What is Openfiler?

Openfiler is an operating system. It is file-based,storage management.
network-attached and storage area network. It isOpenfiler is a storage management method, which is
free software. Xinit Systems created this software.standalone Linux distribution. It supports all major
It can use many feature to share files. Once younetwork directories.
have installed the software you have the opportunityIt has volume-based segmenting, iSCSI, resource
to develop disk volumes and share data through SANquota, schedule snapshots and interface for sharing
(storage area network) or NAS (network attachedfiles. It is used in Linux 2.6 kernel base for compact
storage).storage management.
It can serve the purpose of iSCSI SAN. ManyAdministers can utilize the file system with desired
individual use this software with dedicated machinesperformance parameters, to create a logical volume.
in VMware workstation and ESX server. DownloadThere are two major filing systems, which is
rhe required version of openfiler. It is offered insupported by Openfiler. The XFS and ext.3, which are
34-bit, 64-bit, ISO, VMware ESX server and XENbackup file systems. The stored file system improves
appliances. It is a free download application andthe data security level and reduces regular checks. In
available in 2 versions, the 1.x release and 2.0 beta. Itthis process, any document or file written in the disk
can be installed in every computer ranging from theis first logged to a journal. This reduces the risk of
old ones to the high performance tower. It supportssystem crash and secures your data.
LDAP and has volume-management allowing easy