Wasabi Cloud NAS
Bottomless Hybrid Cloud File Storage
Managing data storage growth is a challenge that almost every organization faces. That’s because there is significant cost management associated with on-premises storage. Organizations frequently acquire more storage capacity than they need resulting in overpaying and overprovisioning. They must perform data migrations that take time and incur risk. They also must install them, maintain, cool, secure, power, and then decommission the on-premises storage. Each of these processes incurs additional cost, risk, and time to perform.
Wasabi Cloud NAS changes that. Using Cloud NAS, organizations keep the storage features that their on-premises cloud storage offers without ever running out of capacity.
Moving “Cold Data” To The Cloud
Upon its creation, unstructured data always starts as hot. Hot data is active and is usually accessed often by users and their applications. If data hasn’t been accessed in the last 90 days, it cools very rapidly and the probability of it being accessed drops dramatically. 75 to 90 percent of unstructured data is cold and consumes primary storage capacity on-premises. With Wasabi Cloud NAS, 80% or more of a corporation’s unstructured data, on average, can be off-loaded from on-premises storage to lower-cost Wasabi cloud storage, freeing up capacity for additional data growth. When organizations use Cloud NAS, they can set policies that determine which files automatically move to the cloud. This can be done when on-premises storage capacity hits a specific limit or when files have not been accessed in a certain amount of time: ie. “cold data.” Alternatively, data can be instantly moved to the cloud as soon as it is saved.
Cost Savings
Every terabyte of data removed from existing on-premises storage and the associated backup environment generates real savings by delaying the substantial cost of adding additional primary and secondary storage. This includes not just the cost of the hardware, but also the licensing and maintenance costs, network costs, energy costs, and datacenter costs.
Wasabi Cloud NAS takes the stress out of storage management. It offers organizations the availability, capacity, durability, performance, reliability, and scalability that they want storage to deliver for their data. It simultaneously removes all the hidden and overlooked time and costs associated with managing it.
Simple to use. No disruption. Access data as usual.
The Wasabi Cloud NAS solution is hands-free and automatic. It requires minimal effort from administrators and has no impact on users and applications. Data migration is performed seamlessly and automatically based on the storage policy you define. During the process, data always remains available while capacity is freed on the primary server. Users and applications still access the off-loaded cold data in the same manner as when it was on-premises; via the same source, same directory, and in the same way—even in the cloud. All data stored in the Wasabi cloud is considered “hot” and is readily available.
Wasabi Cloud NAS = “Bottomless NAS file storage"
Managing data storage growth is a challenge that almost every organization faces. That’s because there is significant cost management associated with on-premises storage. Organizations frequently acquire more storage capacity than they need resulting in overpaying and overprovisioning. They must perform data migrations that take time and incur risk. They also must install them, maintain, cool, secure, power, and then decommission the on-premises storage. Each of these processes incurs additional cost, risk, and time to perform.
Wasabi Cloud NAS changes that. Using Cloud NAS, organizations keep the storage features that their on-premises cloud storage offers without ever running out of capacity.
Bottomless Storage
- Always have free space available
- No capacity planning headaches
- No changes to existing file locations
Reduce Storage Costs
- Take advantage of cloud economics
- Fewer hardware purchases
- Reduce operational expenses
Disaster-proof
- Secure, off-site storage
- Meet compliance requirements
- Protection from accidental deletions and malware
Cost Savings and Simplicity
Managing the growth of unstructured data with traditional NAS hardware puts strain on on-premises storage devices and is a burden to IT staff and budgets. Wasabi Cloud NAS changes everything!
- Never run out of space. Cloud NAS is “bottomless”
- Preserve current operations: No changes to existing file locations
- Reduce capital costs: No more periodic equipment upgrades and data migration hassles
- No equipment hassles. No rack space, no costly human supervision
Benefits of Wasabi Cloud NAS
- Always have free space available: Cloud NAS creates “bottomless” storage capacity
- Preserve current operations: No new file system to learn
- Reduce capital costs: No more periodic equipment upgrades and data migration hassles
- No floor space required: Takes up zero floor space, no electricity necessary and no need for human maintenance
- Feel confident: Far more reliable than most local storage:
- Protection from ransomware
- Restore data from cloud if local drives fail or data is lost
- 11 nines of data durability in the Wasabi cloud
How It Works
Wasabi Cloud NAS installs on a Microsoft Windows server in five minutes without rebooting and immediately optimizes your storage and protects your data. There is no client software needed on enduser devices. Files moved to the cloud are replaced with zero-byte stub files in the NTFS file system. These stub files are placeholders that allow applications to function normally, as if the data exists in its original location.
Helps fight ransomware, accidental data loss
Wasabi Cloud NAS can be “immutable,” meaning that the contents cannot be modified or erased. Ransomware can attack local, on-premises files but cannot attack the cloud copies. Nobody can accidentally or maliciously destroy the data that is stored using Cloud NAS and immutable buckets.
Disaster-proof your file storage
If the local, on-premises storage fails, the replacement hardware can be repopulated with file stubs from the cloud within minutes. There is no need to wait for all files to be restored. Users can start accessing their data almost immediately.
Summary
Wasabi Cloud NAS provides organizations the ability to offload cold data from their on-premises servers, but still keep it available and retrievable within milliseconds. Offloading cold data frees up on-premises capacity effectively making it “bottomless.” No client software is needed on end user devices. All files are visible from the primary storage, appearing to reside on-premises regardless of whether they have been offloaded to the cloud. All data in the Wasabi cloud retains its original metadata properties including creation and access times, ownership, content, protection and security. It is simple to use and easy to understand.
System Requirements
You can install Wasabi Cloud NAS on a computer that meets these minimum system requirements:
- PC with 64-bit (x64) processor
- 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008 R2/Windows 8/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/ Windows 10/Server 2016/Server 2019
Important: Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 computers must run at least Service Pack 1 and have the KB976932 and the KB3033929 security updates installed
- 4 GB of physical RAM at least
- 60 MB of available hard-disk space for installation