Open-E Blog | Data Storage Software for Enterprise NAS & SAN

Is it worth using hardware RAID controllers with a ZFS-based Open-E JovianDSS?

Our support experts often hear the question if it’s ok to use RAID controllers with the ZFS-based Open-E JovianDSS data storage appliances. We decided to answer this question in the ...

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

2023 is the Time for Data Storage Infrastructure Resilience

“At Open-E, we see how our partners and customers struggle with further market shocks. During the last few years, the data storage industry and our customers were exposed not only ...

Open-E JovianDSS

Data Deduplication in ZFS – Yes or Not?

When you scroll through the different data storage articles and read about the file systems’ specifications, you might come across such a catchy term as “data deduplication”. In case you ...

Open-E JovianDSS, System Updates

Open-E JovianDSS Up29r3 Version is Released and Ready to Use!

The latest Open-E JovianDSS Up29r3 software version brings the Advanced Scrub Scheduler feature for more flexible data healing management, as well as improvements for better stability in high-load environments, such ...

Fibre Channel, Hardware

What is the Longest Possible Distance in a Cluster When Using a SAS protocol?

What are the cluster options while utilizing the SAS protocol? Is there any chance to create a stretched cluster while using SAS in the configuration? Those are the questions we’ve ...

Virtualization, VMware

Open-E JovianDSS and VMware

There are a lot of options when it comes to which virtualization platform to choose when building a new system. Do you opt for the free and quick open-source ProxMox? ...

Open-E JovianDSS

RDMA in Open-E JovianDSS

In the world of data storage solutions, the speed of data transfer becomes an essential aspect that contributes to the choice of the right system. One of the technologies that ...

Interviews

Expert Answers to Even the Most Complex Questions

In order to gain knowledge about a topic, we usually refer to experts from a given field. The same applies to the data storage market and the upcoming trends in ...