On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Mark <mark(a)staffslug.org.uk&gt; wrote: > I have been searching for free VTL (Virtual Tape Library) software and > have finally found this product (http://linuxvtl.googlepages.com/) which > is great coz it runs on Linux and is free :) > > Now I felt that this may be of interest some of you guys that would be > involved in various backup solutions for Linux based networks. From what > I > can basically gather is that this runs over ISCSI so would also be of > use > in producing a Linux based SAN as well (I need to check this out > further) > > In any case this could be if the product is stable and use-able enough > an > excellent backup to disk solution before writing off physical tape. > > Has anyone come across this product before? > > Would anybody find this product useful? > > I need to get it installed and test it before I can decide if it is good > enough to deploy in an SME environment. > > /Mark > Looks interesting, I wonder if the Openfiler people are planning on integrating it, which is another thing worth looking at :) I am about to put one of those into production here :)

> > Tell me more about Openfiler - Sounds like something that may be of > interest. > > http://www.openfiler.com/ Basically it turns a x86 box into a sort of hybrid SAN/NAS, a bit like a NetApp really (in the same way that it spins out iSCSI luns as a large file on the filesystem) with NFS and CIFS access too. Talks to AD (if that is your thing) or LDAP, have volume groups etc etc etc :) IP bonding, block level replication, clustering etc etc etc.. oh and it is all Linux based and free :) Might be worth a look :)