{"id":51601,"date":"2022-02-23T08:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T07:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/?p=51601"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:06:32","slug":"using-open-e-joviandss-with-microsoft-windows-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/using-open-e-joviandss-with-microsoft-windows-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Open-E JovianDSS with Microsoft Windows Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tMicrosoft is a name that everyone in the tech world and most regular people are familiar with. It makes one of the world\u2019s premier operating systems, Windows, and has a large global following. But for most IT administrators, it\u2019s not so much the Windows OS that brings about so much enthusiasm (or frustration) for Microsoft as another of their products. That product is called Windows Server<\/strong> and, as you can imagine, it\u2019s like a twin of the consumer-based OS but with a special focus on servers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of features that Microsoft could improve on, Windows Server hasn\u2019t always been released with the most reliable or feature-rich data storage solutions on the market, and we definitely feel like the ZFS-based Open-E JovianDSS<\/a> could improve Windows environment including Windows Server by providing a rock-solid base on which to base your data storage needs on. Open-E JovianDSS is a trusted, proven, award-winning product that has years of real use in the data storage market behind it that shows that it just always works, something that\u2019s pretty key for a data storage solution, and it synergizes well with Windows Server. It synergizes well due to several key features such as support, improved security, and performance. In this article, we\u2019ll discuss two use scenarios of how Microsoft Windows products can be used with Open-E JovianDSS: as NAS and SAN. <\/strong>This way, you can choose the ideal use case for your infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n

NAS Configurations<\/span><\/h2>\n

The primary specification to be mentioned when discussing Open-E JovianDSS as network-attached storage in combination with Microsoft Windows is that the connection is performed through SMB protocol. What are the possible functionalities in such a data storage solution? Have a look:<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Copies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One can improve the security and integrity of your data, which is done through snapshots from the Open-E JovianDSS side, and through <\/span>Shadow Copies<\/span><\/a> from the Windows side. Such a system on the base of Open-E JovianDSS creates a sophisticated integration of Open-E JovianDSS snapshots<\/strong> into Microsoft shadow copies, providing maximum protection while simultaneously benefiting from such an alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Server Side Copy Offload<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As to <\/span>server-side copy offloading<\/span><\/a>, this feature can provide you with significant gains in performance as it makes it possible to avoid the file data having to go through the network every time you copy or move data due to the core actions happening server-side<\/strong> and not client-side. This lack of delay significantly improves performance over time and can lead to great overall gains. Open-E JovianDSS provides this feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ACL<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

ACL, or <\/span>Access Control Lists<\/span><\/a>, are literally the \u201cbodyguards\u201d of all the data that is stored on your server that can be connected to your network. This list sorts the permissions to, as you can guess, access anything by a specific user or a group of such users. This way, Windows gives and enforces privileges and Open-E JovianDSS supports them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trim<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It is an advanced technology that helps the operating system to reveal the unused data block that can be erased. This feature helps to improve the allocation process and releases the block space that was recently cleared. This way, such an SSD disk does not overload and may live longer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding the ACLs, they require users and groups to be defined commonly to the whole Windows environment. In order to achieve this, there is a need for a database. For example, Open-E JovianDSS supports two configurations<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n