Open-E Data Storage Software

Open-E Data Storage Software (Open-E DSS) V7 is a Linux-based storage system that is designed to build and manage centralized storage servers – NAS and SAN. The Open-E DSS solution offers powerful enterprise-class features such as active and passive failover, full support for Hyper-V clusters, volume replication, continuous data protection, storage virtualization, VMware Ready and Citrix Ready certification, and many more.

iSCSI (SAN) Active-Active resiliency improves overall system performance and reduces downtime by balancing read, write, and data replication traffic between the two nodes. The industry-leading Open-E DSS family of products has been deployed over 27,000 times across organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies.

Features and Benefits of Open-E DSS V7:

• iSCSI functionality. IP address restrictions, CHAP, multipath I/O, iSCSI failover, SCSI-3 persistent redundancy, and session management.
• NAS functionality. PDC/Windows Active Directory, NIS protocol, external/internal LDAP, ADS and NIS user/group ID synchronization, journaled file system, user and group quotas, antivirus.
• Network clients and protocols. Support for Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS 8.0 – 10.5.8, X, SMB/CIFS, FTP, Secure FTP, HTTPS, Apple Talk, NFS v2 and v3, iSCSI, Fiber Channel.
• Reservation. WORM, NDMP v3.0, backup agents (Backup Exec, Retrospect, BrightStor), data (file) and volume replication.
• Support for the latest and legacy hardware, including multiprocessor systems.
• Support for popular backup applications. Open-E includes backup agents to support leading backup systems such as Backup Exec, Retrospect, BrightStor.
• Initial setup wizard. When the program is launched for the first time, a special wizard guides the user through system and network settings.
• Task and schedule manager. Tasks can be automatically added to the schedule for replicating data and volumes, creating snapshots.
• Automatic update and rollback of OS changes. Automated upgrade and rollback processes make it easy to add the latest features and revert problematic changes, reducing system downtime.
• Monitoring and email notifications. The software automatically notifies the system administrator via e-mail when a RAID or HDD problem occurs, helping to quickly identify and fix problems.
• Linux operating system. Open-E runs on the Linux platform, providing high stability and support for new hardware. The solution uses its own independent operating system that does not require the purchase of an additional copy of Windows.
• Logging support. The system tracks and logs changes before they affect the main file system.
• High availability on two nodes. Open-E recognizes software and hardware failures and instantly restarts the application on another system without administrator intervention or downtime.

Publisher Description

The Open-E Data Storage Software V7 Lite (DSS V7 Lite) is a FREE version of Open-E DSS V7 delivering unified file and block storage management operating system with automatic Active-Active failover for iSCSI and NAS, SAN functionality.As a free product Open-E DSS V7 Lite is offered without technical support of any kind. Users are encouraged to help each other through Open-E FORUM or to purchase a support license from our resellers or in Open-E online shop. Minimum Hardware Requirements: x86 – compatible PC, 2 GByte RAM (4 GByte RAM is recommended), CPU (1 GHz or faster are recommended), HDD (SATA, SAS, SCSI, ATA) / RAID / Fibre Channel / iSCSI Storage, Network Interface Card (multi-cards 1Gb/s recommended for bonding).

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