TwinStrata, Inc., the developer of data storage and data protection solutions leveraging cloud storage, recently announced the availability of CloudArray Version 2.5, an offering that boasts new features and performance enhancements including volume expansion, bandwidth throttling and scheduling, and automatic metadata backup to the CloudArray portal.

In addition, two new physical appliances are available with CloudArray that will help meet enterprise needs.

Available in both virtual and physical appliance configurations, TwinStrata CloudArray enables companies of all sizes to easily and securely expand storage capacity using pay-as-you-go cloud storage. It also enables data protection and disaster recovery solutions in minutes. Customers simply drop CloudArray into their existing environment, seamlessly connecting with their cloud storage provider of choice. They do not need to have programming and change the applications.

TwinStrata CloudArray Version 2.5 includes updates designed to further enhance the overall operation, reliability and performance of CloudArray. They include data volume expansion, bandwidth throttling and scheduling, enhanced compression, metadata backup to CloudArray portal, model 2S physical appliance, model 3 physical appliance.

Other CloudArray V2.5 enhancements include an enhanced Web-based user interface with rapid configuration and startup, improved portal reporting and performance improvements to the virtual appliance. CloudArray V2.5 is available from TwinStrata and through its network of partners.  

"We appreciate that TwinStrata continues to enhance its CloudArray offerings in order to keep pace with demanding application and network environments," said Eryck Bredy, founder and CTO of BNMC, an Andover, Mass.-based solutions provider and TwinStrata partner and customer since 2010. "It's a huge win for us to be able to extend our own and our customers' data availability with minimal administration and infrastructure and, more importantly, experience virtually no disruption to existing networks."

TwinStrata innovates in enterprise-class data storage, data protection and disaster recovery/business continuity solutions using cloud storage. TwinStrata CloudArray enhances companies of all sizes which can simply and economically leverage the scalability and efficiency of cloud storage while maintaining the availability, performance and security of local storage. CloudArray software and hardware solutions support all file and operating systems, and deliver substantial advantages over traditional off-site storage solutions. These include a pay-as-you-go model, unlimited elastic capacity, local performance, in-cloud snapshots and disaster recovery, dynamic caching, automated policies, AES256 encryption, and continuous access to data.

In related news, TwinStrata has announced growth in the first quarter of 2011, reflecting the company's achievement in delivering enterprise-class storage solutions to a range of vertical market segments.