Open-E JovianDSS vs OSNEXUS QuantaStor
Open-E JovianDSS
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| Figure | Open-E JovianDSS | OSNEXUS QuantaStor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $28.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 3 |
| Spec score · NAS Software | 8.1 (#9) | 8.0 (#10) |
| Founded | 1998 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Open-E identifies its worldwide headquarters as Open-E, Inc. in Marietta, Georgia, United States. | Bellevue, Washington, USA |
| Support | The pricing page lists Standard, Premium, and 24/7 support licenses, with one-year and three-year options. | OSNexus lists support contact by phone and email and says it sells QuantaStor through partners including distributors, OEMs, VARs, and system integrators. |
Plans
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
OSNEXUS QuantaStor
- Community EditionFree
- Trial EditionFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
In their own words
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.
OSNEXUS QuantaStor
OSNEXUS QuantaStor manages file, block and object storage in a software-defined platform. Built on Ceph and OpenZFS, it can scale up or out while managing storage across one grid. Administrators can configure it through a web interface designed for IT generalists, or manage and automate Storage Grid servers with CLI tools and REST APIs. QuantaStor is available as ISO installation media for bare metal or virtual machines, and as a VMware OVA appliance. Its Cloud Integration SDK supports automated provisioning, storage-cloud management and auditing through RESTful APIs. OSNEXUS describes data protection in transit and at rest. For Ceph users, listed security features include AES-256 encryption, S3 Object Lock, MFA and RBAC; the Ceph page also lists alerts through email, Slack and SNMP, plus hardware monitoring. The free Community Edition is limited to 80TB raw capacity and four servers per grid, for non-commercial, educational and testing use. The Trial Edition is free for 45 days, with 256TB raw capacity and Enterprise Edition features unlocked.