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How we cooperate


Open-E DSS V6 has achieved the VMware Ready™ status what indicates that Open-E DSS V6 has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by VMware and is listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility List. As a prestigious technology partner we are also a member of VMware Solution Exchange program, where we share our storage knowledge and solutions with the global expert community.

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Resources

White Paper for VI and DSS

VMware Virtual Infrastructure (VI) and Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS) - overview and Introduction.

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Open-E on VMware Solution Exchange

Open-E DSS V6 with VMware software as an efficient storage centralization solution for consolidation of entire environments.

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Solutions


Asynchronous Volume Replication of VMware Virtual Machines with DSS V6 and Acronis Backup & Recovery software

This article shows practical solution that can be used as a replacement for Asynchronous Volume Replication in customers environment. The solution describes how effectively prevent a decrease in performance when saving files to storage in organizations which has several regional branches located worldwide.

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Open-E DSS V6 MPIO with VMware ESX 4.0

See example configuration of Multipath I/O on Open-E Data Storage Software. To run the Multipath I/O on DSS V6 with VMware ESX 4.0 and Windows 2008 server running as virtual machine, perform the fallowing steps: 1) Hardware configuration 2) Configure the DSS V6 3) Using ESX4 CLI 4) Configure MPIO on ESX 4.0 5) Multipath I/O on DSS V6 with ESX4.

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VMware, VMotion and Open-E DSS V6 - how-to in 21 steps

A short step-by-step manual: How to install and use VMware with VMotion in cooperation with Open-E DSS V6.

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Webinars


  • Konfiguration des Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover
  • Verbindung mit iSCSI Storage in ESXi 5.0
  • Demo: Toleranz von Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover bei Stromausfall am primären Server
  • Demo: Toleranz von Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover bei IO-Fehlern
  • Verbindung zwischen einem Open-E DSS V6 Node und einem Cluster nach komplettem RAID-Ausfall

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  • How to configure Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover
  • How to connect iSCSI storage in ESXi 5.0
  • Demo of how Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover tolerates power outage of the primary storage
  • Demo of how Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover tolerates IO-errors
  • How to join Open-E DSS V6 node to a cluster after a total RAID disaster

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  • Konfiguration von Open-E DSS V6 NAS (NFS) Failover mit Bonding
  • Gegenüberstellung von Bonding und MPIO
  • Konfiguration von ESXi 4.1 für NFS
  • Benchmark Test mit IOmeter auf einer virtuellen Maschine untar Windows 2008

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  • Configure the Fiber Channel HBA for Target Mode with the Qlogic
  • Create the Fiber Channel
  • Setup the Alias and WWN for the Fiber Channel HBA
  • Assign the Alias to the Fiber Channel Group
  • Verify the Fiber Channel connection with VMware
  • Setup the Multipath in VMware

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  • How to configure DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover for MPIO
  • Static vs. Dynamic iSCSI Targets discovery in ESXI 4.1
  • How to configure MPIO with ESXI 4.1
  • MPIO tuning in ESXI 4.1
  • MPIO benchmark with IOmeter using Windows 2008 Virtual Machine

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Learn how to configure Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI Failover for MPIO and how to configure MPIO with ESXi 4.1. This webcast also covers MPIO tuning in ESXi 4.1 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter using Windows 2008 Virtual Machine.

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Learn how to configure Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover for MPIO and how to configure MPIO with ESXi 4.1. This webcast also covers MPIO tuning in ESXi 4.1 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter using Windows 2008 Virtual Machine.

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Here's a German webcast which explains how to configure the DSS V6 for MPIO, MPIO with ESX 4.x, MPIO with Windows 2008 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter.

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Here's a webcast which explains how to configure the DSS V6 for MPIO, MPIO with ESX 4.x, MPIO with Windows 2008 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter.

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