StoneFly DR365U™
Universal Backup and Disaster Recovery Appliance
- Built-in automated air-gapped controller, and repository that provides an additional layer of security from ransomware attacks.
- Immutable file and S3 object storage lockdown that prevents changes to critical backups, replicas, and snapshots.
- Universal backup and disaster recovery appliance compatible with most mainstream backup software such as Veritas, Commvault, Acronis, Quest, Rubrik, Zerto, and others.
- Unified Storage and Server with support for NAS, iSCSI, (optional FIbre Channel), and object storage
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) with support for VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, and Citrix (formerly XenServer) hypervisors
- Fault-tolerant backup appliance with support for RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, and 60 with RAID cache battery backup.
- Feature-rich backup and DR solution with data services such as snapshots, replication, automated online volume/storage expansion, load-balancing and more!
Leverage StoneFly’s robust enterprise-grade technology to build your backup and DR solution your way!
Starting Price: $2495
Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution with Your Choice of Backup Software
The DR365U backup and disaster recovery appliance is built to work with the backup software of your choice.
DR365U leverages StoneFly’s innovative software-defined operating system (SCVM™) to make it simpler for enterprise users to integrate their preferred backup software and their choice of hypervisor (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, or Citrix) on the backup and DR appliance.
Enterprise-users can run most mainstream backup software such as Veritas, Commvault, etc. on the DR365U appliance.
The DR365U appliance series is a powerful and flexible backup and disaster recovery solution, designed to keep your data safe and secure. With advanced features such as air-gapped backups, immutability, and ransomware protection, it ensures that your data is completely isolated and protected from network breaches and malicious attacks. It also integrates seamlessly with cloud storage tiers, including Azure, Amazon S3, and other S3 compatible clouds, as well as StoneFly private cloud, providing you with the ultimate in data protection and recovery.
Wondering about the compatibility of your preferred backup software with the DR365U? Contact us.
Powered by Our Patented Storage Virtualization Software
The DR365U universal backup and disaster recovery appliance comes pre-configured with StoneFly SCVM. SCVM is our patented storage virtualization software capable of provisioning virtual NAS, virtual SAN (iSCSI) volumes, and integrating object storage tiers with the backup appliance.
SCVM delivers users feature-rich storage and backup and DR experience faciltiating a variety of enterprise use-cases and reducing the overall cost of backup and DR.
Enterprise-Grade Features of the DR365U Operating System
Multiple iSCSI Volumes
StoneFly SCVM let’s you create 200 iSCSI hosts on the DR365U and support 200 iSCSI volumes with over a thousand concurrent host iSCSI sessions.
Load Balancing
Flash Cache™
Thin Provisioning
Volume Encryption
Multi-Site/Multi-Appliance Replication
RAID Monitoring
Advanced Reporting
Automated Storage Expansion
Real-Time Synchronous Mirroring
Tiered Storage Architecture
Configure hardware tiers by populating the DR365U with SATA (value-tier), SAS and SSDs. You can also configure software storage tiers and automate transfers between tiers for simplified and efficient storage management.
Delta-Based Snapshots
Built-in Cloud Connect
Automated Air-Gapped Backups
This feature is important because it provides an additional layer of security for your data, ensuring that in case of a ransomware attack or other security breaches, your backups will remain intact and usable for recovery.
Policy-Based Immutable Backups
Immutable backups is a built-in feature in the DR365U appliance, it is a security measure that makes sure that the backup data cannot be altered or deleted, making it a read-only copy. The goal is to protect the backup data from being tampered with or compromised by malware or ransomware that may have infiltrated the primary network, human error or even malicious intent.
This feature is important because it provides an additional layer of security for your data, ensuring that in case of a ransomware attack or other security breaches, your backups will remain intact and usable for recovery.
The advantage of having immutable backups is that it ensures that the backups are always a true and accurate copy of the data and can be used for recovery without the risk of being compromised.
Available Hardware Configurations for the DR365U
The DR365U is available in the following hardware configurations to facilitate a variety of enterprise use-cases:
- Integrated Backup & DR Appliance (DR Site in a Box)
- Dual Node Shared Nothing Backup & DR Appliance
- Scale Out Backup & DR Appliance
- High Availability (HA) Disaggregated Backup & DR Appliance (DR365U-HA™)
Each hardware configuration is cloud-enabled and has storage capacities ranging from terabytes to petabytes.
DR365U – Integrated Backup & DR Appliance (DR Site in a Box)
The integrated backup & DR appliance has the HCI Controller, RAID controller and storage drives built into a single aggregated hardware chassis.
It’s an easy-to-manage “plug and play” backup & DR hardware. Users can leverage the built-in cloud connect to store backup copies in Azure, Amazon S3, or any other S3 compatible cloud or StoneFly’s private cloud.
The DR365U integrated appliances are available in a number of form factors with support for terabytes to petabytes of backup data.
