Open-E DSS Storage Server

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

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 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!