NAS vs. SAN
NAS, SAN

Differences between a NAS and a SAN explained

SAN (Storage Area Networks) and NAS (Network-attached Storage) are both network-based storage solutions. These solutions differ but they serve the same purpose – to keep user data safe and accessible. ...

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New software update - Open-E JovianDSS up28 now available
Open-E JovianDSS, System Updates

New software update – Open-E JovianDSS up28 now available

Good news! Fresh from our labs – Open-E JovianDSS update 28 is now available for download. Read the article to learn about the impressive list of new features and fixes ...

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OE Success stories from 2019
Events

Open-E Success Stories in 2019

Beginning of the year is a great moment to summarize the achievements from the previous years as well as to prepare plans, goals and strategies for the upcoming months. Well, ...

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Copy-on-write and snapshots
Open-E JovianDSS, ZFS Data Storage

ZFS Essentials – Copy-on-write & Snapshots

This article provides information about concepts that stand behind the copy-on-write mechanism as well as snapshots and clones used in the ZFS system. Copy-on-write On a predominant number of file ...

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Data Integrity and RAIDZ
Open-E JovianDSS, RAID

ZFS Essentials – Data Integrity & RAIDZ

Today we continue the series of articles that aims at presenting the basics of the ZFS. In today’s article we’re further discussing this topic, focusing on the notions of data ...

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Pooled storage
Open-E JovianDSS, ZFS Data Storage

ZFS Essentials – What Is Pooled Storage?

This article is the second part of the ZFS series of articles and this time we would like to focus on the concept of pooled storage and its component parts. ...

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Introduction to ZFS
Open-E JovianDSS, ZFS Data Storage

ZFS Essentials – Introduction to ZFS

ZFS stands for Zettabyte File System and is a file system originally developed by Sun Microsystems for building next-generation NAS solutions with better security, reliability, and performance. ZFS was designed ...

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Data risks and countermeasures
Backup, Data Protection

Data security risks and Open-E JovianDSS countermeasures

Nowadays, it’s all about the data. Continuous and uninterrupted data availability is a must for all businesses. Unfortunately, there will always be a risk of sudden accidents that can make ...

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