Learn about the high-performance features that make FalconStor NSS your ideal storage virtualization solution

Open Architecture

Supports:

• Networked storage over iSCSI, FC, and/or FCoE protocols
• Physical and virtual server environments
• Major enterprise operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Netware, and Macintosh.

Automated DR with RecoverTrac™ Technology

Automates the complex tasks of recovering both data and IT business operations through RecoverTrac technology:

• Supports physical and virtual servers
• Supports any type of storage or networking and physical-to-virtual (P2V) recovery.
• Enables non-disruptive testing of recovery jobs.

Advanced Mirroring

Data can be mirrored within or across disk arrays for business continuity or READ I/O improvement. Alternate-READ Mirror volumes mitigate READ I/O contention for mission-critical business applications, improving performance.

Complete Data Mobility

Move data across any set of arrays in your SAN without any impact to application processing. This supports many uses, such as technology refresh, migration due to equipment end-of-lease, or moving an application to a different class of storage. This simplifies some of the most time-consuming and ongoing storage management tasks.

Performance Acceleration

• Accelerates I/O performance with solid-state (SSD) support. 
• HotZone, a READ-specific cache, and SafeCache, a WRITE-specific cache, accelerate intensive I/O operations. 
• Designated cache capacity can be defined on memory, SSD, or fast disk capacity.

Thin Provisioning

Maximizes disk utilization, reduces storage costs and power consumption.

Any-to-any Data Replication

Replicate data from any vendor's primary storage environment to any other storage device. Use any disk and storage protocol that meets your price/performance requirements without the vendor lock-in associated with array-based replication tools. This allows you to replicate data from your production FC SAN to a stand-by iSCSI SAN, reducing DR site expansion costs.

WAN-optimized Replication

MicroScan™ technology reduces replication data traffic by as much as 95%. This lets you significantly cut back on WAN capacity and monthly bandwidth costs while protecting more applications.

VMware Support

• Provides support for VMware Site Recovery Manager with any disk array found in the VMware Hardware Certification List. 
• Provides support for VMware Site Recovery Manager-controlled replication across different disk arrays. 
•  VAAI support extends VMware integration across different storage arrays and protocol enabling complete data mobility between different vendor storage environments.

Windows 2008 and Hyper-V Support

Support for the latest Microsoft Windows virtualization solutions and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering provide instantaneous WAN-based disaster recovery in both physical server and Hyper-V virtual server environments.

Application Integration

• Application-aware Snapshot Agents, including Microsoft Windows-certified agents, ensure 100% transactional integrity. 
• Support is provided for major enterprise messaging and database platforms, including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Lotus Notes/Domino, Sybase, Informix, DB2, GroupWise, Progress, and SAP. 
• FalconStor NSS also supports clustering software, including Windows clustering and Oracle RAC. (View the Certification Matrix for more information.)

P2V Recovery

• Uses snapshot images or replica volumes to quickly restart failed physical systems as virtual machines. 
• A Central Client Manager lets you configure and monitor protected servers from a centralized, single point of view.

Large LUN Support

Supports individual LUNs up to 64TB in size, accommodating data growth and server virtualization needs.

Accelerate Backup to Tape

• Where tape is required, FalconStor NSS technology enables host-free, SAN-based backup that eliminates the need for backup agents and imposes no impact on your production environment.
• Backup speed increases dramatically, by as much as 1000% (moving from a 1Gb LAN-based backup to a 10Gb SAN backup).