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Open-E DSS Storage Server

The Open-E Data Storage Software (DSS) is a unified file and block storage management operating system that provides Network Attached Storage - NAS, iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel Storage Area Network - SAN functionality.

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Storage Type

iSCSI - SAN / NAS
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Storage Features

Fully VMWare Certified
VMWare Ready
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iSCSI Failover
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File Data Deduplication
 
 
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CyberStore DSS iSCSI & NAS Storage

Open-E, Inc is a leading provider of unified file and block storage management software solutions. The Open-E Data Storage Software (Open-E DSS V6) offers support for Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI and Fibre Channel SAN (Storage Area Network) functionality all in a single, easy to use storage operating system. Open-E DSS also provides Automatic iSCSI Failover and Failback for high-availability, Remote Volume Mirroring and Asynchronous Data Replication for disaster recovery, WORM (Write Once Read Many) support for digital archiving, and NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) support for universal backup - ensuring better data security, increased fault tolerance and improved availability of all data, ultimately delivering better overall performance and value.

Open-E Data Storage Software V7

All-in-one: Universal and Scalable Storage OS

Open-E Data Storage Software V7

Open-E Data Storage Software V7 is a Linux-based data storage software used for building and managing centralized data storage servers - NAS and SAN

Open-E DSS V7 offers built-in enterprise-class features, such as:
  • Active-Active Failover
  • Volume Replication
  • Snapshots
  • Continuous Data Protection
  • Storage Virtualisation
  • And more...

Industry-leading High Availability Failover Cluster

iSCSI (SAN) Active-Active Failover boosts overall system performance and minimizes downtime since the read, write and replication traffic is balanced over two nodes.

Publicly acclaimed and Award winning

Open-E’s DSS family of products is widely recognized and awarded by the storage industry. There are over 27,000 installations worldwide among which there are many Fortune 500 companies.

Affordable and flexible Support Plans

Open-E’s highly qualified support engineers offer technical guidance during deployment and everyday use. Wide range of affordable and flexible Support Plans suits the needs of any company.

Enterprise-Class Storage Software for Every Business

Open-E DSS V7 is a fully featured NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Network) software platform. NAS offers support for multiple file protocols which enable you to build cross-platform solutions and SAN offers iSCSI Target and Fibre Channel Target functionalities.


The flexible design and excellent scalability of Open-E DSS V7 enables companies and institutions of all sizes to create effective storage solutions that can meet and adapt to the simplest or the most complex data management needs.


Open-E DSS V7 brings superior performance, extensibility and reliability, and is out of the box tuned to provide high data-throughput and data protection for centralised storage.

 

No need for an additional operating system - Open-E DSS V7 helps businesses to implement cost-effective data storage solutions by providing complete management software.


Open-E DSS V7 will turn any commodity server into an enterprise data storage appliance. Thanks to compatibility with VMware, CitrixXen and MS Hyper-V, the software is an ideal tool for cloud storage and virtualization environments.


Building a storage server using Open-E DSS V7 can be done in minutes! It is fast and easy thanks to the simple installation and configuration process. Additionally, ongoing management and maintenance of the server is straightforward and user-friendly.

Detailed Specification

Detailed Specification

iSCSI SAN & NAS Network Attached Storage Administration
ADMINISTRATION
Web-based Graphical User Interface
Improved look and speed of the GUI
Secured Administration Access
Tuning Tools
Remote Access for Console
Multiple Management Levels
Automated Updating of OS
Rollback to Previous OS
Task Manager
User Interface in German and English languages
Schedule Manager
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
DHCP Client
One Network Interface Card Support
Multiple Network Interface Card Support
Teaming/Bonding (including Adapter Fault Tolerance)
10 Gb Ethernet Support
Infiniband Support
Proxy settings
IP-sec
Jumbo Frames Support
STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Software iSCSI Initiator
Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 with E-Mail Notification
Degraded Mode for S/W RAID 1, 5, 6
S.M.A.R.T. with E-Mail Notification
Single and Multiple Hardware RAID Controller Support
Multiple FibreChannel HBA Support (initiator mode)
Multiple FibreChannel HBA Support (target mode)
Support for over 16TB Logical Volumes
Multiple Snapshot (multiple active snapshots per one LV at a time)
Multiple Logical Volume & Groups
Online Logical Volume Expansion
Support for Online Capacity Expansion
Build-in, SNMP based monitoring system
STORAGE MANAGEMENT / REPLICATIONS
Synchronous Volume Replication over LAN
Synchronous Volume Replication over LAN with iSCSI failover
Synchronous Volume Replication over LAN with NFS failover (available as feature pack)
Data Replication over LAN
Data Replication over WAN
MONITORING
Hardware Monitoring
SNMP v2, v3
E-mail Notification
Log Function
HARDWARE SUPPORT
One CPU Support
Multiple CPU Support (32x)
UPS and Network UPS Support
SPECIFIC NAS FUNCTIONALITY
Windows Active Directory / Primary Domain Controller
Support For Network Information Service (NIS)
Internal and External LDAP
ADS & NIS User / Group ID Synchronization
File System with Journaling Support
User and Group Quota Control
Antivirus (server's shares scanning)
SUPPORTED NETWORK CLIENTS
Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS 8.0, 9.0, X, 10.4
SUPPORTED NETWORK FILE PROTOCOL
SMB/CIFS, FTP, Secure FTP, HTTP, Apple Talk, NFS v2, v3
SPECIFIC iSCSI FUNCTIONALITY
IP Address Restrictions for a Target
CHAP User Management
MPIO Support
iSCSI Failover
SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation Support
BACKUP UTILITY
Local Backup
Integrated Backup System
Virtual Tapes
Support for Tape Libraries, Autoloaders
Tape Retention Time
WORM Support (Write Once Read Many)
NDMP v3.0 Support (Network Data Management Protocol)
USB Storage Support for Dynamic Disk
Backup-Agents (Backup Exec, Retrospect, BrightStor)
OTHER
Installable Version
Improved Software Architecture
Help with search and index
Extended save & restore settings
Connections Status
Sessions Management
Initially Supported Storage Capacity (TB) 4/8/16TB
Upgrade Ability
Feature Pack - iSCSI (SAN) Active-Active Failover

Feature Pack - iSCSI (SAN) Active-Active Failover

How does it Work?

