CloudArray™ - Cloud SAN Storage Software Solution

Cloud SAN Storage & Remote Backup Software

CloudArray, TwinStrata’s breakthrough cloud SAN storage solution adds Enterprise-class features and functions to public and private storage clouds. CloudArray provides advanced remote storage capabilities that enable delivery of cost-effective and seamlessly managed cloud storage services optimized for performance, availability and elastic storage capacity.

CloudArray takes the form of a virtual appliance supporting all the market-leading hypervisors; VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V. It is also available in a physical appliance for customers that want a dedicated physical server to run CloudArray.

CloudArray Overview

CloudArray supports both public and private Storage Clouds. For companies that have requirements to maintain data on-premise or within the walls of their own datacenter, they can take advantage of the on-demand storage distribution model of storage for each line-of-business through the use of private Storage Clouds. CloudArray also supports on-demand storage-as-a-service offerings by leading public cloud providers. Here CloudArray is installed local to the data center and connects to the public cloud provider via IP (Internet Protocol).

Seamless Integration with Applications, Physical and Virtual Servers

CloudArray software enables businesses to seamlessly and securely integrate existing business applications to cloud storage without any changes to applications or programming of cloud provider APIs (Application Programming Interface). CloudArray supports applications running on both physical and virtual servers.

Cloud Storage Volumes

CloudArray volume policies for caching and replication allow data to be cached locally for quick access and replicated to Cloud storage for high availability. CloudArray provides data snapshot services for point-in-time copies for rollback, test and development, data analytics and for other applications. CloudArray volumes can be configured to be partially cached or up to 100% cached, depending upon the application. The latter option allows for consistent copies of volumes in two separate locations; local to your data center and in the Cloud (private or public).

Data Availability and Security

For increased data protection and to ensure high data availability, CloudArray offers data copy policies that replicate data across local storage and a variety of third party storage cloud providers. CloudArray also enables replication between service providers. CloudArray compresses and encrypts data prior to transporting it to public cloud storage to ensure data security and privacy. CloudArray leverages the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), adopted by the U.S. government and also used to secure top secret information.

Videos on CloudArray Software

Overview of CloudArray Software
CloudArray Software Snapshots
CloudArray Software Storage Provisioning Overview

Storage Strategies NOW Report

Recently released report by Storage Strategies NOW discuss how CloudArray enables business applications

CloudArray™ software provides data protection and network-ready availability CloudArray enables business applicationsfor mid-sized businesses, By Deni Connor, Senior analyst, Storage Strategies NOW, May 2010. TwinStrata’s introduction of CloudArray™ software to enable integration between business applications and on- or off-premise cloud storage marks one of the first real-world business implementations of cloud-enabled storage. CloudArray provides the look, feel and performance of local storage to the cloud with enhanced availability, security and agility. Click on report at right to read more.

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CloudArray Specifications

  • Host interface: iSCSI
  • Hosts supported: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, VMware ESX/ESXi
  • Cloud storage interfaces: Amazon S3, Amazon S3 RRS, AT&T Synaptic multiple policies, Hosted Solutions, EMC Atmos-enabled partners, Mezeo-ready partners
  • Cache storage interfaces: SAN, NAS, internal, SSD

CloudArray Features:

  • Thin provisioned data volumes (oversubscribed), up to 384TB per volume
  • Cloud volumes: locally cached data volumes
  • Cloud replicas: asynchronous local to cloud replication
  • Cloud snapshots: zero-footprint copies in the cloud
  • Concurrent caches and caching policies
  • Dynamic cache resizing
  • Host access control
  • Configurable volume caching policies
  • Data encryption: AES‐256 at-rest
  • Provider specific policies: in-flight encryption, multi-site replication
  • Data compression
  • Compute Anywhere accessibility
  • One-button configuration restore and recovery
  • Integrated licensing and alert reporting on CloudArray online portal
  • Full CLI, GUI and API interfaces

CloudArray System Requirements:

  • Virtual Appliance runs on VMware ESX or ESXi Server v3.5 or higher, Citrix Xenserver v5.5 or higher, Microsoft Hyper-V or Amazon EC2
  • 50 GB free disk space, min.
  • Single CPU 1GHz or faster 64-bit (2 CPUs recommended)
  • 1GB RAM, min. (2 GB recommended)
  • 1Gb Ethernet network

CloudArray Control system requirements:

  • PC or Mac with 1GHz or faster processor
  • Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSuse)
  • 512 MB of RAM or higher
  • Adobe AIR 1.0.1 or higher