Atechcompanyin NewJersey,USAoperationalsince2011. Theyserveclients fromallovertheworld andprovideservices suchasweb applications,software development,digitalIT transformation,and maintenance
Thecompanywantedtobuildsolutionsatscalefortheir customers Withtheirlegacyinfrastructure,whichconsistedof anumberofphysicalWindowsandLinuxservers,scalingwas adisruptiveandcomplexprocess Theywantedasolution whichwouldhelpthemeffectivelyusetheirexisting environmentandintegrateMicrosoftAzurecloudstoragewith it
Inadditiontoscalability,thecompanywasalsoconcerned aboutdatalossduetoransomwareattack,humanerror,or hardwarefailure Asaserviceprovider,losingcustomerdata meantmorethanjustfinanciallosses.Alternatively,witha ransomware-proofinfrastructure,theywouldbeabletoget morebusinessandcustomers.
“Asaserviceprovider,ourcustomersexpectoursolutions toberansomware-proofandabletoscaledynamically Withoursetup,wewerestrugglingtodothatandthe increasinghardwaredidn’tmakeiteasyforus”,said Jeremy,theITheadofthecompany “Weknewwewanted touseMicrosoftAzurebutwealsodidn’twantto completelyreplaceourstoragesystems”
Afterreviewingtheirexistingsetupandtheirrequirements, ourexpertsrecommendedStoneFlySmartcloudgateway TheSmartcloudgatewayarephysicalorvirtualgateway appliancesthatenableuserstoconnecttheirapplications andserverstoAzurecloudrepositories Inordertosetup on-premiseshot-tierFlashCache,thetechcompany decidedtosetupphysicalgatewayappliances
“Thecloudgatewayappliancesallowustosethot/cool tiersusingon-premisesandcloudstorageandautomate transfersbetweenthembydefiningpolicies Theintegration processwasseamlessandquick Ourstorage administratorsarehappyandourcustomersfeelthe difference”notedDiana,theCTOofthetechcompany
InadditiontointegratingAzurecloudstorage,andsetting automatedhot/coolstoragetiering,theSmartcloud gatewayalsoincludesenterprisedataservicessuchas air-gappedvolumes,immutableWORM,deduplication,thin provisioning,encryption,S3objectlockdown,andmore
WiththeSmartCloudGateway,thetechcompanywas abletoconnecttheirserversandapplicationstoAzure cloudstorage Thebuilt-infeaturesofthecloudgateway allowedthecompanytonot-onlyleveragecloudstorage forscalebutalsosimplifydatamanagement,ensurehigh availability,andprotectcriticalcustomerdatafromthreats suchasransomware,humanerror,andhardwarefailure
“Withafewclicks,wecanscalestorageon-demand We haveacentralinterfacetokeeptrackofresource consumption,anddataservices Andwe’reconfidentthat ourcustomerdataissafefromransomware”saidJeremy, “NotonlydidStoneFly’s(Smart)cloudgatewaycostless thanthealternativesbutalsodeliveredadditionalvaluefor usandourcustomers”
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.
On-DemandScalabilitywithafewClicks
Thepreinstalledstoragevirtualizationengine oftheSmartcloudgatewayenablesthetech companytoscaletheirstoragecapacitywith afewclicks–byusingintegratedAzure cloudstorage
Asopposedtothedisruptiveprocessof addingJBODstotheirservers,thecompany isnowabletoscaledynamicallyandondemand Thisabilityallowsthemtokeepup withtheneedsoftheircustomers, accommodatenewcustomerswithoutdelay, andkeeptheresourcecostincheckbyusing thebuilt-inreal-timeperformance monitoringandreportingfeatures
Theintegrationprocesswasquickand simple Afterreceivingthephysicalgateway appliance,StoneFlytechsupportwalkedtheir ITadministratorsthroughtheprocessand theywereupandrunninginaday
AstheSmartcloudgatewayhasbeentested formostpopularservers,virtual environments,andAzurecloud,thetech companydidn’thavetoworryabout troubleshootingorcompatibilityissues–for them,itwasaplugandplayexperience
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Ransomware-ProofDataStorage
Withransomware-protectionfeaturessuch asWrite-OnceRead-Many(WORM),S3 objectlockdown,air-gapping,and immutablesnapshots,thetechcompanyis abletosecureconfidentialcustomerand businessdatafromransomwareattacks Thefeaturesareofferedaspartofthe standardlicensefortheSmartcloudgateway whichreducescostsandsimplifies integrationfortheITadministrators
“Mostvendorsareofferingservicessuchas air-gapandimmutablestorageasanaddon Wewerepleasantlysurprisedtofindout thatthey’reincludedinthestandardlicense fortheStoneFly(Smart)cloudgateway So, weendedupsavingmoneyandwereableto setupenterprise-levelransomware protection”saidJeremy.
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