Homelab Storage Software

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Introduction

There are a multitude of storage software options available, some of which are open source solutions designed specifically for small storage platforms, and others are simply free versions or even simulators of full vendor products.

Storage Software

Storage Software

Type	Block	File	Object	Vendor	Software Name & External Link	Limits	Notes	Detail
Open Source	✔	✔		FreeNAS	FreeNAS			More
Open Source	✔	✔		Openfiler	Openfiler			More
Simulator		✔		NetApp	Data ONTAP simulator	180GB		More
Free Restricted	✔	✔		EMC	vVNX	Non-prod only		More
Free Restricted	✔	✔		EMC	vVNX with VVol support	Non-prod only		More
Simulator		✔		EMC	Isilon Simulator	Non-prod only		More
Free Restricted		✔		EMC	IsilonSD Edge	Non-prod only	Not sure if standalone?	More
Free Restricted	✔	✔	✔	EMC	ViPR	Non-prod only		More
Free Restricted		✔		EMC	Data Domain VE	0.5TB of replication		More
Free Restricted			✔	EMC	ECS Object storage	Non-prod only		More
Free Restricted	✔	✔		Nexenta	NexentaStor Community Edition	18TB RAW limit		More
Open Source			✔	Ceph	Ceph		Also provides proprietary POSIX file and block storage	More
Open Source	✔			Astersmith, LLC	ESOS			More
Licensed	✔	✔		Microsoft	Windows File Services & Storage Spaces		Can provide iSCSI target, SMB or NFS (up to 4.1) Included with Windows Standard Free if you use 180 day trial	More
	✔	✔		XPEnology	XPEnology		Allows you to run the Synology DSM OS on almost any other hardware!	More
HCI / Hyperconverged and Virtual SAN solutions
Free Restricted	✔			EMC	ScaleIO	Non-prod only		More
Free Restricted	✔			StarWind	Virtual SAN® Free		Minimum of 2 nodes required	More
Free Restricted	✔			HPE	StorVirtual VSA	1TB	Requires that you have bought an Intel Xeon CPU, but from any vendor	More
Licensed	✔			VMware	VSAN		Included in VMware's EVALExperience offer	More