Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6) The Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6) is a unified file and block storage management operating system (OS) that provides Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) functionality. This product contains a one year free of charge BASIC Support. Open-E DSS V6 provides superior performance, security, and scalability at a fraction of the cost of alternative storage offerings. Advanced features of Open-E DSS V6 include Data and Volume Replication, Volume Snapshot, Automatic Failover for iSCSI Volumes, WORM and NDMP. Additionally, Open-E DSS V6 supports a wide variety of hardware RAID platforms from the industry’s leading names. The versatility of the Open-E DSS V6 also allows users to combine NAS systems with iSCSI SAN systems, and provides built-in virus protection, while enabling the connection of multiple Network Interface Controllers, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand.
Openfiler — Openfiler - Open Source Storage Management Appliance. Free to cheap(ish) shared storage. Hi Guys, Sorry it's taken me a whole to post, enjoyed the user group, just wish there had been more time to chat to people at the break/end - maybe next time! My email address is in my profile I'm always happy to offer advice and share experiences if anyone wants to contact me. In the mean time here's a quick bit on some free, cheap, and not-so-cheap-but-still-not-expensive SAN options. Hope it's helpful. Free: iSCSI Enterprise Target. Make sure you use version 0.4.15 or newer, it has VMware specific fixes relating to reserve/release, if you use an earlier version you will need to apply a 3rd party patch to your ESX host. You can find a guide on setting up IET here, it talks about doing it in a workstation 6 VM, but the proceedure is pretty much identical for a physical server. Cheap(ish): Mid-range: Cheers, Alex. iSCSI Enterprise Target.