Store and replicate data to cloud storage

CloudArray software provides businesses with a cost solution to protect and store data offsite without disruptive changes to existing IT operations. CloudArray supports IT environments with virtual and physical servers.

CloudArray seamlessly provides iSCSI access to Cloud storage, integrating with existing data protection, archive and database applications. Companies are not required to change existing infrastructure nor are they required to program their applications to interface with Cloud storage.

CloudArray’s built-in data protection policies allow storing and/or replicating data securely to cloud storage with options such as 256-bit encryption, data compression and flexible local caching. Asynchronous replication and space-efficient snapshots make CloudArray and ideal solution for meeting the availability needs of demanding applications.

CloudArray supports many application categories including:

• Data backup and restore
• Application replication and recover
• Storage tiering and archiving

Supported Applications

Data Backup and Restore

• CA ARCserve
• Oracle RMAN
• PHD Virtual esXpress
• Symantec Backup Exec
• Veeam
• Vizioncore vRanger Pro

Application Replication

• Microsoft Exchange 2010
• Microsoft SharePoint, SQL Server

NAS and Storage Tiering

• Symantec FileStore
• CIFS Windows Server
• OpenSolaris ZFS, NFS, CIFS

Key Advantages:

• Enhanced off-site data protection
• Fast and reliable restores
• No need for managing tape media, tape storage & transportation, off-site locations and infrastructure
• Significant cost savings over tape solutions, D2D backup and off-site tape storage, off-site replication
• Meets requirement for off-site data copies
• Downloadable virtual appliance

Feature Highlights

• Host interface: iSCSI, Hosts supported: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, VMware ESX/ESXi
• Cache storage interfaces: SAN, NAS, internal
• Thin provisioned volumes (oversubscribed)
• Cloud volumes: locally cached data volumes
• Cloud replicas: asynchronous local to cloud replication
• Cloud snapshots: space-efficient copies in the cloud
• Configurable volume caching policie
• Data encryption: AES-25
• Data compression
• Full CLI and GUI interfaces

System Requirements

• VMware ESX or ESXi v3.5 or higher, Citrix Xenserver v5.5 or higher, Microsoft Hyper-V
• 24 GB free disk space, min.
• Single CPU 1GHz or faster, min. (2 CPUs recommended)
• 1GB RAM minimum (2 GB recommended)
• 1Gb Ethernet