Openfiler is an
operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
that provides file-based
network-attached storage
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and block-based
storage area network
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. It was created by Xinit Systems, and is based on the
CentOS Linux distribution. It is
free software
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licensed under the
GNU GPLv2
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History
The Openfiler codebase was started at Xinit Systems in 2001. The company created a project and donated the codebase to it in October 2003.
The first public release of Openfiler was made in May 2004. The latest release was published in 2011.
Although there has been no formal announcement, there is no evidence that Openfiler is being actively developed since 2015.
DistroWatch
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has listed Openfiler as discontinued.
The official website states that paid support is still available.
Criticism
Though some users have run Openfiler for years with few problems, in a 2013 article on SpiceWorks website, the author recommended against using Openfiler, citing lack of features, lack of support and risk of data loss.
See also
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TrueNAS
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, a
FreeBSD based free and
open-source NAS
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solution
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Unraid
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OpenMediaVault
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XigmaNAS
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NetApp filer
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, a commercial proprietary filer
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NexentaStor
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- Advanced enterprise-level NAS software solution (Debian/OpenSolaris-based)
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NAS4Free — network-attached storage (NAS) server software.
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Gluster
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Zentyal
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List of NAS manufacturers
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Disk enclosure
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