esXpress and CloudArray software together provide businesses with an easy-to-use and economical solution for backup, recovery and data archive for virtualized and physical server environments.
What exactly does CloudArray deliver?
CloudArray provides an economical and highly reliable storage tier to applications. This storage tier has the same characteristics as local storage to include performance and security. For data protection applications such as esXpress, CloudArray serves as a target data repository. For companies that are using tape systems, they can now select CloudArray as the target backup device. CloudArray also serves as off-site storage to meet compliance requirements or for recovery. It eliminates all the logistics and cost typically associated with media transport or tape vaulting services.
CloudArray is a standalone software product that serves as a secure interface between server-based applications such as esXpress and Cloud storage. On the server end, it presents to applications CloudArray volumes via iSCSI (block storage). CloudArray volumes have user-defined policies for caching and replication. On the Cloud storage end, CloudArray interfaces with both private and public Cloud storage APIs without any changes to IT infrastructure or programming required.
CloudArray Packaging
CloudArray is available in several configurations to meet customer needs and requirements. It is available in a Virtual Appliance supporting VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XenServer, and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms. It is also available in a Physical Appliance for customers that want a dedicated physical server to run CloudArray.
Data Availability and Security
For increased data protection, CloudArray offers data copy policies that replicate data across local storage and a variety of third party Cloud storage providers to ensure high data availability. It also compresses and encrypts data prior to transporting it to public Cloud storage to ensure data security and privacy. CloudArray leverages the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), adopted by the U.S. government and also used to secure top secret information.
Feature Highlights:
* Seamless integration with esXpress software
* Available in a virtual and physical appliance
* Data encrypted and compressed for data security and performance
* On-demand, dynamic data storage: scale up – provision new storage when needed, scale down if necessary
* Presents itself as a disk volume via iSCSI
Key Advantages:
* Increase speed of protecting data and completing backups
* Fast and reliable restores – eliminate data integrity challenges
* Reduce costs: media, tape storage & transportation
* Ideal for companies experiencing challenges with their tape library
* Significant cost savings over tape solutions, D2D backup and off-site tape storage
* Meets requirement for off-site data copies
PHD Virtual’s live webinar series will show how esXpress’ unique architecture gives their customers the ability to simultaneously backup or recover up to 16 VMs per host at once, making it the fastest Multi-VM B/R solution on the market. Click here for a schedule of upcoming live webinars.
