Open-E JovianDSS Virtualization Options: Your Hypervisor-agnostic Data Storage
As virtualization is one of the most effective data storage practices, you should be able to choose from a wide range of hypervisors to pick the one that most likely suits your preferences. That is exactly why we care about providing hypervisor-agnostic data storage solutions. In fact, 80% of Open-E implementations involve virtualization, whether it’s data storage for virtualization or virtualized storage, and it supports VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox, Xen, XenServer, Citrix, XCP-ng, and more. The result is a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable solution for virtualization that offers high availability, high performance, and data efficiency.
Open-E JovianDSS utilizes Thin Provisioning and Overallocation (through iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and NFS protocols) to host hundreds of virtual machines in a relatively small storage space. Thanks to its flexibility, you can use Open-E JovianDSS as a physical data storage backend for virtualization and a virtualized data storage (virtual machine) within the hypervisor.
Hypervisor-agnostic Software
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Proxmox VE
Integration
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VMware-ready
Data Storage
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Possible Models of Open‑E JovianDSS Deployments
in Virtual Environments
Open-E JovianDSS as a Storage Backend for the Hypervisor
Benefits:
- Native (higher than virtualized) storage performance
- A straightforward, easy-to-configure solution
- More flexibility in terms of hardware and storage infrastructure
Note! This configuration requires 2 physical servers and it results in higher TCO (total cost of ownership). It also has more potential points of hardware failure than other models.
Open-E JovianDSS as Virtualized Storage Within the Hypervisor
Benefits:
- Convenient maintenance with full remote management
- Faster deployment compared to a solution with a hardware-based storage backend
- Less hardware is required
Note! In this configuration, the CPU is shared with the hypervisor, storage, and virtual machines which results in lower storage performance. Additionally, the hypervisor is a single point of failure here.
Open-E JovianDSS as Virtualized Storage Within a HA Cluster of VMware Hypervisors
Benefits:
- Eliminates a single point of failure due to failovers between both the storage servers and the hypervisors.
- Ensures uninterrupted operations in typical failure scenarios.
Note! This configuration requires 2 physical servers and it results in higher TCO.
Open-E JovianDSS as a Storage Backend in Fully Virtualized Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
Benefits:
- All infrastructure – inc. networking – is fully virtualized and therefore fully configurable
- Less IT infrastructure complexity
- Deploys on commodity hardware
- Most efficient maintenance and management
- Lowest TCO in many scenarios
Note! This configuration is not suitable for scenarios that require the highest possible performance available e.g. big data processing.
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- Energy conservation
- Seamless hardware integration and availability
- Facilitation of capacity expansion
- Centralized management
- Data protection in a novel ecosystem
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Webinar Video
WEBINAR | Cut Proxmox VE Data Storage Costs 20% | Open-E JovianDSS Plugin Overview & Live Demo
Watch a detailed solution breakdown showing where the 20% savings come from, followed by an in-depth live demo by Janusz Bak, Open-E CTO, who demonstrates the full feature set and functionality step-by-step.
Certified Server
Open-E JovianDSS HA2026-HC Cluster-in-a-Box
The Open-E JovianDSS HA2026-HC Cluster-in-a-Box is a high-availability, purpose-built data storage system engineered for mission-critical enterprise workloads. Developed in collaboration with Abacus and AIC, this solution combines high-performance all-flash NVMe hardware with enterprise-grade software-defined storage. Featuring active-active dual-node redundancy, full ZFS data integrity, native dataset encryption, real-time deduplication, and automated self-healing, it delivers seamless zero-downtime operation for demanding environments.
Solution
Open-E JovianDSS Integration with Proxmox VE - Efficient Virtualization with Open-source Solution
See how our team took hypervisor-agnosticism to the next level! Experience a new, stable, and reliable way of managing your virtual machines & their data thanks to Open-E JovianDSS storage back-end for Proxmox VE!
Data Sheet
Open-E JovianDSS Plugin for Proxmox VE | Unified iSCSI & NFS Solution
Streamline your hyper-converged infrastructure administration without paying a premium price tag. Get complete hardware efficiency and zero wasted spend.
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Find the Exact License for Your Storage Setup
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