euroNAS software-defined infrastructure
Virtualisation, high availability and storage on standard server hardware.
euroNAS develops hardware-independent software for professional virtualisation and storage environments. The portfolio covers enterprise virtualisation, high-performance SAN/NAS storage, high-availability storage clusters and Ceph-based scale-out storage.
The four product families – eEVOS, Premium Plus, HA Cluster and eEKAS – allow organisations to build flexible infrastructure on standard x86 server platforms without being tied to a proprietary hardware appliance.
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WHY euroNAS
6 good reasons to trust euroNAS:
Hardware independent
Deploy on suitable standard x86 server hardware and retain flexibility when selecting or upgrading the underlying platform.
Software-defined
Compute, storage and availability functions are delivered in software rather than being tied to a specific appliance.
Central web management
The euroNAS product families focus on GUI-driven deployment and administration, reducing day-to-day complexity.
Enterprise features
Depending on the product, the portfolio includes high availability, live migration, VM backup, snapshots, replication, ZFS, NVMe-oF and Ceph.
Flexible architectures
Choose a focused storage server, an HA storage cluster, an integrated virtualisation platform or a scale-out Ceph environment.
European software
euroNAS is an EU-based software vendor with more than 20 years of storage experience.
What differentiates euroNAS?
Flexibility without proprietary hardware lock-in
euroNAS separates infrastructure software from the underlying server hardware.
This allows organisations and solution providers to design systems around the actual workload rather than around a fixed appliance.
The result is a portfolio that can address compute, storage, availability and scale-out requirements while keeping infrastructure design flexible.
- Hardware-independent deployment
- Standard x86 server platforms
- Central web-based management
- Integrated virtualisation, storage and availability technologies
- Choice between scale-in and scale-out architectures
- ZFS/XFS, SAN/NAS, NVMe-oF and Fibre Channel options
- Ceph with simplified GUI-driven management
- eEVOS as an integrated alternative for organisations reviewing VMware or Proxmox-based virtualisation
- European software vendor and support organisation
euroNAS portfolio at a glance
One software – four infrastructure requirements:
Virtualisation
eEVOS
Virtualisation with integrated HA, storage and VM backup.
⤷ Virtual Machines ⤷ HA ⤷ Migration ⤷ Backup
Storage
Premium plus
High-performance standalone SAN/NAS storage.
⤷ SAN/NAS ⤷ ZFS/XFS ⤷ iSCSI ⤷ FC ⤷ NVMe-oF
High availability
Scale-out
eEKAS
Ceph-based scale-out storage with simplified management.
⤷ Ceph ⤷ S3 ⤷ Replication ⤷ Erasure Coding
Common foundation:
Standard x86 Server Hardware
Software-Defined
Web-Based Management
Hardware Independence
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euroNAS products portfolio
euroNAS eEVOS
All-in-one enterprise virtualisation
A flexible alternative to vmware and proxmox
Overview
eEVOS is euroNAS' enterprise virtualisation platform, combining compute, storage, high availability and VM data protection in one centrally managed environment.
For organisations reviewing their virtualisation strategy, eEVOS offers an alternative to established VMware environments and open-source virtualisation platforms such as Proxmox.
The focus is on an integrated architecture, straightforward web-based management and hardware independence rather than on assembling multiple infrastructure components.
Why consider eEVOS?
eEVOS is particularly interesting where organisations want to simplify their virtualisation stack and combine VM management, HA, storage and backup within one platform. It can therefore be considered when replacing or redesigning VMware infrastructure, or when evaluating alternatives to platforms such as Proxmox.
The objective is not to reproduce another hypervisor product feature by feature, but to provide an integrated, manageable enterprise virtualisation environment with fewer infrastructure layers.
Key features
- Creation and central management of virtual machines
- Integrated high availability and automatic VM restart on healthy nodes
- Live VM migration between hosts
- VM snapshots and cloning
- Thin provisioning
- Granular I/O control
- Virtual networking
- Integrated VM backup and recovery
- Immutable backup options for additional ransomware resilience
- Backup to NAS and S3-compatible cloud storage
- Integrated Ceph scale-out storage as a shared-storage / vSAN alternative
- Mirrored and shared-storage architecture options
- VMware vCenter import for automated discovery and migration of VMware VMs
- Import of existing VMware, KVM and Hyper-V workloads
- Web-based administration
- Hardware-independent deployment on standard server platforms
euroNAS Premium plus
High-performance SAN/NAS storage
Flexible storage on standard server hardware
Overview
Premium Plus transforms standard x86 servers into professional SAN/NAS storage systems.
It is designed for environments that need strong performance and broad protocol support without building a distributed storage cluster.