  • This feature enables you to simultaneously run volumes in the active mode on two nodes - providing high availability of data.
  • If one node fails, the other one takes over automatically and all application services continue to run without interruption.
  • Once the failed node is available again in the resource pool, the storage administrator can move the activity of selected volumes back to the node of choice.

Thanks to the Active-Active functionality, overall cluster performance is improved since the read, write and replication traffic can be balanced on both nodes. Within just a few minutes, you will have up to several hundred gigabytes available on your network without much effort and no downtime.

Active-Active Automatic Failover for iSCSI is a crucial Data Storage functionality used for:
  • High Availability,
  • Cloud Storage,
  • Storage for Virtualisation,
  • Business Continuity,
  • and many more.

Open-E DSS V7 plus Active-Active FailoverOpen-E DSS V7 Active-Active Cluster Advantages

  • Doubles your overall performance in most of the configurations. You just need to set it up right.
  • Eliminates a Single Point of Failure by configuring Active-Active clusters without shared (common) discs. Thanks to this, your data is more secure.
  • Self-Validation of the system! When starting a cluster, DSS V7 checks all critical settings on each node, including: (SCSI IDs, tasks, ping notes, configurations, resource pools, auxiliary paths, and more). This way, clusters can’t be started if they were configured wrong.
  • Cluster security is improved by the ability to configure as many Auxiliary paths as many network connections you have.
  • Increased sensibility for network Failures, thanks to the possibility of configuring Ping Nodes
  • Speeds up networking connectivity, since I/O traffic is equally balanced on two nodes.
  • Fully utilizes all processing power on both cluster nodes.
  • Eliminates waste of hardware resources by providing more efficient usage.

For your convenience, we have radically simplified the iSCSI failover configuration and added helpful status icons in Open-E DSS V7. Now, administrators will be able to easily navigate the software and use Active-Active Automatic Failover for iSCSI.

Moreover, our research team noticed many missing functionalities when comparing Open-E’s DSS V7 Active-Active Automatic Failover for iSCSI with our competitors.

These disadvantages included:

  • DNS required for auxiliary communication,
  • no option to configure ping nodes,
  • only 2 Auxiliary connections could be configured or only one big single point of failure (shared storage array) is used.

Why should you choose Open-E's Active-Active software?

It turns out that other offerings can give you Active-Active solutions OR offer a reasonable price and configuration, but very few can deliver BOTH at the same time. And that’s precisely what our Open-E DSS V7 does. It provides superior performance, security, and scalability at a fraction of the cost of alternative storage solutions. The flexible design of Open-E DSS V7 enables organizations of all sizes to create effective iSCSI solutions that can adapt to and meet the simplest or the most complex storage needs.

Automatic Active-Active Failover functionality for iSCSI Volumes can only be purchased with Open-E DSS V7. Try it for yourself!

Features and Benefits

Compatible with Industry Standards

  • Supports Legacy Hardware Supports older hardware to ensure backward compatibility
  • Supports Latest Hardware Supports all the latest hardware, including the latest multiple CPU's which ensures forward compatibility
  • Supports Popular Backup Software Unlike most of the competitors, Open-E includes backup-agents to support the world's most popular backup applications like Backup Exec, Retrospect, BrightStor - so you can leverage your existing investment and expertise
  • Supports Appliance API To further ensure compatibility, Open-E has an open storage API to communicate between different software programs and detached appliances which ensures easy third-party integration for maximum compatibility

Easiest to Manage

  • Initial Configurations Wizard As soon as Open-E starts, the Setup Wizard helps you with all the network and system settings - you get up fast, with built-in help, and can see immediate results
  • Task and Schedule Manager Tasks can be automatically scheduled for data, volume replication and snapshots - making it easy to setup, so you can concentrate on other tasks
  • Automated Update and Rollback of OS The automated update and rollback makes it easy to update and get the latest features and is also simple to rollback if there is an issue that needs to be resolved first - reducing system downtime
  • Monitoring & E-mail Notification Automatically notifies the system administrator via e-mail when there are RAID or HDD problems, making it easy to troubleshoot and quickly fix problems

Most Stable

  • Linux Operating System Open-E runs on a Linux Platform because of its proven stability, unlike others which are less stable or which have limited and diminishing support for new hardware
  • Journaling Support The system tracks and logs changes prior to affecting the main file system, making the file system more reliable

Price-Performance Leader

  • Independent OS Open-E uses its own independent OS and is device independent which does not require the expense of another copy of Windows and allows you to use more hardware options (legacy or modern
  • Continuous Data Protection Provides continuous backup/replication of data - far superior to 24 hour snapshot backups (lose approx. 17 e-mails in between backups, versus up to 10,000 on an Exchange e-mail system) - also much quicker to restore (20 minutes vs. 3-5 hour tape backup). If available, usually an expensive option for other storage software
  • High-Availability over 2 Nodes Open-E can recognize hardware/software failure and immediately re-starts the application on another system without requiring admin intervention or downtime which further reduces downtime at no extra cost

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