ADMINISTRATION

Web-based Graphical User Interface
The powerful and convenient Web-based GUI (Graphical User Interface) of the Open-E DSS V6 software makes remote management of the server a simple task. By using a web-browser, the server can be easily managed from anywhere in the network.

Secure Administration Access
Open-E DSS V6 is accessed and configured through a web-based, password-protected GUI over Secured Socket Layer (SSL) administration access.

Remote Access for Console
The Open-E DSS V6 supports remote access of the console tool enabling management of the server from anywhere in the network. Through the console tool, an administrator monitors the status of the network and memory usage, install drivers and hardware and perform other tasks.

Automated Update of OS
Update downtime is reduced with the new Update System feature making it possible to reboot from the old system.

Task Manager
Management of all the tasks is much easier and convenient using the unified task mechanism with scheduling for data and volume replication, backup and snapshot. Tasks are scheduled as to when to activate and may have many schedules.

Schedule Manager
Most of the functions implemented in the Open-E software include schedule functionality, allowing in example to create backups, snapshots and run replication process at precisely determine time.

NETWORK MANAGMENT

Multiple Network Interface Card Support
The Open-E DSS V6 supports usage of two or more network cards to access separate sub-networks or to increase the bandwidth and allows administrators to select services to be enabled on a specified NIC.

10 Gb Ethernet Support
To improve the data throughput and latency, the Data Storage Software V6 supports 10 GbE to increase bandwidth, improve overall performance, and reduce message latency across connections. The Open-E DSS V6 supports some 10GbE cards with TCP/IP.

Proxy Settings
With Open-E DSS V6 you can use proxy server for Internet connections.

Jumbo Frames Support
The Open-E DSS V6 Supports the frame sizes (e.g. packets) larger than 1500 bytes. This function increases Ethernet networking throughput and reduces the CPU utilization of large file transfers.

STORAGE MANAGEMENT

Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 with E-Mail Notification
The integrated software RAID 0, 1, 5 provides more flexibility and cost savings while creating Open-E DSS V6 Lite storage solutions. The Open-E Open-E DSS V6 offers highest flexibility in redundancy, performance, costs and storage volume. Email alerts are sent to the system administrator in case of issues with the RAID through the DSS software.

S.M.A.R.T. with E-Mail Notification
Open-E DSS V6 software includes S.M.A.R.T support for detecting and reporting the status of the Hard Disk Drives (HDD) anticipated on failures.\nEmail alerts are sent to the system administrator in case of HDD problems through Open-E DSS V6 software.

Single and multiple FibreChannel HBA Support (initiator mode)
For higher bandwidth, bettter latency and performance, the Open-E DSS V6 version Supports Fibre Channel HBAs (Host Bus Adapter) from Emulex and Qlogic. Fibre Channel is the standard connection type for connecting high speed storage devices, like the Open-E DSS, to computers in SAN.

Support for Logical Volumes over 16 TB
Open-E DSS V6 supports volumes with capacity greater than 16TB.

Multiple Logical Volumes and Groups
Logical volume groups allow storage administrators to create logical storage pools that span multiple physical disk drives. With its support of multiple logical volume groups, the Open-E DSS V6 makes it easier to meet the changing needs of users and applications while making the maximum use of available physical disk space.

Support for Online Capacity Expansion
A hardware RAID controllers' expansion capability supports the increase of size of existing units without removing data.

Built-in LSI RAID manager
Open-E DSS provides a dedicated built-in administration panel for LSI RAID cards. The following cards are supported:\nMegaRAID SAS 1078\nMegaRAID SAS 1078DE\nMegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator]\nMegaRAID SAS 9240\nMegaRAID SAS Verde ZCR\nMegaRAID SAS 2208 [Thunderbolt]

SSD caching support
Open-E DSS V6 supports Adaptec MaxIQ SSD cache kit which enables the server to store frequently used data on a fast SSD drive. This powerful caching solution can make the storage operate up to 8 times faster than the HDD-only solution. It can be used with any Adaptec Series 5Z, 5 or 2 Storage Controller. All you have to do is to get the Adaptec MaxIQ SSD cache Kit and use its SSD drive with your Storage Controller. Then DSS will automatically use it.

STORAGE MANAGEMENT / REPLICATIONS

Synchronous Volume Replication over LAN with iSCSI failover
Synchronous replication is used to replicate data between nodes of iSCSI failover. As used in the LAN ensures zero data loss and good performance.

Data (file) Replication over LAN
With Open-E DSS V6 you are able to keep your data synchronized between servers on the LAN.

Fast initial volume synchronization
Open-E DSS V6 features fast initial volume synchronization for volume replication.

