On 8/5/10 11:18 PM, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > Hi There, > > Sorry if this is a bit 'Off The Topic' discussion. I am planning to get > fileserver dedicated for iSCSI. > > My option is to grab Thecus N4200 or to build OpenFiler with any Duo-Core > CPU, >> 1G RAM, RocketRAID 644 controller, and other basic PC stuff. > > I have been googling to compare OpenFiler vs FreeNAS (winner for me: > OpenFiler) > and cheap iSCSI capable barebone NAS from Thecus vs QNAP (winner: Thecus > N4200) > > When it come to comparing between OpenFiler vs Thecus N4200, I can not get > any > goodies from google. I used OpenFiler for a bit, creating 2 or 3 iSCSI > target, > share folder, but only for short time, just for a fun. > > My concern: > - HDD realibility check (live error check, reporting when one of the HDD > faulty/bad sector/etc) > - RAID/iSCSI re-sizing when I add another HDD > - Easy to maintain > > So, if anyone expert can give me a light, would be much appreciated. For a > started, I will only go with 3x2TB HDD for either option, to be RAID-ed as > RAID5
Have you looked at NexentaStore? Free community addition is good for up to 12 TB. It's based on OpenSolaris, not Linux, but it uses apt-get for packages and upgrades. CIFS: Check NFS: Check iSCSI: Check ZFS: Check ZFS at this time isn't all that good at dynamic resizing, but I believe Sun/Oracle is working on that functionality. I looked at FreeNAS myself, but the ZFS level it supports is very experimental. OpenFiler, while I like the idea behind it, is based on CentOS (which is a clone of that bloated thing called RedHat. Ugg). Not to start a flame war or argument, but I'd skip the hardware RAID card and go software. Most CPU's available have plenty of power to handle the calculations needed for RAID. Also, you are not locked into a single vendor, nor do you have to worry about replacement when the RAID card dies (and it will eventually). I'm running three VM's from an ESXi 4 machine using the NexentaStore on an iSCSI datastore before moving my production VM's over to it, and so far, I'm liking what I see overall. It seems to be a bit on the hungry side, like OpenFiler would be, but it's quite usable with the 4 gigs and the C2D 7500 CPU I have in it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c5c7f8d.80...@penguinness.org
