NexentaStor 4.0 發布，優化為作為虛擬的服務器環境

NexentaStor是一份私有操作系統，它由開源發行Nexenta的開發者創建，并被優化為作為虛擬的服務器環境及圍繞ZFS文件系統創建的Fibre Channel應用程序來使用。它的特色包括iSCSI支持，不受限制的增長式備份，快照式鏡像，塊級鏡像，集成于ZFS快照的搜索，以及一份用戶應用編程接口。該操作系統以ISO及VMware磁盤鏡像的形式發布，其定價則基于每兆字節及每服務器的許可來決定。此外還有一份可免費獲取的開發者版本供磁盤使用空間少于4T字節的用戶使用。

Michael Letschin has announced the release of NexentaStor 4.0, a major new update of the specialist distribution optimised for virtualisation and network-attached storage - based on the Illumos kernel and ZFS file system: "This latest version of NexentaStor delivers significant performance, reliability and functionality improvements to the award-winning SDS solution, having passed through rigorous engineering, customer and partner testing with flying colors. NexentaStor will continue to be available in two editions: Community edition (free, full-featured, community supported software for configurations up to 18TB), and Enterprise edition (licensed by the size of the storage pool). NexentaStor 4.0 is Citrix and VMware ready and certified to run on a variety of reference hardware configurations from strategic technology and channel partners." See the release announcement for more details. Download from here: NexentaStor-Community-4.0.1-GA.iso (595MB).