Special Offer by Open-E for Educational Institutions

Open-E, Inc. presents an offer to all educational institutions – any organization in the education sector that purchases a license of the Open-E Data Storage Software V6 operating system (DSS V6) with 4, 8 or 16 TB will get twice the purchased capacity for the same price. For example, the customer gets not only the acquired 16 TB license but an additional 16 TB of storage capacity for free and can set up a storage system with a total of 32 TB.

This special offer applies for all educational institutions ranging from schools to colleges and universities. The storage expansion capacity key for the Open-E DSS storage operating system V6 will be provided by Open-E after the necessary proof of purchase of the basic product has been submitted by the educational institution. Open-E will confirm the authenticity of the request and reply back with the additional storage capacity. Part of the authentication is registering with Open-E at our website. The Educational institutions can register in advance.

"Open-E wants to support the educational sector with this offer and provide academic and other educational institutions with special discounts for Open-E software when they use Open-E DSS V6 as part of their IT infrastructure," said Krzysztof Franek, president and CEO of Open-E. "The discount doubles the   capacity while purchasing an Open-E DSS V6 (4/8/16 TB). This gives the educational institutions more power on very reasonable terms."

Registered resellers and partners will benefit
This offer is also interesting for registered resellers. Depending on expertise and portfolio, the partners can offer attractive storage solutions based on the chosen hardware platform and components, as well as on the operating system Open-E DSS V6. According to requirements, the customer from the education sector gets a comprehensive and, above all, efficient storage system which partners can adopt perfectly and which is extremely favorable. Potential customers can directly contact the partners and get an offer for the solution when submitting the necessary confirmation.

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

Designed for versatile and flexible use with a variety of hardware RAID platforms of leading providers, Open-E DSS V6 allows the combination of NAS devices and iSCSI SAN systems, and the integration of multiple network interface controllers including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel. The Open-E DSS supports logical volumes greater than 16 V6 TB. The software is available with a license capacity of 4, 8, and 16 TB. Optionally, the capacity can be expanded.