DR365U – Integrated Backup & DR Appliance Architecture
Supported Hypervisors
StoneFly DR365U – Integrated Backup & DR Appliance Hardware Overview
Integrated Appliance Scalability: Scale Up & Scale Out
The DR365U integrated appliances are dually scalable: they can scale up to petabytes of storage capacity and scale out to virtually unlimited number of appliance nodes.
- To scale up their integrated appliances, users can add expansion units.
- To scale out their integrated appliances, users can add appliance nodes.
Expansion Units (EBODs – Expandable Bunch of Drives) are available in 12 to 108-bay form factors with support for 7200RPM, 10k, and 15k enterprise SAS and flash drives (SSDs).
Each DR365U integrated appliance is capable of supporting a maximum of 256 drives with expansion units.
Dual Node Shared Nothing Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution
The dual node shared nothing hardware configuration is built for businesses looking for high availability and business continuity.
This hardware configuration comprises of two clustered (mirrored) integrated appliances. The iSCSI volumes and storage in both integrated appliances are synchronized. The clustered integrated appliances create a highly fault-tolerant and hardware redundant backup and DR system that delivers uninterrupted access to backup data even in the event of complete hardware failure of an appliance.
The two DR365U appliance nodes can be set up on the same premises or even in different locations.
Dual Node Shared Nothing Backup & DR Hardware Architecture
Dual Node Shared Nothing Backup and DR System Scalability
The dual clustered DR365U appliances are highly scalable. Each appliance can store up to 500 terabytes of data when fully populated. With expansion units, the DR365U appliance nodes can store up to 4 petabytes of data and a total of 256 drives.
Similar to the integrated appliances, the dual node shared nothing system is also dually scalable: it can scale up (scale vertically) and scale out (scale horizontally).
- To scale up, users can add expansion units or EBODs.
- To scale out, users can add appliance nodes.
Supported EBODs range from 12 to 108 bay with support for 7200RPM, 10k, and 15k enterprise SAS and 12Gb SSDs.
DR365U Scale Out Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution
Start with three appliance nodes and scale out to virtually unlimited number of appliance nodes with petabytes of storage capacity and proportional performance capabilities.
The total workload is aggregated over the 3x processing capabilities of the scale out DR365U system. This delivers a high speed and quick read and write experience.
For organizations processing large volumes of sensitive data, such as banks, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, the scale out backup and DR system is the best fit to protect their mission-critical big data.
Besides being able to store petabytes of backup data, the scale out DR365U also has built-in cloud connect. Users can choose to store backup copies or store backup data in the cloud for long term storage by building a hybrid backup solution.
Virtually Unlimited Scalability with the Scale Out Hardware Configuration
Add Storage Capacity
Increase storage capacity by adding 12 to 108-bay EBODs with Terabytes to Petabytes of storage capacity and support for enterprise SAS and flash drives (SSDs).
Add Performance & Storage Capacity
Looking to add performance and storage capacity to the scale out backup infrastructure? Add integrated appliance nodes with built-in RAID controllers and HCI controllers for Petabytes of backup data storage capacity.
DR365U Scale Out Backup & DR Hardware Architecture
High Availability Disaggregated Backup & DR Appliance (DR365U-HA™)
The DR365U-HA is a disaggregated backup and DR hardware configuration built to deliver a seamless scalability and maintenance experience.
The disaggregated DR365U-HA comprises of the following hardware chassis:
- Dual Backup Controllers (1U or 2U)
- RAID Array
Backup Controllers: Available with standard iSCSI configuration with an optional upgrade of Fibre Channel, the HCI controllers act as the management and virtualization layer for the backup and DR system.
The hypervisor, the operating system (SCVM), and the backup software run on the HCI controller chassis.
RAID Array: The RAID array chassis has the built-in dual active/active RAID controller and the storage drives.
DR365U-HA – High Availability Disaggregated Hardware Architecture
Highly Scalable Disaggregated Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution
The DR365U-HA is capable of storing terabytes to petabytes of backup data. The DR365U-HA disaggregated hardware is capable of scaling up (increase in storage capacity) and scaling out (increase in storage capacity and performance).
Furthermore, the disaggregated hardware architecture of the DR365U-HA also enables its users to scale storage and compute independently.
- To scale up (vertical scaling), users can add expansion units or EBODs.
- To scale out (horizontal scaling), users can add full appliance nodes.
- To add performance / compute only, users can add HCI controllers.
Supported Storage Capacities of the 1U & 2U HCI Controllers:
- The dual 1U HCI controllers, both 12Gb SAS and 16Gb Fibre Channel, can support up to 1776 enterprise SAS and SSDs with expansion units.
- The dual 2U HCI controllers, both 12Gb SAS and 16Gb Fibre Channel, are capable of supporting 4440 enterprise SAS and SSDs with expansion units.
Expansion Units: Expandable Bunch of Drives (EBODs) available in 12 to 108-bay form factor with support for 7200RPM, 10k, and 15k enterprise SAS and 12Gb flash drives (SSDs).