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• Simplified and accessible unstructured data to applications utilizing standard protocols
• Elimination of the need for separate back-up applications and infrastructure
• Initiation of a full recovery in less than 15 minutes utilizing the Nasuni Filer
The Dell ™ DX Object Storage Platform and Network Attached Storage with the
Nasuni Filer is designed to be a simple, scalable and easy-to-manage way to store and protect your unstructured data. The Nasuni Filer is a virtual file server appliance that can enable your end users to access the Dell DX Object Storage
Platform through standard Common Internet File System (CIFS) and Network
File System (NFS) protocols. The technology addresses your present-day IT challenges associated with managing the explosive growth in unstructured data. Provisioning additional storage, growing Network Attached Storage (NAS) and file-server sprawl, managing disparate back-up systems, and performing large data migrations all can become unnecessary when utilizing the Nasuni
Filer as your primary storage device. Nasuni provides automatic provisioning with a fully versioned file system, integrated back-up through hourly snapshots, and disaster recovery with a 15 minute restore process. The solution includes the Nasuni Filer, a downloadable, easy-to-use virtual appliance, and Nasuni.
com, which includes a broad set of controls and monitoring services that provide insight into your data usage patterns within the DX Object Storage
Platform. It is unlimited, elastic, secure, and managed just like a traditional NAS which can help you with your data management needs.
• Store User Files: The Nasuni Filer supports Active Directory and presents a standard CIFS/NFS share. It also allows you to:
- Create Windows ® user shares in a cloud volume the same way you would when working with a traditional file server.
- Experience the massive scalability of the DX Object Storage Platform while managing it just like a familiar NAS device except that it never runs out of space and doesn’t need to be backed-up.
- Scale at your own pace, ensuring a complete balance between capacity and throughput thanks to the peer-scaling architecture of the
DX Object Storage Platform.
• Store Application Files: Set up the Nasuni Filer as your storage target for your server-class applications. You can expect applications to run just as they would against your existing file servers. This can allow for elimination of your anxiety over capacity growth, backups, or disaster recovery solutions for your application files.
• NAS Consolidation: It can also consolidate your NAS environment into one simple, easy-to-manage Nasuni Filer running on one of your existing servers. Your costly, expanding NAS environment becomes a single, inexpensive, unlimited file server.

• Fully Featured NAS Appliance: The Nasuni Filer is a virtual NAS appliance that is a comprehensive versioned file system including snapshots and Active Directory integration. It can provide you with all the benefits of a traditional NAS while also adding the benefit of unlimited, elastic, and cost effective cloud storage.
• Local Read / Write Speed: High performance caching algorithms enable Nasuni to look and act like an onsite traditional NAS allowing you more flexibility.
• Unlimited Elastic Storage via CIFS/NFS Access:
The Nasuni Filer is fully substitutable for Windows File Server and NAS devices. Nasuni’s solution can deliver the same or better performance. It can also leverage the highly secure and scalable DX Object Storage Platform. Performing large scale NAS migrations can become unnecessary as the
Nasuni Filer can support an almost infinite data set stored within the highly scalable DX Object Storage Platform, with a relatively small cache. The DX Object Storage
Platform can help secure your data effectively with selfhealing functions and automated policies that permit only authorized users to alter, delete or reference data.
• Integrated Back-up & Disaster Recovery: The Nasuni Filer helps enable point-in-time snapshots that can capture the entire file system periodically. It also allows for deduplicated snapshots which are then safely stored on the DX Object Storage Platform. You can then roll back to any given period in the life of a file, directory, or file system. Therefore, you can stop utilizing your expensive back-up applications and disk-to-disk or tape systems to manage your data protection plan. Nasuni makes it easier to schedule snapshots based upon schedules that you set, and all your data, after de-duplication and compression, is safely stored on the DX Object Storage Platform.
• 15 Minute Recovery: In the event of a disaster your IT staff can complete a full restore of the file system in 15 minutes or less. The Nasuni Filer enables this by caching metadata as well as data.
• Dell DX Object Storage is one technology that can be utilized to optimize your storage and meet your business goals. Dell IT Consulting Services* can work collaboratively with you to determine a blueprint that fits within your limitations through a catalog of well-defined engagements including best practice data archiving design.
*Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region. For more information, visit dell.com/servicedescriptions.
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