DSS V7 Functionality overview

Article ID: 2113

Last updated: 19 Mar, 2013

Open-E Data Storage Software V7 is converting any commodity server into an enterprise data storage appliance. In other words, it is a standalone bootable Storage Operating System.

DSS V7 supports NAS and SAN functionality, enabling data access for heterogeneous clients. DSS V7 NAS supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, FTP, sFTP, AFP, HTTPs and Rsync, and more. The SAN supports iSCSI, Fibre Channel. DSS V7 works with a wide range of 1GB and 10GB Ethernet adapters and also works with Infiniband adapters in IPoIB mode.

Please check our HCL list if your HW is supported:

http://www.open-e.com/service-and-support/hardware-compatibility-list/

DSS V7 can manage locally built-in hardware RAID arrays or SATA, SAS and SSD disks with its software RAID. Also, DSS V7 can manage externally connected SAN arrays via iSCSI or Fibre Channel.

Thanks to the built-in Logical Volume Manager, DSS V7 provides simple and reliable ways to virtualize storage. Data Redundancy can be achieved with synchronous volume replication or with snapshot based asynchronous data (files) replication. Two node clusters can be configured easy with High Availability - Active-Active or Active-Passive iSCSI Failover.