<s>
Openfiler	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
that	O
provides	O
file-based	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
and	O
block-based	O
storage	O
area	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Xinit	O
Systems	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
CentOS	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Openfiler	B-Protocol
codebase	O
was	O
started	O
at	O
Xinit	O
Systems	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
Openfiler	B-Protocol
was	O
made	O
in	O
May	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
has	O
been	O
no	O
formal	O
announcement	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
evidence	O
that	O
Openfiler	B-Protocol
is	O
being	O
actively	O
developed	O
since	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DistroWatch	O
has	O
listed	O
Openfiler	B-Protocol
as	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
some	O
users	O
have	O
run	O
Openfiler	B-Protocol
for	O
years	O
with	O
few	O
problems	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
2013	O
article	O
on	O
SpiceWorks	O
website	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
recommended	O
against	O
using	O
Openfiler	B-Protocol
,	O
citing	O
lack	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
and	O
risk	O
of	O
data	O
loss	O
.	O
</s>
