Open-E announces six gen DSS V6 IP-Storage operating system
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jul 1, 2009 at 4:00pm
Open-E, a developer of storage management software, has announced the general availability of its sixth generation Data Storage Software (DSS) V6 IP-Storage operating system.
The new DSS V6 storage management software, with a new architecture, user interface and with more advanced functionality than previous versions, can be downloaded from Open-E’s web site and installed to any media including internal HDD, RAID Array, USB, SATA and IDE DOM (Disk-On-Module), or any other bootable media.
The Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6) is a unified file and block storage management operating system (OS) that offers Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) functionality. Advanced features of Open-E DSS V6 include Data and Volume Replication, Volume Snapshot, Automatic Failover for iSCSI Volumes, WORM and NDMP and built-in virus protection.
Open-E DSS V6 allow users to combine NAS systems with iSCSI SAN systems, while enabling the connection of multiple Network Interface Controllers, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. The Open-E DSS V6 supports logical volumes greater than 16TB. The software is available with standard license capacity of 4TB, 8TB, and 16TB. Extension keys can be purchased to add additional storage capacities from 2TB to 64TB.
The free version Open-E DSS V6 Lite, licensed for 2TB of storage and up to 10 downloads per user, can be easily downloaded by registering and downloaded simply registering and downloaded at Open-E’s portal. To accommodate growth, Open-E DSS V6 Lite is extendable with capacity license and support keys and can be upgraded to the full working version of Open-E DSS V6. Older Open-E DSS versions can be upgraded to Open-E DSS V6 for US$420 end user price.
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