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posted on 20 March 2008 11:04

German IP storage software vendor Open-E has a buy one, get one free offer for universities and schools buying its DSS product.

DSS (Data Storage Server) turns a PC server into a network-attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI target and initiator. The PC plus its direct-attached storage can become an IP storage area network (SAN) device or a NAS filer.

Open-E lists its functionality as including:

• Support for a wide variety of hardware RAID platform
• iSCSI Initiator / iSCSI Target
• New Update System
• Volume Replication
• Multiple Network Interface Card (NIC) support
• Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
• Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
• Task Mechanism with Scheduling
• Backup Utility
• Network UPS Support
• Fibre Channel Support
• Multi-CPU Support
• IP-SEC

The hardware requirements are:-

• x86 - compatible PC
• 1 GByte RAM
• CPU (3 GHz Pentium IV or faster are recommended)
• HDD (SATA, SAS, SCSI, ATA) / RAID / Fibre Channel / iSCSI Storage
• Network Interface Card (multicards 1Gb/s recomended for bonding)
• Internal USB

Open-E sells through distributors and they can be found at the bottom of this screen.

^{[Paul Roberts, news editor.]}