The FalconStor® Network Storage Server (NSS) Virtual Appliance for VMware Infrastructure provides a cost-effective, feature-rich virtual SAN solution for small and medium businesses (SMB) and remote/branch offices (ROBO). Deployed as a pre-built, pre-configured, TOTALLY Open™ and ready-to-run software application packaged with an operating system in a virtual machine, the FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance brings intelligent storage virtualization and a virtual SAN within reach of any organization.
 The FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance creates a virtual SAN on VMware ESX 3 and VMware ESX 4 Servers by turning internal or direct attached disk resources into a shareable pool of storage. Storage can be provisioned and securely allocated via the iSCSI protocol. VMware vSphere 4 offers VMDirectPath which enables higher performance and greater scalability.
Enterprise class data protection features are included with the FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance, including data mirroring, snapshots, and WAN-optimized IP replication. By consolidating all the elements of a shared storage environment into a single server, the FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance provides a cost-effective solution for delivering highly available shared storage to a VMware ESX environment.
Highlights
- Deployable on a single VMware ESX Server or as a highly available pair on two VMware ESX Servers
- Up to 64 space-saving snapshots per volume
- Integrates with key enterprise applications for 100% data integrity and fast recovery
- WAN-optimized IP replication facilitates disaster recovery and deployment to remote or branch offices
- Built-in data encryption secures information during replication
- Mountable snapshot images speed-test lab and development efforts
- Thin Provisioning of disk resources saves on storage utilization and associated costs
- Supports both VMware Infrastructure 3 and VMware vSphere 4
- Support for VMware vStorage Initiatives
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