Comments on: As Easy As Openfiler http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: network storage http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-43013 network storage Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:43:51 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-43013 I appreciate, lead to I found exactly what I was taking a look for. You've ended my four day lengthy hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye I appreciate, lead to I found exactly what I was taking a look for. You’ve ended my four day lengthy hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye

]]> By: mrojas73 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-10000 mrojas73 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:35:15 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-10000 I have been using OF for at least 3 years on production virtual environments without any issues. It's very easy to setup and it just runs for ever, I only use it for iscsi targets though. I have been using OF for at least 3 years on production virtual environments without any issues. It’s very easy to setup and it just runs for ever, I only use it for iscsi targets though.

]]> By: rigbyjh http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8682 rigbyjh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8682 <p>"Installation requires that you know nothing of Linux or storage systems."</p> <p>I suspect you meant: "... does not require that you know anything of ...". Otherwise installing Openfiler is going to be a bit of a no-no for experienced Linux sysadmins. </p> “Installation requires that you know nothing of Linux or storage systems.”

I suspect you meant: “… does not require that you know anything of …”. Otherwise installing Openfiler is going to be a bit of a no-no for experienced Linux sysadmins.

]]> By: khess http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8683 khess Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8683 <p>You're right on both counts. ;-)</p> <p>Corrected. Thanks. </p> You’re right on both counts. ;-)

Corrected. Thanks.

]]> By: hrudy http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8684 hrudy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8684 <p>Why did Openfiler use conary as their package manager? What is wrong with rpm or .deb? This was enough to disqualify them for me. I went back to FreeNAS even though I am less familiar with FreeBSD these days. </p> Why did Openfiler use conary as their package manager? What is wrong with rpm or .deb? This was enough to disqualify them for me. I went back to FreeNAS even though I am less familiar with FreeBSD these days.

]]> By: tarax http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8685 tarax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8685 <p>Hi and thank you for this article.</p> <p>@hrudy seconded about package management choice but, AFAIC, I still haven't made my decision yet...</p> <p>But the thing that makes me the more nervous about investing time and brain in OpenFiler is that the project seems DEAD or so ! Many forum users have asked about the roadmap and future releases schedule without obtaining any answer (at least that I could find).</p> <p>On the other hand FreeNAS seems very active, but as previously mentioned, based on FreeBSD (didn't they plan to migrate to Linux ? I have to verify this again...)</p> <p>Finaly, on OpenSolaris land, Nexenta seems to be a nice option too.</p> <p>The only other Linux based storage appliances I could find are OpenMediaVault but the project seems to be quite young and small (one man), and the Gluster Storage Platform which I need to investigate further.</p> <p>In the end, as always, after hours of googling and reading, it's maybe time to go back to my requirements (SAN/NAS, HA, Virtualization...) to realy evaluate if one match and may be end by building my home brewed debian/ubuntu storage boxes.</p> <p>Bests </p> Hi and thank you for this article.

@hrudy seconded about package management choice but, AFAIC, I still haven’t made my decision yet…

But the thing that makes me the more nervous about investing time and brain in OpenFiler is that the project seems DEAD or so ! Many forum users have asked about the roadmap and future releases schedule without obtaining any answer (at least that I could find).

On the other hand FreeNAS seems very active, but as previously mentioned, based on FreeBSD (didn’t they plan to migrate to Linux ? I have to verify this again…)

Finaly, on OpenSolaris land, Nexenta seems to be a nice option too.

The only other Linux based storage appliances I could find are OpenMediaVault but the project seems to be quite young and small (one man), and the Gluster Storage Platform which I need to investigate further.

In the end, as always, after hours of googling and reading, it’s maybe time to go back to my requirements (SAN/NAS, HA, Virtualization…) to realy evaluate if one match and may be end by building my home brewed debian/ubuntu storage boxes.

Bests

]]> By: brenno http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8686 brenno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8686 <p>Freenas has a (debian) linux fork: OpenMediaVault (http://www.openmediavault.org).<br /> This project is still under development and hasn't been released yet.<br /> But it looks promising!</p> <p>Regards. </p> Freenas has a (debian) linux fork: OpenMediaVault (http://www.openmediavault.org).
This project is still under development and hasn’t been released yet.
But it looks promising!

Regards.

]]> By: hansbkk http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8687 hansbkk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7890/#comment-8687 <p>@hrudy - conary is a great package manager, just not as mainstream as the others for end users. It gives the appliance developer a lot of fine-grained control over version dependencies, helping to ensure stability as updates are rolled out.</p> <p>As a side benefit, it makes it more difficult for people that don't know what they're doing to add extraneous stuff to their appliance. OF is designed to what it does well, not be a general-purpose server.</p> <p>@tarax - OF is very far from dead, AFAICT it's way ahead of FreeNAS in the enterprise space, competing very well with Netfiler et al. If you look at the source repo you'll see constant updates and enhancements since the last major release, all of which come down immediately after install by clicking on the System Update link in the web GUI, or issuing "conary updateall" from the OF CLI. </p> @hrudy – conary is a great package manager, just not as mainstream as the others for end users. It gives the appliance developer a lot of fine-grained control over version dependencies, helping to ensure stability as updates are rolled out.

As a side benefit, it makes it more difficult for people that don’t know what they’re doing to add extraneous stuff to their appliance. OF is designed to what it does well, not be a general-purpose server.

@tarax – OF is very far from dead, AFAICT it’s way ahead of FreeNAS in the enterprise space, competing very well with Netfiler et al. If you look at the source repo you’ll see constant updates and enhancements since the last major release, all of which come down immediately after install by clicking on the System Update link in the web GUI, or issuing “conary updateall” from the OF CLI.

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