p> I have been using UnRaid for the last year and a half, very stable, does what it advertises.
I like the idea of having a parity drive without the striping, so that if two or more drives fail simultaneously, I only potentially lose the data on those drives or not, and the ability to remove the drive from the array and put in any linux desktop and be able to read and write to the drive as they user reiserfs. It is like raid 5 without the striping. Best speed I get is 70-80MB/s over a gige to the cache drive. So in a 16-21 Drive configuration, that is alot of data to lose in a software raid, while in unraid you would still have access to the remaining data. It also has the feature to power down whatever drives are not in use and power them up on request (ie you need to read a file). Very good power savings. Can openfiler do the same thing? Seriously asking, not trying to provoke a war. It also has a nice gui, that is simple to use. I found upgrading a 400GB drive and putting in a 1.5TB drive was very easy. It automatically copied back the data onto the 1.5TB drive, and I still had the data available on the 400GB drive if something went wrong (but it did not).

]]> By: hummelong http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8463 hummelong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8463 <p>I'm a bit of a Linux newb...but I've been running FreeNAS on an old box in the corner for about a year and I've been thrilled with its performance and stability.</p> <p>I would like to have seen a comparison of Openfiler against some other options. </p> I’m a bit of a Linux newb…but I’ve been running FreeNAS on an old box in the corner for about a year and I’ve been thrilled with its performance and stability.

I would like to have seen a comparison of Openfiler against some other options.

]]> By: hrudy http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8464 hrudy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7785/#comment-8464 <p>I tried to like Openfiler but I couldn't take the package manager. Conary. Why didn't they use rpm or debian? </p> I tried to like Openfiler but I couldn’t take the package manager. Conary. Why didn’t they use rpm or debian?

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