Openfiler is a SAN...whether you like it or not...iSCSI target is a PITA From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:g...@krystaltek.com] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment?
Our storage requirements are pretty clear cut and needy so they were happy to pay to do it properly. you dont need openfiler or freenas. just enable the iscsi target on most linux distros (fedora etc) plenty of google reading on that Greg ________________________________________ From: Matthew W. Ross [mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? We use OpenFiler here, with good results. Basically, if boils down to: If you want something you support yourself for cheap (This is our case), use OpenFiler or FreeNAS. If you want something with paid support, especially for the hardware, go with a commercial product. For us, the cost savings of OpenFiler iSCSI outweighed the support provided by the Commercial iSCSI solutions. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:g...@krystaltek.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:48:29 -0800 Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > i use it for our test clusters. but i wouldnt use it in production. Steve > and i have had this discussion and he wont convince me. NEVER!!! > > Greg > ________________________________ > From: Steve Moffat [st...@optimum.bm] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin > [ntsysad...@optimum.bm] > Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 7:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > I'll second Openfiler. Been using it to run a powervault 220s for 2 years > now with not one issue. And if you need enterprise support they have that > too. > > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:37 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > My ESX instructor learned us how to use OpenFiler, and he said many > companies use it for production. > > I don't use it here, but I was very impressed with OpenFiler. Maybe at > some point... > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > Planning a move to VMWare ESX, and I'm evaluatiing my SAN choices. I have > OpenFiler in a production environment storing some of our data. On of our > NAS box's flaked out on me, and I repurposed a server with Openfiler to fill > the void and try out iSCSI SAN features. I've been extremely happy with the > performance. Using it to run VM's and take advantage of High Availability > features is where I am having some pause. Wonder if anyone here has already > blazed this trail > > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
