Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, today announced a
new partnership with DataCore Software, the authority on
software-defined storage (SDS), to provide customers with a fast, practical,
and cost effective solution for archiving inactive files and saving snapshots
to the cloud in a secure format. Users of NAS and file systems can use DataCore
vFilO file and object storage virtualisation software to pool and easily
migrate cold, inactive data to the cloud, unlocking greater storage capacity
for hot data on network-attached storage (NAS) and filers on-premises.
Inactive,
historical data is one of the biggest culprits of annual storage spend for any
company. While this data is critical to save, it consumes a significant amount
of storage space requiring companies to buy new equipment and manually spread
files across different systems. This is both expensive and ultimately breaks
directory hierarchies and disrupts users resulting in expensive data silos.
With access to Wasabi's low-cost, scalable, cloud object storage, users of
DataCore vFilO can leverage secondary storage in the cloud in a completely
non-disruptive, automated and reversible manner. The integrated solution saves
companies from buying more expensive capacity on-prem, and keeps the familiar
directory structure intact.
IT
organisations leverage vFilO's capability to serve as a virtualisation layer on
top of existing file systems including Isilon, NetApp, and other NFS or
SMB-based systems, then establish policies to identify data to be archived in
the cloud based on metadata such as file age. vFilO then continuously
identifies files that meet the policy, encrypts and compresses them, performs
global deduplication, and uploads to a cloud storage system. The files are
still available transparently for users. Upon request, these files are
downloaded from the cloud, re-hydrated, and presented to users.
Another
use case is to store copies of entire folders, shares, or systems in the cloud
for data protection purposes, where data is encrypted and protected. Wasabi
offers not only extremely low-cost cloud object storage using the standard S3
interface, the company also provides multiple data centre options in various
geographic locations. Wasabi provides 11x9s of data protection with redundant
data centres and the option for immutability.
"Customers
rely on DataCore vFilO to orchestrate data placement across different classes
of storage as the value of data changes. While we have always prioritised
efficient data archival, identifying a cloud option that was cost-effective
without compromising on performance has been a challenge," said Paul Tilston,
VP Alliances at DataCore. "By integrating Wasabi's cloud with vFilO, we solve
this problem allowing customers to easily extend their data archival to the
cloud in an automatic and sustainable way at an extremely low cost."
Wasabi's
hot cloud storage provides the most affordable alternative for archiving files
and storing extra snapshots. The company's zero egress fees and low latency
allows users to easily access archived data without the fear of excess fees or
long delays.
"Wasabi
Hot Cloud Storage provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage
for businesses all over the world at 1/5th the price of the competition," said
David Friend, Wasabi CEO and co-founder. "Through this partnership, Wasabi will
allow DataCore customers to alleviate storage capacity issues while enabling
them to fully leverage the power of their data without burning through their
storage budget."
"Despite
the economic uncertainty we've experienced throughout 2020, enterprise data
growth continues to expand at a relentless pace," said Andrew Smith,
research manager, IDC Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies. "However,
in many enterprises, storage budgets are not growing in parallel with data
growth. This can create an unsustainable scenario where IT organisations are
asked to store more data without the ability to contribute any additional
spending. Low cost secondary storage services from cloud providers are designed
to help alleviate this challenge, providing customers with extremely low rates
(in terms of $/GB month), and intelligent tiering options which help place data
in the most accessible and cost-effective environments possible."