Major enhancements to Open-E DSS software for SMB and SME Markets
16 October 2008 Source: www.open-e.com
Unified File and Block Storage Management Solution Now Features Automatic Failover for High-Availability Clusters; WORM Support for Digital Archiving; and NDMP Support for Universal Backup.
Open-E, a leading provider of unified file and block management software solutions, has introduced major enhancements to the Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS). The new enhancements - automatic failover for high-availability clusters; WORM (Write Once Read Many) support for digital archiving; and NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) support for universal backup - provide better data security, increased fault tolerance, and improved availability of all data, ultimately delivering better overall performance and value.
"The rapid growth of data proliferation requires enterprises to find high performance yet cost-effective storage management solutions," said Stuart Fisher, Senior Director of Business Development of Advance Industrial Computer, Inc (AIC). "Open-E continues to exceed customer demands by delivering unified NAS/SAN solutions that set new standards of price and performance for flexible network storage systems."
Open-E DSS Delivers Superior Performance and Functionality for SMB and SME Markets
Open-E DSS provides superior performance, reliability, and scalability delivered at a fraction of the cost of alternative offerings.
Automatic failover enables Open-E DSS server to automatically switch over from a primary storage server to a secondary one in the event the primary server fails - or to simplify scheduled maintenance. Such functionality is ideal for high-availability environments such as financial institutions.
The WORM feature allows data to be permanently written to disk and available for reading only, thus preventing accidental modification or erasure of data. This feature improves performance in environments (such as healthcare and government agencies) where documents are required to be retained for long periods.
Support for NDMP allows Open-E DSS to control backup and recovery data streams between a primary storage data server and a secondary one in heterogeneous network environments. Open-E's implementation of NDMP is supported by Symantec Netbackup, EMC Legato Networker, CA Brightstor, and others. NDMP enables organizations to seamlessly integrate new backup applications with existing ones.
"Our next-generation Open-E DSS product offering continues our commitment to create a scalable, unified storage management solution that gives customers flexibility, enterprise-class performance and functionality at SMB prices," said Krzysztof Franek, CEO, Open-E.