Got 12 minutes to spare? You can tune in to our new webcast and explore a few facts about NIS as an authentication method for NAS, available to use within Open-E DSS V7. NIS (Network Information Service) maintains and distributes a central directory of user and group information, hostnames etc. within a computer network. In practice, it can provide authentication data to outside processes in order to identify users. In Open-DSS V7, we can connect [...]

So far, during our webcasts and in the how-to materials, we have promoted an Active-Active setup with MPIO and bonding. This time, we will take a closer look at MPIO-only configuration which can be particularly helpful if all your storage network ports are 10GbE. Check out the latest how-to about the Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active Load Balanced iSCSI HA Cluster (without bonding) here. Our moderator will take you through the complete configuration process, showing you [...]

Logs are there to give us the ability to monitor our storage system activities ensuring its normal operations. Whether or not, you’re the person that analyzes logs on a daily basis – it’s always good to know what kind of information you can get out of them. A sample raw log file provides an enormous amount of information and analyzing it is not always an easy task. In the second part of the webcast (watch [...]

We are pleased to launch a new section on our website dedicated to the Open-E Certified Engineer program. Since our training offer has gained a lot of attention from our partners, we are certain all users will find this section very useful. What you can find on there: What is the OECE program and who can benefit from it Typical training agenda with examples of topics covered during training sessions Training locations details List of [...]

Modern smartphones, having a computing power of desktops PCs from mid 2000s, are much more than just phones. Together with their younger siblings – tablets – they essentially became Personal Computers to the degree old-fashioned desktops and laptops were never even close. Did you know that performance of a modern smartphone (e.g. Motorola Droid) is 15 times more than of iconic Cray 1 supercomputer from early 80s? Source: walkingrandomly.com Although accessing emails from your phone [...]

Moving from Active-Passive to Active-Active failover mode may seem a complicated task. In a new 20-minute webcast our moderator will prove how easy it is with Open-E DSS V7. As usual you will also get a bunch of tips for managing your Open-E software. Here are some of the topics which were discussed this time: How to verify if the existing volume replication is consistent and why is it important? Activating Active-Active iSCSI Failover Feature [...]

Once again this year, we have been recognized by the storage industry and received a nomination for an award. This time, Open-E DSS V7 has been selected for the Storage Award, in the category of Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year. This follows a recent nomination for the Datacentre Storage Software Product of the Year, and proves that our efforts to provide versatile storage management software for every business are appreciated by users and the [...]

Getting started with new software is often the hardest part. To make the Open-E DSS V7 configuration process easier for you, we prepared an easy to follow webcast – now available on our website. It explores the basics of installing Open-E software, setting it up as a Virtual Machine and creating simple NAS and iSCSI volumes. Check out the topics below, to get an idea of what are we going to talk about this time: [...]

Installing Open-E DSS V7 in your system may be done in multiple ways. In this webcast, our host presents how to use SSD drives in a RAID 1 configuration as a boot drive. Additionally, you will be given a lot of practical tips about the installation of our software in general. Together with our moderator, you will go through the process of configuring SSDs in a RAID 1 using the onboard RAID controller and installing [...]

We are pleased to announce that we are among the finalists of the 2013 Datacentre Solutions Awards. Out of many nominated solutions, we have been shortlisted in the category of Datacentre Storage Software Product of the Year. The awards feature 19 categories and finalists were selected by prominent UK editors and analysts. The Data Centre Solutions Awards reward the products, projects and services as well as honor companies and teams operating in data center fields. [...]