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Macle’s HP Proliant DL380e now certified by Open-E

Gen8 storage system 687567-DSS with Open-E DSS V7 is now officially certified

Atlanta, Georgia; Munich, Germany – October 9, 2013: Open-E and partner macle today announced that the HP Proliant DL380e - Gen8 storage system 687567-DSS is now an Open-E Certified Storage Server. The high performance storage solution is available in macle’s product portfolio as the first solution certified by Open-E.

The HP Proliant DL380e - Gen8 storage system 687567-DSS provides dual 10 GB Ethernet, 866 MB/s high speed and runs on Open-E’s data storage software V7. In Open-E’s certification tests the storage system proved for high performance and data safety in a hardware RAID5, or RAID50 setup. Additionally, exceptional flexibility and a fast MPIO connection are possible through four 1GbE and two 10GbE interfaces. The reliability of the server is provided thanks to a redundant power supply.

Open-E recommends the system for iSCSI Storage, NAS Filer and virtualized storage. Krzysztof Franek, CEO and President of Open-E said: “We are glad to strengthen our partnership with macle, at the same time offering customers a flexible storage solution that has fulfilled our high standards.”

Andreas De Matteis, CEO of macle is confident about the future business with Open-E: “The Open-E certification of the HP Proliant DL380e is only the beginning. With every certified system customers can be assured to use a fully tested, high performance server at a reasonable price/performance ratio.”

All information on macle’s certified system can be found in Open-E’s certification report.

About macle

Since 1999 macle trades branded hardware such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard. From this “start-up” company with 4 employees, macle has meanwhile developed to an international trading wholesale company with 37 employees in total. More than 1.500 customers benefit from our services each day. Experiences for many years in the IT market are making every employee your competent contact. Long term partnerships and alliances with major companies in the IT market enable the company to react fast and flexible to every demand. In the market macle is well known to be professionals in helping customers with product shortages, discontinued systems, hard to find spare parts and many more.

About Open-E

Open-E, Inc. is a pioneering leader and developer of IP-based storage management software. The Open-E DSS V7 and Open-E DSS V7 Lite line of products are aimed at the SMB and SME markets.

Open-E DSS V7 is a robust, award-winning enterprise storage application which offers excellent compatibility with industry standards (vast variety of supported hardware), and is the easiest to use and manage. Additionally, it is one of the most stable solutions on the market and an undisputed price performance leader.

Open-E has over 27,000 world-wide installations in Fortune 500 organizations in over 100 countries for over a decade and has received numerous industry awards and recognition from PC Professional, Tom’s Hardware, Storage Awards, PC Pro and more.

Thanks to its reputation, experience and business reliability, Open-E has become the technology partner of choice for industry-leading IT companies such as Citrix, Intel, LSI, VMware, and Adaptec.

For further information about Open-E, its products and partners, visit http://www.open-e.com/.

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