1. Enterprise-Class, Virtual NAS Features Extend Native Capabilities of Microsoft Azure Solutions
“Microsoft Azure is dominant in the enterprise because it offers a flexible storage architecture. SoftNAS Cloud is dominant in the enterprise because SoftNAS Cloud provides scalability, 360-degree data protection, and high availability.” – Rick Braddy, CEO and CTO, SoftNAS
MICROSOFT OFFICE ISV:
SoftNAS, Inc.
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LOCATION: Houston, TX, USA
ORG SIZE: employees
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SoftNAS Cloud is a software-defined, enterprise-class NAS filer delivered as a virtual appliance. Supporting multiple protocols including: NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and AFP. Legacy applications transfer seamlessly to the cloud without re-architecting or recoding. SoftNAS Cloud brings enterprise NAS features such as de-duplication and compression to Microsoft Azure.
SITUATION
Data storage needs continue to grow at tremendous rates with no signs of slowing down. Customers on traditional or even hyperconverged on-premises storage solutions face the ongoing rollercoaster of Capex decisions: obsolescence, maintenance contracts, administration, scaling, space and power, and on and on. The ongoing challenge of doing it the way it has always been done needs to be examined.
SOLUTION
SoftNAS Cloud for Azure breaks this rollercoaster by allowing customers to choose the No.1 selling virtual NAS in the cloud. SoftNAS Cloud extends the native capabilities of Microsoft Azure, extending the 5TB file share and the 500TB storage account limitations that allow customers to scale storage from gigabytes to petabytes. With support for multiple protocols including NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI and AFP, SoftNAS Cloud makes it easy to migrate applications to Azure without re-architecting or recoding.
BENEFITS
Easily migrate workloads to the Microsoft Azure cloud without changing application data architecture. Change storage backend, not the app.
Choose the type of Azure storage needed to backend. Scale NAS deployments to Azure Blob Storage from gigabytes to petabytes.