StoneFly DR365V Protects Engineering Manufacturer from Ransomware

ORGANIZATION

StoneFlyDR365VProtectsEngineering ManufacturerfromRansomware Challenges

Inordertoprotecttheirbusiness-criticaldataandmultiple locationsfromransomwareattacks,theengineering companywaslookingforasolutionthatwasabletosupport theirlarge-scaleVMwaredeployment,terabytesofdata,and multiplelocations

Thetaskofsecuringmultipleendpoints,reducingRecovery TimeObjectives(RTOs),andminimizingRecoveryPoint Objectives(RPOs)ischallengingtosaytheleast

INDUSTRY Engineeringand Manufacturing

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“Weknewweneededasolutionthatcouldsupport virtualization-at-scale,meetperformancerequirements, andmakesureourdatawassafefromransomware, hackers,anddatabreaches”saidJose,thedatacenter administratoroftheengineeringcompany

Solution

StoneFlyVeeam-readybackupanddisasterrecovery(DR) appliance(DR365V)wasselectedbythecompanyafter verifyingthatitfulfilledtheirperformancerequirements, provideddataprotectioncapabilitiestheirbusinesscould depend-onandwaswithintheirbudget

“Whatstoodouttouswastheair-gappedandimmutable storagecapabilitiesinadditiontotheVeeambackup support Andthefactthatwecouldcustom-buildittoour needswithinourbudgetmadeittheobviouschoice”noted Jose

Inadditiontoensuringransomwareprotection,the engineeringcompanycanalsoruntheirhighperformance VMwareworkloadsontheDR365V,setupfailoverclusters forinstantrecovery,andleveragestorageoptimization capabilitiessuchasdeduplication,thinprovisioning, automatedhot/coolstoragetiering,andmore

“ThecapabilitiesthatcamewithDR365Vaspartofthe standardlicensewereapleasantsurprise Wedefinitelygot greatvalueformoneyandarehappythatwemadethe decisiontochooseDR365V”saidDiana,theChief TechnologyOfficerofthecompany

Challenges

Theengineeringcompanywas lookingforareliableransomware protectionthatcanprotecttheir large-scaleVMwareenvironment andmultiplelocationsandensure businesscontinuityseamlessly.

Solution

StoneFlyVeeam-Readybackup andDRappliance(DR365V)with built-inair-gapping,immutable WORM,anti-ransomware,and clusteringwithautomatedfailover andfailback

TheResults

Reliableandcompliant ransomwareprotectionfor multiplelocations

Abilitytoquicklyrestoredata afteranydisastersuchas ransomwareattack,hardware failure,humanerror,etc Automatedfailoverto secondaryapplianceinthe eventofadisaster

ManagebackupandDRforall locationsusingacentralized managementinterface

TheResults

EarlierinOctober2021,theengineeringcompany’s hypervisorwasmaliciouslyencryptedbyaransomware attack Asaresult,terabytesofcriticalbusinessdataand virtualmachines(VMs)runningonitwererendered inaccessible However,thecompanydidnotloseanydataandwasable toquicklyrecoverfromtheransomware.Eventhoughthe primaryproductiondataandbackupswereencrypted,the air-gappedbackupsweresafeanduntouched.

AfterrestoringtheirVMwarehypervisor,StoneFly’stechnical teamworkedwiththeengineeringcompanytorestoretheir emailsandalltheirdataseamlessly.

AboutStoneFly,Inc.

StoneFlyInc.,headquarteredin California,wasfoundedtodeliver uponthevisionofsimpleand affordablestorageoptimization anddisasterrecoveryprotection throughIPSANsolutions StoneFly isaleadingmanufacturerofhighperformancenetwork-attached storage(NAS),storagearea networks(SAN)–iSCSIsystems, hyperconvergedsystems,and RAIDsystems StoneFly’srangeof enterpriseproductsalsoincludes cloudstoragesolutions,cloud storagegatewaysolutions,and datamigrationservicesfor enterpriseworkloads.

Delta-BasedImmutableSnapshots

WithfeaturessuchasfilelockdownandS3 objectlockdown,theengineeringcompanyis abletosetupimmutableWORMstorage volumeson-premisesand/orinthecloud Thedatastoredinthesevolumescannotbe edited,deleted,oroverwrittenforauserdefinedperiodoftime Thisalsomakesthese volumesransomware-proofasthemalware cannotaccessandencryptdatastoredin them–inturnhelpingcompliance

Inadditiontotheabilitytogobackintime andrestoreprevioussystemstate,thedeltabasedsnapshotsarequicker,requireless performanceresources,andconsumeless storagecapacity Furthermore,immutable snapshots,similartoWORMvolumes,cannot beedited,deleted,oroverwrittenforauserdefinedperiodoftime

Moreover,StoneFlyDR365Venablesusersto setupstoragesnapshotsinadditionto granularfile-levelsnapshots–delivering morecontroltodatacenteradministrators andhelpingthembuildacustomizeddata protectionstrategy

Write-OnceRead-Many(WORM)Volumes

QuickRecoveryfromRansomwareAttack

Ransomware-ProofDataStorage

Theengineeringcompanyisabletoleverage theDR365Vappliancesdeployedatdifferent locationstosetupfailoverclusters Ifthe primaryapplianceisoffline,duetoa hardwarefailure;maintenance;ornatural disaster,thesystemautomaticallyfailoverto thesecondaryappliancesothatthebusiness continuestooperate

EachDR365Vappliancealsosupports hardwareRAIDanderasurecodingwhich enhanceperformanceandaddanotherlayer offault-tolerancetoeachnode