openfiler簡介

Openfiler is a browser-based network storage management utility. Linux-powered, Openfiler delivers file-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) and block-based SAN in a single framework. It supports CIFS, NFS, HTTP/DAV, FTP, and iSCSI.
openfiler是一個基於瀏覽器的網絡存儲管理工具。來自於Linux系統。openfiler在一個網絡架構裏面裏面支持文件級的NAS和數據塊級的SAN，支持CIFS，NFS，HTT/DAV，FTP 和iSCSI協議。

What?       
Openfiler is a Storage Management Operating System. It is powered by the Linux 2.6 kernel and Open Source applications such as Apache, Samba, LVM2, ext3, Linux NFS and iSCSI Enterprise Target. Openfiler combines these ubiquitous technologies into a small, easy to manage solution fronted by a powerful web-based management interface. Openfiler allows you to build a Network Attached Storage (NAS) and/or Storage Area Network (SAN) appliance, using industry-standard hardware, in less than 10 minutes of installation time.
openfiler是一個存儲管理操作系統，基於Linux 2.6內核和其他開源程序比如apache，samba，lvm2，ext3,Linux NFS和iSCSI企業級target。openfiler把這些所有的技術集成在一個很小的，易於管理的強大的web界面裏，openfiler能讓你在不超過10分鐘的安裝時間裏面利用符合工業標準的硬件建立一個NAS或者SAN或者同時兩者。

Why?
Because life as a systems administrator is difficult enough as it is. Openfiler allows you to ease some of the pain by bringing together almost all storage networking protocols (CIFS, NFS, HTTP/DAV, FTP, iSCSI) into a single framework. So if your current pressure points arise from grappling with the task of providing secure and resilient storage to users, groups and computing resources in a multi-platform heterogeneous environment, Openfiler is the tool for you.
系統管理員的生活非常痛苦，openfiler通過集成了幾乎所有的存儲網絡協議（CIFS, NFS, HTTP/DAV, FTP, iSCSI）在一個framwork來減少你的這種痛苦。所以如果現在給用戶、部門或者多平臺組成的複雜環境的計算資源提供更加安全和有彈性的存儲服務給你帶來越來越多的麻煩，openfiler是你最好的工具。

Who?       
If you are a systems administrator looking for a way to take control of your storage resources without having to pull off the modern equivalent of The Great Train Robbery in order to afford it, Openfiler is the answer to your prayers. Openfiler is a serious tool meant for professional systems administrators with a keen desire for the ability manage network storage in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
如果你是一個系統管理員，正在尋求控制存儲資源的方案，同時要求不要高得驚人的預算，openfiler將是你祈禱的答案。

Where?       
Openfiler is meant for systems administrators and other technically minded individuals. Please visit the Download section of the website to obtain Openfiler. Please note that Openfiler is a powerful but complex piece of software which requires knowledge and understanding of a number of operating system, networking and storage concepts.