NexentaStor vs Open-E JovianDSS
NexentaStor
nexenta.euOpen-E JovianDSS
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| Figure | NexentaStor | Open-E JovianDSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $28.33/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 9 |
| Spec score · NAS Software | 8.5 (#2) | 8.1 (#9) |
| Deployment | It can run on bare metal or as a virtual storage appliance in private cloud and hyper-converged environments. | JovianDSS can run on physical servers or as a virtual storage appliance in hyper-converged environments. |
| Founded | 2005 | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Chatsworth, California, USA | Open-E identifies its worldwide headquarters as Open-E, Inc. in Marietta, Georgia, United States. |
| Product | NexentaStor is software-defined storage that provides unified file and block storage services. | Open-E JovianDSS is Linux- and ZFS-based software-defined storage for NAS, SAN, backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery. |
| Support | The trial page says a Nexenta Solutions Specialist will reach out to support the trial. | The pricing page lists Standard, Premium, and 24/7 support licenses, with one-year and three-year options. |
| Trial | Nexenta offers a 45-day free trial of its software-defined storage suite, including NexentaStor 5.x and NexentaFusion 2.x. | The product page offers a 60-day free trial. |
Plans
NexentaStor
- NexentaStor Enterprise TrialFree
- NexentaStor EnterprisePriced on request
Open-E JovianDSS
- JovianDSS Standard Support — up to 16TB$340 a year
- JovianDSS Product License 0TB — non-shared storage HA cluster$670, paid once
- JovianDSS Product License 0TB — shared storage HA cluster$670, paid once
- JovianDSS Product License 0TB — single node$670, paid once
- JovianDSS Storage Extension — 4TB$670, paid once
- JovianDSS Storage Extension — 8TB$1,060, paid once
- JovianDSS Standard HA Cluster Feature Pack$1,200, paid once
- JovianDSS Storage Extension — 16TB$1,690, paid once
- JovianDSS Advanced Metro HA Cluster Feature Pack$3,610, paid once
In their own words
NexentaStor
NexentaStor is software-defined storage for enterprise applications, combining file services over NFS and SMB with block services over Fibre Channel and iSCSI. It is presented for databases, enterprise NAS, private cloud, virtual workloads, backup, and archives, and can scale from terabytes to petabytes. It runs on bare-metal hardware or as a virtual storage appliance in private-cloud and hyper-converged environments. Its perpetual license includes inline data reduction, unlimited snapshots, long-distance replication, and NexentaFusion management. Administrators can also use a VMware vCenter plugin or a self-documenting REST API. Named integrations or certifications include VMware, Microsoft, OpenStack, Commvault, Veeam, and NetBackup. Nexenta describes SMB 3 encryption and Windows-style access control lists for file storage, and a checksummed, self-healing filesystem for backup. Enterprise Edition includes scheduled replication for recovery point objectives of 15 minutes or longer; continuous replication requires an extra license. Pricing is on request, with a 45-day trial available after registration.
Open-E JovianDSS
Open-E JovianDSS is Linux- and ZFS-based software-defined storage for NAS, SAN, backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery. It supports iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS, SMB (CIFS), and NVMe-oF, and can run on physical servers or as a virtual storage appliance in hyper-converged environments. Listed virtualization compatibility includes VMware, Proxmox, Citrix, and Microsoft Hyper-V. Its storage features include pools, unlimited scalability, unlimited file and volume size, and unlimited snapshots and clones. It supports shared-storage and non-shared-storage high-availability clusters, plus snapshot-based backup and replication for on-site and off-site protection. JovianDSS Up33 supports native ZFS encryption at dataset or volume level. Licensing depends on architecture and capacity: mirrored arrays use usable capacity, while parity arrays count disk capacity excluding cache and spares. Prices include a 670.00 USD one-time 0TB product license and a 670.00 USD one-time 4TB extension. A 60-day trial is offered; there is no free plan.