napp-it ZFS server appliance-

Features (napp-it is a shortcut for Network Appliance it)
=> build your own free and unlimited NAS/ SAN storage-appliance with fantastic features

napp-it feature list

• One-Klick Online Installer -ready to use NAS/SAN within minutes
• preferred for OpenIndiana live but running under Illumian, NexentaCore and Solaris 11 (Express)
• Concept to include this SAN appliance into a vmware virtual esxi Server (esxi 4 + SAN + virtual switch, all-in-one)
  more on napp.it-all-in-one
• free to use (also commercially), non free extensions available (ex. appliance replication)
  
  
• Comstar iSCSI Management (LU, Targets with Auth, Target Groups, Portal Groups, Target Portal Groups, FCOE)
• Grouping with ZFS host-host replication (extension)
• Integrated & editable Helppages
• Jobmanagement (autosnap, autoscrub, email status & alert mails; perl scriptable)
• Pool-Benchmarks via bonnie+ (not on Solaris 11)
• Property Management of ZFS-folders
• Service Management (Start, Stop, Restart, Status)
• Share Management of ZFS-folders with optimized settings (ex. ACL and properties)
• Snapshot Management (Systemsnaps and Datasnaps, delete based on date or regex)
• System + Network Settings (hostname, Router, DNS, IP etc)
• User and Group-Management (Solaris and SMB)
• User extendable/ editable menues and actions (language: perl)
• ZFS Management: Disks, Pools, ZFS Folders, Raid Z3, Deduplication, unlimited Snapshots without extra space or time-lost
  SSD Hybrid-Storage, Compress, Online Pool-Check with data-refresh =(scrubbing)
• ZFS Encryption, currently only Solaris 11 (Express)
• ZFS Encryption, based on encrypted devices/files (also available on Illumian and OpenIndiana), easy backup to external disks/ cloud
  

included services, managed via Web-UI

• AFP Fileserver with Time Machine + Avahi Zero Config (netatalk) if you have Macs
• CIFS/ SMB Fileserver (Workgroup/ AD-Domain mit ACL-Support and Snaps via previous version)
  Windows compatible ACL (not only Posix ACL with simple basic Unix permissions)
  
• CIFS/ SMB Fileserver (Workgroup/ AD-Domain with ACL-Support and Snaps via previous version)
• Comstar iSCSI Server
• Database Server with mySQL and PHPmyadmin
• FTP Server
• Ipf Firewall
• NFS Server V.3 and V.4 (Datastore for Vmware esxi)
• Ndmp Backup Server (NCP)
• SSH Server
• Webserver with Apache2 + PHP 5.3, Perl with XAMPP 1.7.7
  
  

Extensions and services available after paying a fee to support further development

Per Web-UI manageable Encryption with OpenIndiana and Pools V. 28   (napp-it 0.8f+) with AES 256 encryption
and best ZFS-Z2 data security for backups on any external disks or cloud storage. (Web-management, noncommercially free)

napp-it ACL management - 100 Euro per year

network-ZFS replication between appliances (beta) - 100 Euro per year

monitoring - 100 Euro per year

complete = all extensions + GUI speed otimization  + Encryption Web-management: 300 Euro per year

Fees and donations are without tax (Mwst). After payment you will get an email to acticate the extensions

Target users

• Distributors
• University and Educational use
• Developper
• SOHO
• Home
• Enterprise use, yes but without support
  
  

Preinstalled or supported hardwaree

• currently not available. NexentaCore/ Openindiana/ Opensolaris will run on many current systems
• If you want to sell ZFS Server with napp-it, see menu preconfigured

included tools

• unzip
• mc (midnight commander)
• rsync
• netcat
• smartmontools
• iperf net-benchmarks
• bonnie++ pool-benchmarks

Limits

• Capacity: no limit
  no need for expensive hardware raid-controller (jbod), growing datapools by adding extra controllers or disks
• Costs: none (NexentaCore/ OpenIndiana and napp-it are free)
• Service and Support: only on special agreements (but you can change to NexentaStor without problems if needed)
• Stable releases: depends on OS, napp-it: continuous development, use at own risk

Setup your appliance with all these services and tools

• Step 1: Install NexentaCore, OpenIndiana or Solaris Express 11 (from Boot-CD on real Hardware or virtualized on a
  vti-d capable esxi Virtual Server to passthrough SAS-controllers and disks to NexentaCore to have full ZFS disk-control)
• Step 2: Login as root (or adminin and su) and enter:
  wget -O - www.napp-it.org/nappit | perl
• Step 3: Its like a well known ad: - there is no step 3 -Your NAS is ready

Installer will first do a snapshot of your system.
On problems, you could boot from this snapshot.

Connect your webbrowser with your appliance

• http://ip of your appliance:81

basics of napp-it

• napp-it-core is a copy and run appliance software (perl) to build a user editable and extendable Web-UI on nearly any Computer
  more on napp.it-core
• napp-it allows the use of CLI-commands from your Operating System in a very comfortable way
• ZFS Server is developped for free NexentaCore but runs also on OpenIndiana, *Solaris* and Eon
• about 1 MB in size, requires no RAM during normal server operation
• napp-it ZFS Server includes all services, tools, menues and actions to build and manage a Web and NAS/SAN appliance

more Infos

• miniHowto: www.napp-it.org/pop.html