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iSCSI storage: a beginner’s guide

Storage management for ever-growing capacity of data is a crucial subject for businesses of all sizes. Simple and reliable storage based on iSCSI can be a good alternative for companies ...

November 26, 2013
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Diary of an admin: Backup and Data Replication

Among many technologies that increase data storage protection, the term ‘replication’ is used very frequently. Replication, as a way of creating an exact data copy between the source storage location ...

October 30, 2013
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Open-E DSS V7 + LSI Nytro = Great Solution

Recently, our QA Lab received the new LSI Nytro MegaRAID. They successfully ran all tests and the product is now listed on our Hardware Compatibility List. The Nytro™ MegaRAID® application ...

September 20, 2013
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Open-E webcast

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Tracking files with SMB user audit

This week’s webcast is about SMB user audit in Open-E DSS V7. To be able to take advantage of this function you will first need to install a small update ...

June 27, 2013
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Open-E webcast

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Connect Open-E DSS V7 to a NIS Server

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 ...

June 13, 2013
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Open-E webcast

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Active-Active HA Cluster setup with MPIO

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 ...

June 06, 2013
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Open-E webcast

<img width="770" height="418" alt="Open-E webcast" data-srcset="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg 770w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-768x417.jpg 768w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" data-src="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="770" height="418" alt="Open-E webcast" data-srcset="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg 770w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-768x417.jpg 768w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" data-src="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="770" height="418" alt="Open-E webcast" data-srcset="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg 770w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-768x417.jpg 768w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" data-src="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="770" height="418" alt="Open-E webcast" data-srcset="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg 770w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-768x417.jpg 768w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" data-src="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="770" height="418" src="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Open-E webcast" srcset="https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast.jpg 770w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-768x417.jpg 768w, https://www.open-e.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webcast-300x162.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" />

Understanding Log Files

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 ...

June 06, 2013
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How to move from Active-Passive to Active-Active mode

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 ...

May 22, 2013
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Open-E webcast

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Installing Open-E DSS V7 with two SSDs in a RAID 1

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 ...

May 07, 2013
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Open-E at Intel Solutions Summit 2013

Warming Up for Intel Solutions Summit 2013

We are excited to be back for another Intel Solution Summit (ISS). This year, it will be hosted at the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland ISS 2013 gathers top Intel ...

April 05, 2013
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