If You want to set up your shared storage for free then You can use Openfiler appliance. Openfiler is a good choice to set up a storage appliance to provide shared storage with NFS or iSCSI.
You can manage Openfiler with through CLI or Graphical mode.
Openfiler supports RAID and Fibre Channel controllers and also disk technologies such as SCSI, SATA, and SAS. Ethernet controllers from Intel and Broadcom can also be integrated to provide high bandwidth access to data over a TCP/IP network. Both the Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron range of x86-64 architecture enterprise computing processors are supported. RAID controllers from vendors such as Adaptec, LSI Logic, HP, IBM, and Intel are fully compatible.
So we have the next articles for successfully install and configure openfiler appliance:
- How to install openfiler on vmware for shared storage
- How to configure Openfiler iSCSI Storage for VMware ESX
- Configure Openfiler for ESXi shared storage with NFS
- Connect openfiler to VMware ESXi as iscsi storage
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