Release of Open-E DSS V6

Open-E, Inc. added new features to its Open-E IP Storage Management software. The new release of Open-E DSS V6 integrates features such as via script (API) executable snapshots, which allows users to obtain periodical snapshots from consistent databases at the volume level.

"Our new release of Open-E DSS V6 provides customers with new features and greater reliability via optimizations and extensions of existing functions," says Open-E President and CEO Krzysztof Franek. "This will optimize the performance of our flexible and scalable storage management solution, at an extremely attractive price and with an unprecedented level of performance."

The new release of Open-E DSS V6 can be downloaded from the Open-E Web site, and can be installed on all data volumes including internal hard drives, RAID arrays, USB, SATA, or any other bootable medium.

New features
The most important functional extension in the new release of Open-E DSS V6 is the option to manage snapshots automatically via scripts through the Application Programming Interface (API). This is particularly significant when it comes to database protection, as this feature allows for periodic and consistent backup of the entire database structure. Consistent Snapshots can be created during the time when the database is in a consistent state and the data won‚t be changed during this process. The scripts use the Open-E DSS V6 API, which has been continuously extended feature wise by Open-E.

API features allowing a wide range of common computing functions to be written to provide customers the ability to operate on many different systems to perform a vast amount of tasks.

Additional optimizations in the new release include an extension of the tape management utility, which now includes barcode support and tape magazine management, thus greatly enhancing automation. HP Smart Array Management has also been upgraded in such a way that if an array disk fails, this information is passed to Open-E DSS V6 and the system administrator receives a warning message immediately.

Features of Open-E DSS V6
Open-E data storage software V6 (DSS V6) is a unified file and block storage management software featuring Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI and Fiber Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) functionality. The software provides outstanding performance, security and scalability at a fraction of the price of alternative storage solutions. Extended Open-E DSS V6 functions include data and volume replication, volume snapshots, integrated virus protection, volume replication, and automatic failover for iSCSI volumes, WORM and NDMP.

Having been developed as a versatile and flexible solution for use in conjunction with numerous hardware RAID platforms from leading vendors, Open-E DSS V6 enables users to combine NAS and iSCSI SAN systems, as well as to integrate multiple network interface controllers, including gigabit Ethernet and fiber channel solutions. Open-E DSS V6 supports logical volumes exceeding 16 TBs, and is available with license capacities amounting to 4, 8 and 16 TBs which could be extended with capacity license keys.

With over 12,000 installations, in over 90 countries, Open-E data storage solutions are used by Fortune 500 customers world-wide.

Availability
The new release of Open-E DSS V6 is available now from the Open-E Web site, where Version V6 customers can download the update free of charge. The new version is easy to install via the update function.