Data Storage for Virtualization Articles

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Active-Active HA Cluster Solution for Windows 2012 Hyper-V Cluster

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Category: Virtualization

Product: Open-E DSS V7

Language: English

Active-Active HA Cluster Solution for Windows 2012 Hyper-V Cluster

Feb 21, 2013

01:07:05

  • Open-E DSS V7 iSCSI Failover Active-Active Cluster step-by-step setup
  • 2 nodes Hyper-V Cluster step-by-step setup
  • Create a virtual machine
  • Testing planned and unplanned failover
Open-E DSS V7 declared VMware Ready™

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Open-E DSS V7 declared VMware Ready™

Open-E is happy to announce its latest software release achieved the VMware Ready™ status. The VMware Ready™ designation indicates that after a detailed validation process Open-E Data Storage Software Version …

Typical Administrator tasks done while iSCSI Failover is running

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Category: High Availability

Product: Open-E DSS V7

Language: English

Typical Administrator tasks done while iSCSI Failover is running

Jan 8, 2013

01:30:02

Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer

  • Add new volumes into a running cluster
  • Remove a volume from a running cluster
  • Move volumes between resource pools for load balancing tuning
  • Expand the volume size while the cluster is running
  • Power outage simulation of both cluster nodes and starting the cluster after a power restore
  • Software update while running a cluster

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Achieve High Performance in a High Availability Environment with Open-E DSS V7

Having a highly available storage is one thing, but what about its overall performance? Learn how you can achieve both, using Open-E DSS V7 with iSCSI Active-Active Feature Pack.

Storage Solutions with iSCSI Auto Failover to install your Virtual Machine

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Category: Virtualization

Product: Open-E DSS V7

Language: English

Storage Solutions with iSCSI Auto Failover to install your Virtual Machine

Nov 20, 2012

00:27:06

Todd Maxwell - Director of Technical Sales

  • Verify your ISCSI Auto Failover
  • Check your VIP via Ping from ESX
  • Connect the ESX server to the VIP
  • Use iSCSI Storage Adapter in ESX
  • Create the Datastore from the Target
  • Install the Virtual Machine
  • Failover while installing the Virtual
  • Machine to test Failover is working
Next series of OECE Training events for partners starts in October

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Next series of OECE Training events for partners starts in October

OECE Training events are back! Open-E offers partners the opportunity to become an Open-E Certified Engineer (OECE). During a two day training session, engineers get a chance to obtain skills …

Open-E DSS V7 as a virtual machine on VMware

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Open-E DSS V7 as a virtual machine on VMware

Most of us use Virtual Environments for production, testing, training or just for a demo. This is why we would like to be sure you know how to install our …

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Asynchronous Volume Replication of VMware Virtual Machines with DSS V6 and Acronis Backup & Recovery software

This article shows practical solution that can be used as a replacement for Asynchronous Volume Replication in customers environment. The solution describes how effectively prevent a decrease in performance when saving files to storage in organizations which has several regional branches located worldwide.

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Booting from Highly Available iSCSI LUN with Open-E DSS V6 via Storage Area Network (SAN)

The solution of how to boot an operating system from a remote iSCSI disk. This configuration, along with the Automatic iSCSI Failover, allows you to enjoy high availability of resources and better data loss prevention.

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VMware, VMotion and Open-E DSS V6 - how-to in 21 steps

A short step-by-step manual: How to install and use VMware with VMotion in cooperation with Open-E DSS V6.