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Simplify, enhance, and reduce operational costs of your storage environment with data storage software that works well with the VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft virtualization platforms.

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NAS Filer

NAS (Network Attached Storage) is a storage technology that can simplify your work and improve the collaborative process in your company. Primarily, NAS is dedicated for file sharing – delivering necessary capabilities for storing and sharing data. Solutions based on NAS have been mostly used by small and medium enterprises (SME) needing reliable storage without protocol or connectivity restrictions.

Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active HA-Cluster with VMware ESXi 5.5

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Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active HA-Cluster with VMware ESXi 5.5

We prepared an easy to follow video tutorial for our data storage software – Open-E DSS V7. Our moderator will take you through the complete configuration process of creating Active-Active …

Hyper-V setup and tuning iSCSI failover (SAN)

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Hyper-V setup and tuning iSCSI failover (SAN)

During the past few years more and more businesses of all shapes and sizes started taking advantage of server virtualization. After all, thanks to this technology organizations are able to …

Tuning iSCSI Target settings for VMware ESX

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Tuning iSCSI Target settings for VMware ESX

Lately, we have been getting enquiries from Open-E DSS V7 users about VMware settings. That’s why we decided to prepare a webcast explaining how to tune iSCSI Target settings for …

LSI RAID as passthrough device for VMware ESX

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Product: Open-E DSS V7

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LSI RAID as passthrough device for VMware ESX

Jul 16, 2013

00:31:28

Todd Maxwell

  • Installing Open-E DSS V7 as VSA
  • Enabling RAID as passthrough device in vClient
  • Adding the RAID to Open-E DSS V7
  • Creating RAID unit using Open-E DSS V7 Web GUI and MSSM
  • Checking the performance from the console accessing the log file
Open-E Data Storage Software V7 verified as Citrix Ready

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Open-E Data Storage Software V7 verified as Citrix Ready

Open-E is happy to announce that its latest software release has received Citrix Ready® verification The Citrix Ready designation indicates that Open-E DSS V7 completed a rigorous verification process to …

Voting time! Open-E DSS V7 receives another award nomination

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Voting time! Open-E DSS V7 receives another award nomination

Once again this year, we have been recognized by the storage industry and received a nomination for an award. This time, Open-E DSS V7 has been selected for the Storage …

Warming Up for Intel Solutions Summit 2013

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Warming Up for Intel Solutions Summit 2013

We are excited to be back for another Intel Solution Summit (ISS). This year, it will be hosted at the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland ISS 2013 gathers top Intel …

Open-E DSS V7 as a Virtual Machine - Best Practices

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Category: Virtualization

Product: Open-E DSS V7

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Open-E DSS V7 as a Virtual Machine - Best Practices

Apr 3, 2013

01:18:08

Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer

  • Installation and configuration of Open-E DSS V7 as a Virtual Machine
  • Para-virtual SCSI and VMXNET3 drivers
  • Configuration of a RAID Controller as PCI DirectPath Device vs. RAW Device Mapping
  • Host Cache Configuration
  • Starting the VM and simple test setup with iSCSI Target and Public NAS share
Get the most out of your storage with an Active-Active setup!

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Get the most out of your storage with an Active-Active setup!

Recent test comparison of Open-E DSS V7 iSCSI Active-Active and Active-Passive Failover proved, how beneficial for the storage system can be to apply the Active-Active configuration. Better throughput and faster …