VMware
Founded in 1998 and is based in Silicon Valley, California. VMware is the global leader in virtualization solutions from desktops to datacenters and cloud computing infrastructure. VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while VMware's enterprise software hypervisors for servers. VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are bare-metal embedded hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system.
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.
Read more about our cooperation on VMware website.
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.




