ESG Lab Report
Nasuni offers enterprise-class, primary file storage services in a single, scalable solution that addresses multiple storage needs for global businesses. The solution uses on-premises Nasuni Filers back-ended by public cloud storage providers. The Nasuni service provides instant, synchronized access to data from any location.
ESG Lab tested Nasuni’s enterprise storage services, evaluating the service’s ability to deliver multi-site access to files with complete security, instant scalability, guaranteed reliability, and enterprise-class performance while managing data services from a central console.
Nasuni Solution Brief: Legal
Nasuni gives legal IT the ability to easily absorb large amounts of data and guarantee access to these files for as long as needed across all offices in the firm. Law firms are using Nasuni to address the storage challenges for: Litigation Support/eDiscovery Document Management Systems (DMS) User home directores Nasuni delivers on-demand provisioning with unlimited scale, complete protection and access to all your files, in all your offices, all the time with no risk of data loss.
Backup-less File Servers
In the 90s the single biggest backup challenge was the protection and restoration of databases. At the time, these were the heart of an organization. Fast forward to the present, and find that while databases are just as important, file data has become equally important. The amount of data that users create and update on a daily basis is staggering. Backing up and protecting file based data has become a nightmare for backup administrators and backup application developers alike. Solutions from companies…
Nasuni Builds a Bridge to the Cloud
Cloud storage promises to offer significant operational savings, bottomless storage capacity, reduced capital expenditures, and the flexibility to deploy storage quickly. IT shops, however, remain concerned that it won’t deliver the required performance, security, and data availability they can get with onsite solutions. Nasuni addresses these concerns for midsize enterprises struggling to manage rapidly escalating growth of Windows-based file data with its cloud storage filer, creating a bridge between the current…
Nasuni’s Data Migration Service - Moving From Test To Production
The cloud has always made sense, in theory. It’s just the details that sometimes give users pause, things like performance, security and implementation. Nasuni’s ability to bring the benefits of cloud storage from theory to reality has struck a chord with many IT managers and administrators. Judging by the thousands of times the Nasuni Filer free trial has been downloaded there’s obviously high interest in this technology, but one concern faced by IT administrators has been how to move from test to production, …
What Can You Really Do With Cloud Storage in 2011?
In the past cloud storage has been justifiably criticized for being an over-hyped technology, but in 2011 cloud storage will move out of the hype stage and become a production solution for many companies. While some will continue to find fault, smart business owners and IT managers will be using cloud storage solutions like Nasuni’s Filer to solve problems and increase productivity.
How to Add NAS Services to a SAN
Storage managers and storage vendors that have deployed a SAN have a difficult decision to make when they’re ready to add file services to the existing environment or to their product offering. There have traditionally been three options to achieve this goal: add a separate NAS server and storage, add NAS hardware (often called a gateway) to the SAN, or use the file serving capability of the current OS choice. While each of these options has its strong points, they also create problems. Now there’s a fourth which…
Nasuni's Cloud Enabled Filer Hits Full Stride
Last week Nasuni announced the availability of a major upgrade of their Filer software. The Nasuni Filer provides a virtual NAS service, ideal for virtual server infrastructures that are using a block based storage (SAN) infrastructure or for those looking for file serving capabilities beyond what standard operating systems can provide. The 2.0 release advances an already solid 1.0 version of the product to add such capabilities as Microsoft Hyper-V support increased cloud backend storage options, tighter integration…
Delivering Primary Cloud Storage
Cloud storage is often thought of for secondary storage like backup and archives. Nasuni a new startup based in Natick, Massachusetts is attempting to change that line of thinking and enable small to medium sized businesses to leverage the cloud by partnering with providers like Iron Mountain to create a “primary storage on demand” environment. They are delivering a virtual file server that provides unlimited file storage and complete file protection for SMB data centers. The Nasuni Filer software retains the…