DSS V7 Enterprise Data Storage Software, 16TB Storage, Single Server, 1 Year Basic Support, No Media

Open-E Data Storage Software V7

All-in-one: Universal and Scalable Storage OS

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 (Feature Pack)
• Active-Passive Failover
• Full Hyper-V Cluster Support
• Volume Replication
• Snapshots
• Continuous Data Protection
• Storage Virtualization
• And more...

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

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.

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.

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 centralized 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 withVMware, Citrix Xen 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.

Why Open-E Data Storage Software V7

We understand there are many solutions to choose from when selecting your storage software. You should consider our product if you want to quickly get more from your existing hardware, accelerate performance, minimize downtimes and assure uninterrupted business operations. With Open-E DSS V7, you will also experience significant time, cost and storage volume savings.

Features & Benefits

Robust and Award-Winning

iSCSI Functionality
IP Address restrictions, CHAP, MPIO, iSCSI Failover, SCSI-3 persistent reservation, Session Management
Windows Active Directory/Primary Domain Controller, NIS, Intern/external LDAP, ADS and NIS User/Group ID Synchronization, File System with Journaling, User and Group Quota, Antivirus

NAS Functionality

Backup
WORM, NDMP v3.0, Backup-Agents (Backup Exec®, Retrospect®, BrightStor®), Data (File) Replication, Volume Replication

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

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

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

System Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Note: Minimum hardware requirements allow running all functions separately with a limited number of clients or users.
Note: Recommendations below are only examples and may vary depending on destinated usage.

iSCSI (only) Storage with 20 LUNs with direct attached HDDs

iSCSI HA storage cluster, serving 20 LUNs

NAS (only) storage with 100 clients and ADS authentication

Storage for virtualization / cloud using NFS data access for VMware

FC storage serving 20 target LUNs

Cheap NAS solution for 10 users and software RAID configuration