SoftNAS Cloud
Flexible, software-defined Cloud NAS filer supporting:
NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, AFP
SoftNAS Cloud® is a software-defined, enterprise-class NAS filer delivered as a virtual appliance for public, private and hybrid clouds. It supports multiple protocols including: NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and AFP. With Active Directory and LDAP integration, SoftNAS Cloud runs in the AWS, Microsoft Azure, and CenturyLink Cloud public cloud platforms as well as in your own datacenter on VMware vSphere. A wide range of storage options are supported including direct attached storage, SSD, SSD/HDD hybrid, object storage, existing SANs, or JBODs.
Benefits
Enterprise-class NAS
Your on-premises enterprise NAS virtual appliance, including:
- High-Availability (HA)
- Deduplication
- Replication
- Compression
- Thin and thick provisioning
- Multi-level caching
- Scheduled and manual snapshots
- Active Directory and LDAP integration
- Instant writeable SnapClones™
Continuous Data Protection
Also called real-time backup, SoftNAS Cloud automatically saves a copy of every change made to data, enabling restoration of data to any point in time.
No Downtime Guarantee
With the No Downtime Guarantee, SoftNAS Cloud delivers 99.999% storage uptime service-level agreement with a money back guarantee. Learn more.
Hardware Neutral
You choose the price-performance level of the underlying storage hardware. SoftNAS Cloud can run in existing datacenters and on your choice of commodity server and storage hardware, reducing the capital expenditure (capex) burden of expensive legacy hardware.
No Vendor Lock-in
Built on trusted open source industry standards and platform neutral, SoftNAS Cloud gives you the freedom to migrate your data between supported cloud platforms with ease. And any S3 object storage provider can connect to SoftNAS Cloud for file services. Your data is never locked-in.
Easy Set-Up, Configuration and Monitoring
With simple set-up wizards, the SoftNAS Cloud virtual appliance is quick and easy to stand up. The intuitive StorageCenter™ dashboard and monitoring alerts allow for easy storage maintenance and surveillance.
Rapid Deployment
Quick to deploy, SoftNAS Cloud dramatically reduces customer deployment times, increasing time-to-value. Get your cloud NAS up and running within 30 minutes.
Adjustable As You Grow
SoftNAS allows you to elastically change as your needs change via adjustable virtual hardware configurations. Tune performance levels during the lifecycle to meet your needs. Elastically switch to different storage options such as higher speed SSDs or lower cost hard disk drives. Use what you need and pay for what you use. Upgrade and grow as needs change!
Flexible Consumption Pricing
Flexible consumption pricing, so you only pay for the storage you use.
Use Cases
Appropriate for a wide range of cloud use cases, SoftNAS Cloud is integral to any cloud storage strategy.
On-premises to Cloud Backup
With SoftNAS SnapReplicate™, easily replicate and backup your data from your VMware datacenter to the AWS, Microsoft Azure or CenturyLink Cloud public clouds. Eliminate physical backup tape required by business compliance and archive data in inexpensive S3 object storage or send to cold storage like AWS Glacier for long-term storage.
Cross-cloud Data Migration
Server migrations can be complex, time consuming and error prone. SoftNAS Cloud seamlessly replicates data across AWS, Microsoft Azure, CenturyLink Cloud and VMware vSphere for easy cross-cloud data migration. Your data stays free to migrate, never locked down.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Easy-to-configure High-Availability (HA) with automatic failover and a 99.999% guaranteed uptime make SoftNAS Cloud a natural choice for your Disaster Recovery. Ensure business continuity in today’s 24x7x365 always-on business climate.
Faster Backup and Archival
As a business’ data grows, the backup window can become unmanageable and tie up precious network resources during business hours. SoftNAS Cloud local disk-based caching reduces the backup window by streaming data in the background for better WAN optimization.
Dev/Test Environments
Use SoftNAS Cloud to stand up test environments for agile development. Instant writable SnapClones allow regression testing of production data for more accurate testing throughout continuous delivery cycles. Leverage the agility of SoftNAS to change the storage performance and capacity profile at any time as you move from test to production.
New Applications and Proofs of Concept
Need the quickest way to stand up storage infrastructure for a new application or proof of concept project without any storage hardware? As a virtual storage appliance on AWS, Azure and CenturyLink Cloud or for VMware for on-premises projects, you can use SoftNAS Cloud to create your storage infrastructure in minutes. Don’t wait for traditional slow procurement processes to get your job done; get started immediately.
Extend the Life of Legacy SAN or Existing Storage Hardware
It’s no secret the maintenance renewal costs for legacy SANs are just as much, if not more, than replacing your entire datacenter infrastructure. With hardware neutral SoftNAS Cloud, extend the life your existing storage resources and maximize your budget. Use SoftNAS Cloud to provide a rich enterprise class set of features and leverage your existing SAN for the data store.
