Last Edited: 2/2/2022
Let’s use this page as a quick review of a number of storage concepts.
SFTP Secure FTP
NFS – Probably best known as a Network File Share which makes this a NAS solution.
ISCSI – A Block based solution which makes this more of a SAN based solution.
S3 – Google S3 storage system. Storage by objects.
Gluster – A clustered storage system. There are details to implement.
FreeNAS – A Popular NAS system based on Linux.
OpenFiler – A Popular NAS/SAN system based on Linux.
TrueNAS – A Popular NAS system
DELL EMC – has a VASA solution.
HP – Nimble – Block only.
PureStorage
NetApp ONTAP