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iSCSI Storage

iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) is a type of protocol providing a proficient usage of disk space together with data safety and increased performance. A centralized storage management that uses iSCSI and RAID technologies enables a comfortable administration and reduced downtime in case of a hard drive failure. It enables building SAN (Storage Area Network) storage systems using SCSI disk arrays and Ethernet (TCP / IP). Its main advantage is the ability to create an iSCSI SAN with an extensive use of typical networking elements which facilitates system building and reduces its costs.

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Achieve High Performance in a High Availability Environment with Open-E DSS V7

Having a highly available storage is one thing, but what about its overall performance? Learn how you can achieve both, using Open-E DSS V7 with iSCSI Active-Active Feature Pack.

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Booting from Highly Available iSCSI LUN with Open-E DSS V6 via Storage Area Network (SAN)

The solution of how to boot an operating system from a remote iSCSI disk. This configuration, along with the Automatic iSCSI Failover, allows you to enjoy high availability of resources and better data loss prevention.

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Open-E DSS V6 as a Perfect Solution for Storage Virtualization

Any interruption in access to key information can result in outrageous costs, proving the importance of high availability of company resources. Storage virtualization provides increased performance and security of information exchange and storage.

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Solution for Cloud Hosting Companies

The reason a customer, searching for suitable cloud service, choose one hosting company over another mostly depends on the specific functionality and level of security they offer for a specific (read: low) price. However, finding a proven performance solution for cloud that meets all client’s expectations is not an easy task.

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High availability storage server

Failover is an excellent way to implement <strong>High Availability</strong>. It is a work mode that uses two Open-E Data Storage Software V6 servers (primary and secondary). The secondary server, which has a full up-to-date copy of the data, takes over as the file server in the event of a primary server failure.

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How to connect to an iSCSI target from Microsoft Windows software

If you want to connect to an iSCSI Target Volume over a LAN from a Microsoft Windows system, perform the following steps: 1) Hardware configuration 2) Configure the DSS V6 3) Configure iSCSI Target Properties 4) Initialize the disk from iSCSI target 5) Accessing to the disk.

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NAS (NFS) Failover

High availability is crucial to many applications. Despite using high-quality hardware and superior connection, any node (network, server, storage equipment, etc) is still subject to crashes due to power shortages, communication and equipment faults, fire incidents, maintenance problems or a human factor. These crashes result in a loss of all active connections and data transactions, as well as service termination. The main goal of Failover is to protect company server against such cases.

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Open-E DSS V6 MPIO with Windows 2008

See example configuration of Multipath I/O on Open-E Data Storage Software. To run the Multipath I/O on DSS V6 with Windows 2008 server, perform the following steps: 1) Hardware configuration 2) Configure the DSS V6 3) Multipath I/O on DSS V6 with Windows 2008.

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Service continuity of Windows 2008 failover cluster with Data Storage Software V6 iSCSI Target

Failover Cluster allows multiple computers work together in order to provide high availability of some services. In case of a situation when a node responsible for a service fails, the second one is able to take over this service and prevents from an unexpected downtime.