Editing Homelab Storage Software (section)

== Storage Software ==
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|+Storage Software
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! Type !! Block !! File !! Object !! Vendor !! Software Name & External Link !! Limits !! Notes !! Detail
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| Open Source || ✔ || ✔ || || FreeNAS || [http://www.freenas.org/ FreeNAS] ||  ||  || [[FreeNAS|More]]
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| Open Source || ✔ || ✔ || || Openfiler || [https://www.openfiler.com/ Openfiler] ||  || || [[Openfiler|More]]
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| Simulator || || ✔ || || NetApp || [http://community.netapp.com/t5/Developer-Network-Articles-and-Resources/Data-ONTAP-Simulator-Introduction-and-Download-Information/ta-p/85285 Data ONTAP simulator] || [http://www.wooditwork.com/2012/01/04/installing-maximising-the-netapp-ontap-8-1-simulator/ 180GB] || || [[NetApp|More]]
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || ✔ || || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/vvnx.htm?PID=SWD_vvnx_trialsoftware vVNX] || Non-prod only || || [[EMC vVNX|More]]
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || ✔ || || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/vvols.htm vVNX with VVol support] || Non-prod only || || [[EMC vVNX|More]]
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| Simulator || || ✔ || || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/isilon.htm?PID=SWD_isilon_trialsoftware Isilon Simulator] || Non-prod only || || [[EMC Isilon|More]]
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| Free Restricted || || ✔ || || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/isilonsd-edge.htm IsilonSD Edge] || Non-prod only || Not sure if standalone? || [[EMC Isilon|More]]
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/cloud/vipr/try.htm?PID=SWD_vipr_trialsoftware ViPR] || Non-prod only || || [[EMC ViPR|More]]
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| Free Restricted || || ✔ || || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/data-domain-virtual-edition.htm Data Domain VE] || 0.5TB of replication || || [[EMC Data Domain|More]]
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| Free Restricted || || || ✔ || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/ecs.htm?PID=SWD_ecs_trialsoftware ECS Object storage] || Non-prod only || || [[EMC Elastic Cloud Storage|More]]
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || ✔ || || Nexenta || [https://nexenta.com/products/downloads/download-community-edition NexentaStor Community Edition] || 18TB RAW limit || || [[Nexenta|More]]
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| Open Source || || || ✔ || Ceph || [http://ceph.com Ceph] ||  || Also provides proprietary POSIX file and block storage || [[Ceph|More]]
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| Open Source || ✔ || || || Astersmith, LLC || [http://www.esos-project.com ESOS] || || || [[ESOS|More]]
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| Licensed || ✔ || ✔ || || Microsoft || [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh831739.aspx Windows File Services<br>& Storage Spaces] ||  || Can provide iSCSI target, SMB or [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/jj574143.aspx NFS (up to 4.1)]<br>Included with Windows Standard<br>Free if you use 180 day trial || [[Microsoft Storage Spaces|More]]
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| || ✔ || ✔ || || XPEnology || [http://xpenology.me/introduction/ XPEnology] ||  || Allows you to run the Synology DSM OS on almost any other hardware! || [[XPEnology|More]]
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| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|[[Hyper-convergence|HCI / Hyperconverged]] and Virtual SAN solutions
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || || || EMC || [http://www.emc.com/products-solutions/trial-software-download/scaleio.htm ScaleIO] || Non-prod only || || [[EMC ScaleIO|More]]
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || || || StarWind || [https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free Virtual SAN® Free] ||  || Minimum of 2 nodes required || [[StarWind|More]]
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| Free Restricted || ✔ || || || HPE || [http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/products/data-storage/free-vsa.html StorVirtual VSA] || 1TB || Requires that you have bought an Intel Xeon CPU, but from ''any vendor''  || [[HPE StorVirtual|More]]
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| Licensed || ✔ || || || VMware || [http://www.vmware.com/uk/products/virtual-san VSAN] ||   || Included in VMware's [https://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=8792 EVALExperience] offer  || [[VMware VSAN|More]]
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