MONITORING

SNMP v2, v3
SNMP is a shortcut of Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol allowing you to observe Servers performance remotely using encrypted transmission (v3) or non-encrypted one (v2).

Log Function
The Open-E log file is an effective instrument in analyzing and solving technical issues.

HARDWARE SUPPORT

UPS and Network UPS Support
A UPS eliminates the effects of a temporary power outage and provides a safe shutdown, without loss of data, in case of power failure. The UPS device can be connected by Communications Port (COM-port) or Universal Serial Bus (USB) to the server.\n\nOpen-E DSS V6 is capable of using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) interface for communication with other SNMP-enabled servers (e.g. Open-E DSS) for a smooth server shutdown in the event of a power failure. The server with the UPS sends a power failure signal through the network to other servers (in slave mode) and will shut down all servers in the network.

SPECIFIC NAS FUNCTIONALITY

Windows Active Directory / Primary Domain Controller
Open-E DSS V6 supports ADS (Windows Active Directory), PDC (Primary Domain Controller), LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and ADS & NIS (Network Information Service) User-/Group ID Synchronization to leverage information about users, groups, systems and other resources stored in the Active Directory. The support of Access Control List (ACL) ensures that access rights of users are automatically taken over from the Domain. Open-E DSS V6 supports Windows 2008 as a Domain Controller. If you use Active Directory Services from Windows 2008, Open-E DSS V6 will be able to connect and make use of it.

Internal and External LDAP
The Open-E DSS V6 supports external LDAP enabling administrators to configure and manage multiple DSS V6 systems from one single point (either an Open-E software with a LDAP database or any other LDAP server).

File System with Journaling Support
Journaling support makes the file system more reliable and allows easier, faster recovery from unexpected shutdowns.

Antivirus
Open-E DSS V6 has an integrated Antivirus software tool for scanning shares on viruses at predefined points in time. The Virus Definition Database can be updated and is stored on the NAS device.

SUPPORTED NETWORKS CLIENTS

SUPPORTED NETWORK FILE PROTOCOLS

SPECIFIC ISCSI FUNCTIONALITY

CHAP User Management
In Open-E DSS V6, CHAP users can be assigned to a specific iSCSI target. CHAP is an authentication schema, managed by user name and password, to validate the identity of users to manage the access rights of users to targets.

iSCSI Failover **

Open-E DSS V6 provides fault tolerance via iSCSI Volume Replication. Data is copied in real time to the primary server and every change is immediately mirrored to a secondary server and in the event of a failure (e.g. I/O errors) of the primary server Open-E DSS V6 automatically switches operations to the secondary server.

Session Management
The Open-E DSS V6 allows management of all connections to the iSCSI target, making possible to reject unwanted sessions

BACKUP UTITLITY

Integrated Backup System
The Open-E DSS V6 includes integrated backup utility, allowing users to profit form high functionality backup features including: task mechanism with schedules, virtual tapes, tape library Support - without any additional costs.

Support for Tape Libraries, Autoloaders, Retention Time
Automate backups with use of tape drive libraries. Set schedule for tapes to be rewritten for new backup.

NDMP v3.0 Support (Network Data Management Protocol)
Open-E DSS V6 implementation of the NDMP open standard protocol is used to control backup and recovery data streams between primary storage (data server) and secondary storage (tape server) in heterogeneous network environments. Support for NDMP includes reading data from disk and producing an NDMP data stream (backup) and reading of an NDMP data stream and writing it to disk (restore).
Open-E\\'s NDMP implementation is supported by the following backup utilities:
Symantec NetBackup, EMC Legato Networker, NDMP Client and Computer Associates Brightstor.

OTHER

Setup Wizard
The first time Open-E DSS V6 starts the Setup Wizard assists you with the language, network and time settings.

New, improved help system allows browsing and searching through all help files, making administration of Open-E DSS V6 even simpler.

Open-E DSS V6 allows saving the system configuration and restore if it required even on different Open-E server increasing the reliability and simplifying the management.

Displays information about current connections to the Open-E DSS V6 system.

Open-E DSS V6 includes Remote Support which enables our Support Service to access the machine remotely. In many cases this can help speed problem resolution. For security reasons this function can only be initiated by you manually.

Overall storage capacity supported by default by Open-E DSS V6. Those values can be increased with additional License Keys. The storage limit is turned off when 48TB of licensed capacity is reached.

License Key enabling additional Storage Capacity with additional 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 TB depending on used License Key. The storage limit is turned off when 48TB of licensed capacity is reached. You can buy any of the Open-E DSS V6 versions and purchase additional storage license keys. When you reach 48TB, the limit is removed and you can use as much storage space as the product supports.