Openfiler is a browser-based network storage management utility. Linux-powered, Openfiler delivers file-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) and block-based SAN in a single framework. It supports CIFS, NFS, HTTP/DAV, FTP, and iSCSI.
Hrothgar is a parallel minimizer and Markov Chain Monte Carlo generator by Andisheh Mahdavi of San Francisco State University. It has been used to solve optimization problems in astrophysics (galaxy cluster mass profiles) as well as in experimental particle physics (hadronic tau decays). It is probably adaptable enough to be applied to your merit function if you can write it in C.
The UNH-iSCSI project consists of software implementations of Initiator and Target loadable modules for the IETF Networking (SAN) protocol iSCSI [RFC3720] with support for iSER [RFC5046].
Project to fulfill the requirements of Dr. Frank Lin's CMPE207 class project at San Jose State University. The project is an application-level implementation of a protocol that mimics the functionality of TCP.
NetServa is a secure hardened Linux OS designed from the floor up for security and ease of use. Specifically designed for use as a fileserver, SAN or NAS solution, render farm or enterprise web hosting platform - from the founder of SmoothWall.
OpenVault is middleware that helps applications manage removable media.
In a Storage Area Network (SAN), it arbitrates access by applications
to removable media drives.
It is the basis for the IEEE 1244 standard: Media Management System.