StoneFly TM for ESXi Add StoneFly Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine () to your VMware ESXi Server and the possibilities are endless! Reduce your CapEx and OpEx by optimized utilization of servers and storage. Installing StoneFly for ESXi creates an even more dynamic datacenter by adding these advanced services: Disaster Recovery Site In-A-Box; Hybrid Replication enables replication of your data for disaster recovery or backup: Local, virtual or cloud synchronous replication; LAN/MAN/WAN campus synchronous replication; Remote asynchronous, virtual asynchronous, remote cloud asynchronous replication The StoneFly Software-Defined Unified Storage (SDUS) is a Virtual IP Storage Software Appliance that creates a virtual network storage appliance using the existing resources of your virtual server. This virtual IP storage platform for VMware ESX and ESXi environments provides an advanced, fully-featured iscsi SAN and NAS within a VMware virtual machine. You will no longer need a separate box for your storage. Create networked IP storage along with your server virtual machines, all on the same hardware platform. Increase productivity, simplify management, and reduce power and rack space requirements while using with your existing hardware. By creating a StoneFly iscsi Target within a VMware virtual server, customers may reallocate existing hardware resources to create a business continuity and disaster recovery solution. StoneFly synchronous mirroring within the datacenter and distributed campus, along with asynchronous replication between remote facilities enables instant disaster recovery and eliminates loss of access to storage during disasters. Of the available data optimization technologies, data deduplication offers the greatest potential to deliver substantial and recurring impact on the cost and manageability of data growth. StoneFly s optional deduplication technology provides optimized data deduplication for increased storage efficiency, allowing users to fit 5x to 137x more data (depending on the data mix) within the same storage footprint with minimal impacts to overall performance. MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure Other premium services for installations include StoneFly s hardware-enabled block level AES 256 volume encryption, thin provisioning with space reclamation, NAS (support for NFS and CIFS protocols), Scale Out NAS, as well as VSS support for databases such as Microsoft Exchange and SQL. The StoneFly lowers operational data-center costs and provides a quick RTO (Return to Operation) in the event of a local site failure. In essence, the StoneFly gives you the ability to create your own DR Site in a box. If you are looking for all of the functionality of a network storage appliance, but lack of budget and space precludes purchasing new hardware, StoneFly is the only solution you need. instances can be clustered to transform your existing server storage into a clustered storage system that is managed as a single SAN. This allows you to use all of VMware ESX s advanced features that need shared storage. You can use to provide storage to multiple servers without disruption and you can also increase the storage as needed with no downtime. Easily installed onto any VMware ESX or VMware ESXi server, StoneFly provides server and storage consolidation with data protection and disaster recovery into a single platform while reducing capital expenditures and operating expenses by shrinking your footprint, reducing power and cooling consumption and simplifying management.
StoneFly TM for ESXi Usages Primary or secondary IP SAN storage Virtual data deduplication appliance iscsi storage for Virtual Machines NAS share for file-sharing appliance Target for local mirroring/replication Remote mirroring/replication for DR Backend storage for archive, security, cloud or data deduplication appliances Features and Benefits of Gain the benefits of an IP SAN without requiring a physical SAN infrastructure Installs easily on any VMware ESX / ESXi server with few system requirements Provides shared storage for VMware environments leveraging your server s current disk storage Provides the best in class iscsi provisioning storage appliance Logical volume creation and patented advanced storage virtualization services 200 iscsi volumes supported with 1022 concurrent host iscsi sessions per iscsi port teaming, failover and load-balancing Volume-level access control and dynamic volume management Support for iscsi, SNMP traps, UPS, Nagios, RAID monitoring and Call Home System-wide graphical performance & utilization reporting; advanced report management Automated online volume / storage expansion Scalable without disruption Offers cost-effective disaster recovery using physical SAN replication to virtual SAN Multi-thread block level access to storage Web-based intuitive user interface Multi- management No downtime volume or storage expansion Easy to deploy and use Fully compatible with all StoneFly IP SAN appliances US patent #s: 7,302,500; 7,555,586; 7,558,885; 8,069,292 Optional Features StoneFusion 7.0 Advanced Feature Package: StoneFly snapshot services with 2520 delta-based snapshots per subsystem Mountable read-write snapshot volumes Command line interface utility Snapshot schedule utility StoneFly real-time synchronous mirroring of iscsi volumes and nodes (campus mirroring) Multi-site/multi-appliance replication Unified central management system Tiered storage architecture with hardware and software support StoneFusion 7.0 Enterprise Upgrade Options: StoneFly active / active clustering services with host and IP SAN load balancing, seamless failover and failback operations Asynchronous replication or mirroring with delta transfer and schedules AES-256 block level volume-based encryption Thin provisioning with space reclamation NAS volume support for CIFS & NFS protocols VSS snapshot agents for Exchange, SharePoint, backup software, SQL, and other databases StoneFusion 8.0 Enterprise Upgrade Options: Data deduplication allowing users to fit 5x to 137x more data within the same storage footprint for more efficient storage optimization MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure
StoneFly for ESXi StoneFly for ESXi Virtual Software Appliance Designed for VMware ESXi environments Advanced, fully featured iscsi SAN/Storage within a VMware ESXi Virtual Machine Hybrid Replication for disaster recovery or backup No additional systems required for storage Create an iscsi Virtual Storage Appliance along with Server Virtual Machines, all within the same Hardware platform MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure
StoneFly for ESXi StoneFly For LAN Synchronous Replication Next Generation performance, reliability and high data availability for critical applications Provides continuous access to a volume without interruption Mirror volumes One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-One or any combination Simplified disaster recovery System downtime reduced or eliminated MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure
StoneFly for ESXi StoneFly For Campus Mirroring Mirror volumes across the campus or across town Next Generation performance, reliability and high data availability for critical applications Provides continuous access to a volume without interruption Mirror volumes One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-One or any combination Simplified disaster recovery System downtime reduced or eliminated MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure
StoneFly for ESXi StoneFly For Remote Replication To Your DR Site Replicate volumes asynchronously Continuously or at scheduled intervals To your hosted DR site To your Cloud DR site Next Generation performance, reliability and data protection for critical applications Replicate volumes One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-One or any combination Simplified disaster recovery System downtime reduced MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure
StoneFly TM for ESXi The Big Picture StoneFly.com www.stonefly.com www.iscsi.com Phone: 510.265.1616 Fax: 510.265.1565 Email: Sales@StoneFly.com StoneFly, Inc. 21353 Cabot Blvd. Hayward, CA 94545 2014 StoneFly, Inc. All rights reserved. All features, hardware, software, and performance specifications are subject to change without notice. StoneFly, Inc., Storage Concentrator,, Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine, Software-Defined Unified Storage, SDUS and the StoneFly logotype are trademarks of StoneFly, Inc. All other brands, product names, company names, trade names and service marks used are the property of their respective owners. MKT-2096-SF-forVMwareBrochure