Open-E DSS V7 is a fully featured NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Network) software platform. NAS offers support for multiple file protocols which enable you to build cross-platform solutions and SAN offers iSCSI Target and Fibre Channel Target functionalities. Open-E DSS V7 contains the following high-end features, ideal for demanding virtualized environments, High Availability storage clusters, network environments with many clients, CCTV, backup and more: Active-Active NFS and iSCSI Failover, Active-Passive NFS and iSCSI Failover, Storage Virtualization, Continuous data protection, Volume replication, Multiple scheduled snapshots, Hyper-V cluster support, and is at the same time VMware Ready and Citrix Ready. The flexible design and excellent scalability of Open-E DSS V7 enables companies and institutions of all sizes to create effective storage solutions that can meet and adapt to the simplest or the most complex data management needs.Open-E DSS V7 brings superior performance, extensibility and reliability, and is out of the box tuned to provide high data-throughput and data protection for centralized storage. No need for an additional operating system - Open-E DSS V7 helps businesses to implement cost-effective data storage solutions by providing complete management software. Open-E DSS V7 will turn any commodity server into an enterprise data storage appliance. Thanks to compatibility with VMware, Citrix Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V, the software is an ideal tool for cloud storage and virtualization environments. Building a storage server using Open-E DSS V7 can be done in minutes thanks to the simple installation and configuration process. Additionally, ongoing management and maintenance of the server is straightforward and user-friendly.