Open-E Storage Software V6 $(1,393 for 16TB)

Open-E, Inc. announced an update for its latest generation of Open-E IP-storage management software. The operating system, Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6), received a boost, which enriches the functionality by iSCSI volume replication and failover of logical volumes up to 16 TByte, but also integrates a number of minor feature updates. Support for the Qlogic 8Gb FC HBA‘s is now fully ready for initiator and target.

The increase of capacity for volume replication to 16 TByte brings considerable availability advantages by short recovery time from databases and archives. Classical backups need hours to days for these capabilities during restore. Open-E volume replication only needs minutes to a few hours using real-time synchronization and incremental replication.

Because the data is constantly mirrored resyncing is required only for the time period without connection between the original data and replication. This technology coupled with a capacity of 16 TByte offers an unbeatable advantage compared to conventional backup systems and provides significant benefits for businesses that require high availability and data integrity.

"For us, these updates to improve the performance and functionality are very important to develop our products and offer our customers the most efficient and reliable systems," said Krzysztof Franek, president and CEO of Open-E. "With Open-E DSS V6 we want to deliver a compact and price-sensitive solution for businesses of all sizes, integrating the most important business-related functions in the storage operating system."

The storage operating system from Open-E received extensive enhancements and feature updates. The QLogic 8Gb FC HBA is now supported as initiator and target, and the overload of the system by file I/O iSCSI volumes and FC volumes has been fixed. In addition, the system now shuts down correctly and reliably when it is connected to an iSCSI target via the internal iSCSI initiator.

Open-E DSS V6 Fundamentals
The Open-E Data Storage Software V6 is a unified file and block storage management operating system (OS), that offers Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fiber Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) functionality. The superior performance, security and scalability is offered at a fraction of the cost of alternative storage options. Advanced Features of Open-E DSS V6 include data and volume replication, snapshot volumes, automated failover for iSCSI volumes, WORM and NDMP.