According to TwinStrata, its new cloud storage appliance can be seamlessly integrated with applications, and physical and virtual servers, enabling businesses to seamlessly and securely integrate existing business applications with cloud storage.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud Storage data protection solutions provider TwinStrata (www.twinstrata.com) has announced that it is offering all the capabilities of its CloudArray software in a pre-configured, performance-optimized appliance, which can be quickly and easily installed in any data center or colocation facility.
According to TwinStrata’s announcement earlier this week, the CloudArray storage area network appliance joins the CloudArray virtual appliance in the company’s portfolio of cloud storage data protection products that provide software, hardware or mixed deployments both on-premise and in the cloud.
CloudArray is designed to provide enterprise-class data protection to organizations, enabling them to create affordable and secure data protection and disaster recovery plans, which include online remote storage for backups, archives and critical business data.
“Our goal is to deliver groundbreaking solutions for organizations seeking to back up, store and protect their data on and off-site,” TwinStrata chief executive officer Nicos Vekiarides said in a statement. “Our new SAN appliance simplifies the deployment of what has been a cumbersome and, in some cases, unattainable multi-site data protection solution at a substantial cost savings over other off-site storage alternatives.”
The unit designed for seamless integration with applications, and physical and virtual servers, according to the company, enabling businesses to seamlessly and securely integrate existing business applications with cloud storage without any changes to applications or programming of cloud provider APIs, while providing secure, anywhere, anytime accessibility. And in the event of a disruption or outage, data can be restored on-site, off-site, or in the cloud.
Additionally, CloudArray volume policies for caching and replication allow data to be cached locally for quick access and replicated to cloud storage for high availability. CloudArray provides zero-footprint data snapshots in the cloud for point-in-time copies for rollback, test and development, data analytics and for other applications.
The CloudArray SAN appliance also offers data copy policies that replicate data across local storage and a variety of third party storage cloud providers for added data protection and availability. In addition, CloudArray enables replication between service providers, and it compresses and encrypts data prior to transporting it to public cloud storage to ensure data security and privacy.
The CloudArray SAN Appliance is in the form of a 2U rack mountable enclosure and is available in two configurations: one with 8TB raw or 6TB of configured RAID 5 storage for local copies and cache, along with two 1Gigabit Ethernet ports; the other can be configured with 16TB raw or 12TB of Raid 6 storage, as well as either four 1Gigabit Ethernet ports or two 1Gigabit Ethernet ports and one 10Gigabit Ethernet port. Pricing for the CloudArray SAN appliance starts at $14,995.
In July, Twinstrata became a Mezeo Ready Solution Partner, representing the company’s commitment to providing seamless iSCSI access to any Mezeo Ready Premier Hosting Provider storage cloud. The Mezeo Ready Program, launched in June, is designed to make it easier for customers and service providers to find and deploy “Mezeo Ready” solutions from top service providers, developers, solution providers and technology partners.
“TwinStrata’s introduction of a physical appliance makes it easier than ever for service providers to rapidly deliver robust cloud storage services to their customers,” Mezeo Software president and CEO Steve Lesem stated. “With the addition of a fully integrated appliance to the CloudArray product family, our Mezeo Ready Premier Hosting Providers will have the option to deploy a simple plug and play multi-site backup and disaster recovery solution that works in their existing environments with absolutely no rip-and-replace of software required.”
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