StoneFly StoneFusion and SCVM Storage OS V.8.0.4

StoneFly, Inc. released a version of its patented storage OS: StoneFusion and SCVM.

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Version 8.0.4 features
The version 8.0.4 of the enterprise storage software includes:

• WORM storage provisioning

• Anti-virus, malware and ransomware detection and removal

• Deduplication for NAS volumes (in addition to iSCSI SAN workloads)

• GUI update that offers real-time performance reporting of provisioned NAS, SAN and unified storage resources.

Overview of StoneFly Storage OS
The company’s patented (*) storage OS, StoneFusion and SCVM, enables users to provision NAS, SAN and unified (NAS + SAN) volumes on bare-metal, Windows and Linux servers. The enterprise storage OS comes pre-configured in all the firm’s storage and backup and DR appliances.

StoneFusion is also available as a standalone software. The storage OS can be installed on bare-metal servers and mainstream enterprise storage appliances such as Dell EMC, HPE, among others.

Besides storage provisioning, the storage OS facilitates integration of several enterprise-grade features such as delta-based snapshots, synchronous and asynchronous replication, volume encryption, automated storage tiering.

The storage software also facilitates cloud integration with the company’s appliances and other servers. Supported cloud repositories include Azure, Amazon S3, other S3 compatible cloud and the firm’s private cloud.

The SCVM storage OS can be installed on mainstream hypervisors such as VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, and Citrix (formerly XenServers) to provision virtual NAS, virtual SAN, virtual unified (NAS+SAN) storage repositories and/or to integrate desired cloud repositories to build a hybrid HCI storage solution. With SCVM, users can run VMs in their preferred cloud, create snapshots in the cloud, replicate to the cloud, and more.

The company also recently introduced StoneFusion MSP edition, the storage OS version that facilitates MSPs and large organizations to provision virtual, purpose-built, multi-tenant and noise-less storage repositories on on-premises, remote or cloud-based servers.

Building SDS data center with StoneFusion and SCVM
Commenting on the update, Mo Tahmasebi, CEO and founder, StoneFly, says: “Our culture is driven by customer feedback. We listen to our enterprise customers and develop our solutions accordingly to enhance their experience. The latest version of our storage OS is developed to help with concerns such as high impact ransomware attacks, compliance and data center consolidation. It’s an eighth gen product, which is truly one-of-a-kind in the context that it facilitates NAS, SAN, unified and hyperconverged workloads. Not many storage OS in the market can do that“

StoneFusion and SCVM availability:
StoneFusion comes pre-configured in all company’s NAS, SAN and unified (NAS+SAN) appliances. It’s also available as a standalone product for bare-metal, Windows and Linux-based servers.

DR365 – Integrated backup and DR appliance architecture

SCVM is the built-in virtual storage appliance in the firm’s HCI appliances including Unified Server and Storage (USS) appliances, the DR365, DR365V and DR365U backup and DR appliances.

SCVM is also available as a standalone product compatible with VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, and Citrix (formerly XenServer) hypervisors facilitating data center consolidation, VM migration, VM snapshots, DR, and other similar use-cases.

(*) USPTO Patents reference: 7,302,500, 7,555,586, 7,558,885, and 8,069,292