End of Life for Upgrades to Open-E DSS V6

Open-E, Inc. terminates technical support for EoL-products and upgrades to the current version of its data storage software on May 31, 2011.
 
Users, who are currently working with Open-E DSS, NAS-R3 or iSCSI-R3, should hurry up because software developer Open-E provides technical support for these products and upgrades to the latest version 6 only until May 31, 2011. After that date a new product has to be purchased.
 
"To use the latest features of our storage software an upgrade to Open-E DSS V6 is definitely needed", explains Krzysztof Franek, President and CEO of Open-E. "With purchasing an Upgrade License Key customers will additionally receive 1 year of technical Standard Support."
 
About Open-E DSS V6
Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (Open-E DSS V6) is a unified file and block storage management OS that provides NAS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel SAN functionality. It provides performance, security, and scalability at a fraction of the cost of alternative storage offerings.
 
Advanced features of Open-E DSS V6 include Data and Volume Replication, Volume Snapshot, Automatic iSCSI Failover and Automatic NAS (NFS) Failover for high availability, Remote Mirroring for disaster recovery, WORM support for digital archiving, and NDMP support for universal backup. Additionally, Open-E DSS V6 supports a variety of hardware RAID platforms from the industry’s leading names. The versatility of Open-E DSS V6 also allows users to combine NAS systems with iSCSI SAN systems. It provides built-in virus protection, while enabling the connection of multiple Network Interface Controllers, including 1Gb Ethernet, 10Gb Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Open-E DSS V6 is easy to install on any server hardware and converts a bare metal server into a GUI manageable storage appliance.
 
Open-E DSS V6 supports logical volumes greater than 16 TB. The software is available with a licensed capacity of 4, 8, 16 and unlimited TB. Optionally, the initial system capacity can be expanded with upgrades.