Why consider Premium plus?
Premium Plus is a good fit where a powerful, flexible standalone storage server is required and the customer wants freedom in the choice of server hardware.
Key features
- Hardware-independent software-defined storage
- SMB/CIFS and NFS file services
- iSCSI block storage
- Fibre Channel support
- NVMe-oF / NVMe over TCP
- RDMA support for low-latency NVMe-oF environments
- Choice of ZFS or XFS-based storage architectures
- ZFS data integrity, self-healing, snapshots and compression
- Volume and file-system snapshots
- Integrated server replication / synchronisation
- Active Directory integration
- SSD/NVMe caching
- Web-based management and monitoring
- Suitable for virtualisation, backup, file services, databases, media and technical workloads
euroNAS HA Cluster
High-availability storage
Storage continuity for critical workloads
Overview
HA Cluster extends the euroNAS storage concept with redundancy and failover.
It is designed for applications where storage services must remain available even if a node or component fails.
Why consider HA Cluster?
HA Cluster is the appropriate euroNAS product when storage availability and service continuity are more important than operating a single standalone storage server.
Key features
- High-availability storage architecture
- Mirrored-server configurations
- Shared-storage / dual-controller architecture options
- Automatic failover
- Continuous data replication
- Planned maintenance without interrupting client access
- iSCSI, SMB and NFS
- NVMe-oF over TCP
- NVMe-oF over RDMA / RoCE / InfiniBand
- VMware-oriented functions including VAAI and relevant NVMe support
- Web-based configuration, monitoring and notifications
- Designed for virtualisation, databases and other business-critical workloads
euroNAS eEKAS
Ceph storage made easy
Make Ceph easier - keep the scale-out architecture, but simplify deployment and everyday operation.
Overview
eEKAS is euroNAS' software-defined scale-out storage platform based on Ceph. Its objective is simple: make Ceph easier to deploy, manage and operate.
Ceph is extremely powerful and scalable, but traditional deployments can require significant Linux and Ceph expertise. eEKAS adds euroNAS' GUI-driven management and automation layer to reduce this operational complexity.
Why consider eEKAS?
eEKAS is designed for organisations that want the scalability and resilience of Ceph without making Ceph administration a specialist project of its own.
Key features
- Ceph-based software-defined scale-out storage
- Dynamic expansion by adding storage nodes
- GUI-driven cluster deployment and administration
- No deep Linux knowledge required for routine management
- Replication and Erasure Coding
- Object / S3 storage
- Ceph OSD management
- Automated failover
- Multi-zone support
- Integrated load-balanced access
- IP Groups for movable, fault-tolerant services
- Health monitoring and simplified administration
- Hardware-independent architecture on standard server platforms
Typical applications
Virtualisation modernisation
Build or redesign virtualisation environments with integrated HA, storage and backup using eEVOS.
VMware alternative
Evaluate eEVOS when existing VMware infrastructure is being replaced, consolidated or re-architected.
Enterprise SAN / NAS
Use Premium Plus for high-performance file and block storage on standard server hardware.
High-availability storage
Use HA Cluster where storage services must survive node or component failures.
Backup storage
Build high-capacity backup repositories with Premium Plus or scale-out architectures where appropriate.
AI / HPC & Technical data
Provide high-throughput SAN/NAS or scalable storage for data-intensive compute environments.
Which euroNAS product fits?
What is your primary requirement? Virtualisation, storage performance, continuous availability or horizontal scalability?
Arkicon can help identify the appropriate software platform and combine it with suitable standard server hardware for the required performance, capacity and availability profile.
Virtualisation with integrated HA, storage and VM backup.
Best fit:
- VMware/Proxmox alternative
- Virtualisation clusters
- Integrated compute + storage
High-performance standalone SAN/NAS storage.
Best fit:
- File/block storage
- Backup targets
- Virtualisation storage
- Media and technical workloads
Highly available SAN/NAS storage with failover.
Best fit:
- Business-critical storage
- Virtualisation
- Databases and workloads requiring continuous service
Ceph-based scale-out storage with simplified management.
Best fit:
- Growing storage clusters
- Object/S3
- Distributed storage
- Environments where capacity & performance should scale by adding nodes.
Why Arkicon
Information, Experience and Technology understanding
Arkicon's role is not to present one technologyas the answer to every storage requirement. We help customers and partners understand the differences between SAN, NAS, DAS, LTO and data management software and how these technologies can be used together.
Our background combines:
- Experience with storage, backup and archiving technologies
- Knowledge of LTO drives and automated tape libraries
- Understanding of SAN, NAS and DAS environments
- Fluency with backup and archive software
- Multi-vendor solution knowledge
- Project-specific technical and commercial support