(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Nasuni Filer, a new virtual network-attached storage application for cloud storage from software provider Nasuni (www.nasuni.com), has passed the beta stage and is available for immediate download, allowing businesses to easily store data offsite for safety on the infrastructure of one or several cloud storage partners including Amazon Web Services, Iron Mountain, Nirvanix and Rackspace.
Nasuni Filer leverages the resources of the cloud to simplify file access, storage and protection, while eliminating the expense of storage hardware and infrastructure expansion.
Nasuni Filer features synchronous snapshots, deduplication, and encryption plus key management for security. Those not ready for a complete transition to all-in-one cloud storage can use the Nasuni Filer for storing second copies offsite for disaster protection. Because it provisions storage capacity automatically and includes high-performance caching for quick retrieval, it can be used as primary storage instead of or in combination with traditional file servers.
“Our customers are using the Nasuni Filer today to allocate additional storage capacity without having to deploy more hardware,” Nasuni CEO and co-founder Andres Rodriguez said in a statement. “Some customers started their evaluation of the Filer by making second copies of their data to the cloud, but they have been clear with us: This is just the testing phase. Once they feel comfortable with the product, what they really want to use it for is primary storage. We’ve made it possible for ordinary business users to take advantage of cloud storage, without a major investment of money, time and talent in building their own gateway. We’re pleased with all the feedback we received from beta testers and are looking forward to the next phase in Nasuni’s growth.”
Nasuni unveiled Nasuni Filer in February as a solution targeted at the mid-market, eliminating the need for incremental storage hardware purchases for managing unstructured file growth. Nasuni’s “Storage-as-a-Service” technology, coupled with unlimited cloud capacity, lets companies use resources when they need them, and pay for only what they need.
The Nasuni Filer runs on VMware and can be downloaded immediately. According to the company, setup and connection is quick and easy, averaging less than 15 minutes. After a free trial period of two weeks, customers have the option of month-to-month, one-year or two-year contracts and their choice of cloud vendor or vendors. Customers receive a single bill from Nasuni with a flat monthly service fee plus storage capacity used.
During the 90-day beta period, the Nasuni Filer has been put to the test in many real-world environments, hundreds of businesses downloaded the software, and have been pushing hundreds of thousands of files to the cloud including the likes of UK prep school Shrewsbury House School (www.shrewsburyhouse.net).
“It’s an excellent product built on a great idea,” Simon Burns, Shrewsbury House School’s Head of IT, stated. “We are deploying additional storage to our faculty and staff. We did not want to backup all of that additional storage separately. Security and flawless integration to Active Directory were paramount to us during the evaluation period.”
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