Cloud Storage Appliance Optimized for Data Protection

TwinStrata, Inc., a leader in cloud storage data protection solutions, announced that its CloudArray software is now being made available as an appliance. The company's new SAN appliance offers all the features and benefits of its CloudArray software in a pre-configured, performance-optimized package that can be quickly and easily installed in any data center or colocation facility.

In a press release, Steve Lesem, president and CEO of Mezeo Software, commented, "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. 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."

The CloudArray SAN appliance joins the CloudArray virtual appliance to enable the first family of cloud storage data protection products that provide software, hardware or mixed deployments both on-premise and in the cloud. The CloudArray SAN Appliance is packaged in a 2U rack mountable enclosure and is being made available in two configurations. Model 1 is equipped with 8TB raw/6TB of configured RAID 5 storage for local copies and cache, along with two 1Gigabit Ethernet ports. Model 2 can be configured with 16TB raw/12TB of Raid 6 storage, as well as either four 1Gigabit Ethernet ports or two 1Gigabit Ethernet ports and one 10 GbE port.

Some of the key features and benefits of the CloudArray appliance include simple installation and setup, seamless integration with applications, physical and virtual servers along with flexible storage configurations.

Nicos Vekiarides, CEO of TwinStrata, said, "Our goal is to deliver groundbreaking solutions for organizations seeking to back up, store and protect their data on and off-site. 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 CloudArray SAN appliance is priced starting at $14,995. 

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