{"id":51527,"date":"2022-01-20T09:48:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T08:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/?p=51527"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:59:02","slug":"summing-up-2021-implementations-of-open-e-joviandss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/summing-up-2021-implementations-of-open-e-joviandss\/","title":{"rendered":"Summing Up 2021: Implementations of Open-E JovianDSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, Open-E created numerous solutions with and had many successful implementations of Open-E JovianDSS. We\u2019d like to take a moment to review some of these 2021 case studies and highlight the outstanding performance of our data storage software solution, using real-life examples. Some of these case studies are available in both English and German. Check them out!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IT Service Provider With Own Data Center Renews Its Storage Infrastructure, Forms a Long-Term Strategy Based on Open-E JovianDSS<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT-Beratung HALBE, which operates its own data center, wanted to realign its strategy by replacing its conventional storage and virtualization environment, based on DSS V7 and VMware ESXi, with new infrastructure. While taking into account general cost-effectiveness, the company\u2019s main goal was to create a future-proof starting point so that it could provide competitive services to its customers in the IT and hosting arenas for years to come. To achieve this goal, IT-Beratung HALBE asked for help from Boston Deutschland \u2013 as they had done so several times in the past. Boston Deutschland proposed a package consisting of a customized all-flash High Availability data storage solution based on Open-E JovianDSS with two nodes and a shared JBOD (to be used as a storage extension) and a new virtualization host.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirements for the solution:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be able to provide low latencies and high IOPS<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High Availability and load balancing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduction of licensing costs by switching the hypervisor to Microsoft Hyper-V<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Read the full case study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/support\/library\/case-studies\/it-service-provider-with-own-data-center-renews-its-storage-infrastructure-for-a-long-term-strategy-with-open-e-joviandss\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=case-studies-sum-up-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/support\/library\/case-studies\/it-dienstleister-mit-eigenem-rechenzentrum-erneuert-seine-storage-infrastruktur-fur-eine-langfristige-strategie-mit-open-e-joviandss\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=case-studies-sum-up-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3>GPS Solution Provider Chooses Metro High Availability Cluster Powered by Open-E JovianDSS<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code Monkey Studios Ltd, a software solutions company specializing in location services, chooses Open-E JovianDSS for its data storage solution. Code Monkey writes and runs solutions for companies worldwide and hosts it all on their own data center. The company has around 100,000 devices reporting location data every 30 seconds throughout the day. The fact that Open-E JovianDSS does not constrain the company to any specific hardware and allows the use of commodity parts were also huge pluses. This allowed Code Monkey to be able to implement their resilient storage solution of choice, something that could have been a rather costly operation elsewhere if you consider the other vendors\u2019 offers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirements for the solution:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To prepare a fast, reliable storage that\u2019s backed by SSDs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To create a highly redundant, flexible, and easy to use solution<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To make a solution that works together with VMware ESXi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Read the full case study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/support\/library\/case-studies\/gps-solution-provider-runs-the-metro-high-availability-cluster-powered-by-open-e-joviandss\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=case-studies-sum-up-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3>Toshiba &amp; Open-E Build Long-Lasting Data Storage Setup<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This implementation didn\u2019t actually happen in 2021. However, it did have an anniversary in 2021. It\u2019s 4th anniversary actually, as it\u2019s been a failure-free data storage solution since 2017!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Technology Experience Lab at NTT Global Data Centers provides data center managers as well as their teams the room and infrastructure to explore innovative approaches to building servers and storage for their clients. It enables businesses to evaluate the efficacy of private or hybrid clouds, distributed architectures, and alternative methods of delivering IT services in a low-risk environment. Its users also provide support and ideas through meetups, bootcamps, webinars, and hackathons. To find something that matched all these requirements, NTT Global Data Centers turned to Open-E\u2019s partner, Toshiba, for a solution. The team selected Toshiba and Open-E JovianDSS to form the required data storage solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirements for the solution:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system had to use ZFS<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The software had to offer high availability, no single points of failure, and high flexibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hardware had to be reliable and high-performing to take full advantage of the software and had to support several iSCSI block storage targets ranging from 10TB to 40TB, some with shared file folders<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Read the full case study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/support\/library\/case-studies\/toshiba-open-es-long-lasting-data-storage-setup\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=case-studies-sum-up-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3>Business-Critical Data in Good Hands<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">URSAPHARM, the German pharmaceutical manufacturer, needed a new data storage solution due to their increased demand for data storage capacities, both in the production and manufacturing environments. To understand why the data in this system has such enormous importance, it\u2019s essential to understand that production principles like absolute transparency, coupled with constant quality controls in the manufacturing process &#8211; are an indispensable industry standard. Monitoring software runs around the clock on VMware servers, accompanying and thoroughly documenting the entire production process. The collected data, for example, particles, cleanroom monitoring, or chromatography, must be kept on the storage system \u201dalmost real-time\u201d and must be constantly accessible. After all the key figures and expectations had been agreed upon, EUROstor offered URSAPHARM a customer-specific data storage system that was specifically designed for their needs. Open-E JovianDSS was chosen as the supporting software.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirements for the solution:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to minimize potential downtimes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data storage in separate locations to increase overall security<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A proven VMware certified system due to the company\u2019s long-term reliance on ESXi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Read the full case study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/support\/library\/case-studies\/business-critical-data-in-good-hands\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=case-studies-sum-up-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/support\/library\/case-studies\/geschaftskritische-daten-in-guten-handen-dank-open-e-joviandss\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=case-studies-sum-up-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What kind of solution will we describe next? 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