Open-E DSS Powers Blade-Based Storage Appliance

By DE Editors

Open-E, Inc. (Redwood City, CA), a developer of innovative storage management software, announced its premiere Data Storage Server (DSS) IP-Storage operating system now powers Verari Systems’ (San Diego, CA; http://www.verari.com) SB5165XL StorageServer. Verari’s all-in-one unified network attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI SAN solution is a high-capacity, blade-based storage appliance, which the company says is the first in the industry.

Open-E’s DSS, an all-in-one, fourth-generation OS software for centralized IP-storage management, enables the SB5165XL’s NAS and iSCSI SAN storage networking functionality. Purpose-built for the Verari Systems BladeRack 2 XL platform and the Verari FOREST containerized data center solution, the SB5165XL StorageServer appliance consists of an SB1165XL server blade and up to two SB1056XL disk blades, providing up to 24TBs of RAID 6 protected capacity. One platform can house up to 24 StorageServers delivering 576 terabytes of unified storage in two data center floor tiles while a FOREST container solution handles up to 12 petabytes of capacity.

The iSCSI capabilities of the SB5165XL StorageServer, made possible by Open-E’s DSS storage software, simplify the migration of data resident in server blades to networked storage while the StorageServer’s NAS-based file services are complementary to its IP network-based services. Applications that require file sharing are ideally suited for the SB5165XL, which may deliver significant ease of use, provide heterogeneous data sharing and enable organizations to automate and simplify their data management.

DSS also allows for the teaming of multiple Network Interface Contollers, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and Infiniband.

For information, contact Open-E, Inc.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.