Anybody know of an open-source project working on NAS virtualization? That is, an appliance that sits in front of a hodge-podge of legacy storage systems (e.g. Windows based file server with file-level access to storage via CIFS, a Terrastation box, a Linux box sharing some software-raided ata disks via Samba/CIFS) and publishes shares and virtual servers to the network (front end) while storing all that data on the aggregated servers (back end).
I would be seriously interested in any fledgling developments surrounding this. Thanks, -=dave Ps- Hey guys, couldn't you write a wrapper to hook your LVM integration into the VFS driver to do this with OF? I suppose all that would really be needed is the VFS driver for the "hodge-podge" backend. Not trivial, but would capitalize on all the hard work and solidity of OF. Just a thought... This is gonna be the next hot thing for all those small companies with Aberdeen systems and home-grown servers, etc, looking to not have to buy entirely new storage systems (and who's performance isn't the largest concern). _______________________________________________ Openfiler-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users
