Today, I’ve searched for some possible Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) options and found bellow products, some are popular and some are new (at least for me), so here the list.
| Brand | Product | Last Version | Product Page | Download Page | Info |
| VMware, Inc. | vSphere Storage Appliance (VMware VSA) | 5.1.1 | link | link | Documentation |
| HP | StoreVirtual VSA | ??? | link | trial | Resource Library |
| NetApp | Data ONTAP Edge | 8.1 | link | trial | Documentation |
| StorMagic | SvSAN/SvSAN 5 | ??? | link | trial | Resources |
| FalconStor | NSS Virtual Appliance | 7.0 | link | trial / free | Documentation |
| DataCore | SANsymphony-V Virtual SAN Appliance | 9.? | link | link | Resource Center |
| Openfiler | Openfiler | 2.3 | link | link | Documentation / About |
| Nexenta Systems, Inc. | NexentaStor Community Edition | 3.1.3.5 | link | free | Documentation |
| OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. | OmniOS | r151004 | link | free | Documentation / VMware Note |
Also, There are some other applications or custom build OS which can be used to create a “Virtual Storage Server”.
| Brand | Product | Last Version | Product Page | Download Page | Info |
| StarWind Software, Inc. | StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS (SAN) | 6.0.4837 | link / free version | link / free | Editions Comparison / Resources |
| iXsystems, Inc. | FreeNAS | 8.3 | link | free | Documentation |
| NAS4Free | NAS4Free | 9.1.0.1 | link | free | Documentation |
| OpenIndiana | OpenIndiana | 151a5 | link | free | Documentation |
| Illumian Project | Illumian | 1.0 | link | free | Documentation |
| ZFSguru | ZFSguru | 0.2-beta8 | link | free | Documentation / Roadmap |
| Server Elements | NASLite-2 / NASLite-M2 | 2.67 / 1.67 | link | – | Documentation |
Update 1 [Nov 10, 2012]:
Thanks to “David Robertson (@daverdfw) for his kind help, “FreeNAS, NAS4Free and Nexenta Community Edition” has been added.
Update 2 [Nov 11, 2012]:
“OmniOS”, “NASLite-2/NASLite-M2” as well as “Info” section has been added.
❓ There might be other VSA as well and I’d be happy and thankful if you kindly share any others VSA you know, so I’d update this table.
