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Open-E offers various storage software products – each of them recommended for different purposes: from software dedicated for small and medium businesses to software for highly demanding environments such as data centers.

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Open-E JovianDSS

ZFS-based storage operating system: It is the answer to almost any storage requirement, either as a single node, a virtualized HA setup or a Big Data cluster environment.

Thin provisioning, tiered caching, and deduplication make this product a solution for high-demand enterprise requirements.

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Open-E DSS V7

XFS-based storage operating system helps SME to implement high-performing yet cost-effective data storage solutions.

iSCSI and NAS unified in one flexible software solution. The iSCSI active-active failover adds extra performance for demanding installations.

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Business Type Recommendations Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
MSPs Yes Yes
Small & Medium Business Yes Yes
Private cloud providers Yes Yes
Public cloud providers Yes No
Large, Medium & Small Enterprises Yes No
Data Centers Yes No
Characteristics Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
File system ZFS XFS
Maximum storage Unlimited Unlimited (recommended < 200TB)
Maximum volume size Unlimited Maximum volume size
Min. hardware requirements 4 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, HBA 4 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, HBA
Architecture 64-bit 64-bit
Storage model Storage pools Logical volumes
Cost Paid (Free 60-day trial) Paid (Free 60-day trial)
High Availability Capabilities Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
HA cluster architecture Physical drives shared between nodes Logical volumes replicated over Ethernet
Metro storage cluster iSCSI, FC and NFS, SMB (CIFS) NFS, iSCSI
Shared storage cluster iSCSI, FC and NFS, SMB (CIFS) No
Independent Virtual IPs for HA Cluster Yes No
Max. clustered volume size Unlimited 64TB
Enterprises Unlimited Unlimited
Persistent Reservation Synchronization Yes Yes
Node replacement with no cluster downtime Yes Yes
High Availability Architectures Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
Yes
Read more 		Yes
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Open-E JovianDSS Cluster over Ethernet
Open-E DSSV7 Cluster over Ethernet
Yes
Read more 		No
Open-E JovianDSS Cluster in a box
Yes No
Open-E JovianDSS Common Storage Cluster over SAS
Yes No
Open-E_JovianDSS Cluster over SAS with internal SAS expander
Yes
Read more 		No
Open-E JovianDSS Cluster with multiple JBODs over SAS
Yes
Read more 		No
Open-E JovianDSS Cluster with multiple JBODs over FC
Yes No
Open-E JovianDSS Cluster with multiple JBODs over SAS FC with ATTO bridges
Protocols Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
iSCSI Yes Yes
NAS (SMB/CIFS, FTP, Secure FTP, HTTP, Apple Talk, NFS v2, v3) NFS, SMB/CIFS Yes
Fibre Channel Yes Yes
IP over Infiniband (connector mode) Yes Yes
Enterprise-grade Features Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
On- & Off-site Data Protection Yes
Read more 		No
VAAI Yes No
Caching Native, tiered RAM and SSD or NVMe Hardware support
Thin Provisioning Yes No
Over Provisioning Yes No
Deduplication Yes No
Compression Yes No
Snapshots Unlimited Up to 20
Clones Unlimited No
VSS Hardware Provider Yes No
Data & metadata check-summing Yes No
Atomic transaction writes Yes No
Online data checking and repairing (Scrub) Yes No
Storing multiple copies of user data Yes No
iSCSI and NFS restricted connections Yes Yes
Storage live expansion without downtime Yes Yes
SNMP Yes Yes
Certifications Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
VMware certification VMware Ready V5.5, V6.0, V6.5 VMware Ready V5.5, V6.0, V6.5, V7.0
Hyper-V certification Tested and confirmed Tested and confirmed
Trial Version Open-E JovianDSS Open-E DSS V7
Benefits Free 60-day trial
All features are available
No credit card required

More information 		Free 60-day trial
All features are available
No credit card required

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