I am attempting to setup a home server using the iSCSI capabilities of OpenFiler or FreeNAS within a VM on an ESXi 4 server. My questions concern performance, reliability and feature set of the two ...

Booting to CD brings up the Linux install screen. Select Graphic Mode, skip media check, select English for language. In my installation, I had a small disk (hda) on which I used to install OpenFiler, ...

I've set up quite a few file servers using Linux in my day, and although it's not particularly difficult, I've often thought that there should be a better way to do it. The folks at the OpenFiler ...

Even in this cloud-centric world, there remain good reasons to own and run a physical server out of your office (or even home). Which server? That depends entirely on what you'll be using it for. Read ...

After hanging out in some of the ZFS, NAS, etc. threads lately, I've finally gotten around to playing with some new NAS/SAN packages at home lately, and just wondering if the speeds I'm seeing are ...

…Several years later, Openfiler boasts more than 1,000 customers and is busy developing new features to serve its growing customer base — and both enterprises and vendors have taken notice. In ...

Software-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) is perfect for the do-it-yourselfer who doesn’t want to buy a pre-packaged appliance. With software-based NAS, you load the software onto the device of ...

Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we’re reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment — whether it’s a PC, server, virtual machine, or ...