Digital Networks Openvault V2.0

Digital Networks UK Ltd have released version 2.0 of the Openvault storage platform for inclusion on their Teravault range of storage systems.

Providing block based virtualized SAN storage, the Openvault platform supports any combination of iSCSI, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand network fabrics. 10 Gigabit Ethernet is supported with speeds of over 1 gigabyte per second.

   Runs any combination of iSCSI, Fibre Channel or SRP

Openvault also supports file based storage protocols including NFS, CIFS and GlusterFS.

Version 2.0 introduces failover support. The failover service makes it dramatically easier to manage Openvault servers where replication takes place. Multiple IP based storage services are supported including iSCSI, NFS, Samba and GlusterFS. Storage services can be live migrated from one storage server to another – even while clients are connected.

Other new features in version 2.0 include:

• 2.6.35 Linux kernel
• Multiple iSCSI targets
• Improved 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance
• Logging feature with e-mail alerts
• Centralised monitoring records support
• Power distribution units support
• RAID monitoring service

Openvault offers SAN management capabilities at a fraction of the costs traditionally associated with such systems.

Features include:

• Free of license fees
• Web based control panel makes SAN management very easy
• Support for VMware, XenServer, Windows and Linux clients
• iSCSI support over 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet including multiple ports
• Fibre Channel support for 4 and 8 Gigabit
• SRP support over 20 and 40 Gigabit InfiniBand for extreme performance
• Group based security
• Thin provisioning
• Volume replication between servers
• CIFS support
• NFS support

Openvault is available with the Digital Networks Teravault line of storage servers.