Overview

Features

• Easy Deployment
  FalconStor FDS is qualified to seamlessly work with all major D2D backup and archiving applications by presenting a file share. This ease of integration allows for a seamless deployment into the existing storage infrastructure, with little or no change to current D2D backup applications or to file and data archiving processes.
• Standard File Interface Support
  Supports both CIFS and NFS connectivity.
• High-performance Backup
  FalconStor FDS was built with performance in mind. Its post-processing and concurrent block-level deduplication technology is optimized to ingest backup data without affecting backup speed.
• Flexible Deduplication Processes
  FalconStor FDS provides policy-driven data deduplication processes. Deduplication processes can be set by the user to start immediately after files are received, or data can be staged without deduplication for a set period of time. This flexibility accommodates different operations that may be more efficient on non-deduplicated data such as data copying, restore operations, or other operations such as data mining or database testing.
• High-performance Restores
  FalconStor FDS is optimized to enable high-performance data access for both deduplicated and non-deduplicated data. This allows for quick backup and data restore processes when needed.
• Multi-site DR
  FalconStor FDS offers global deduplication for quick, cost-effective, and secure DR. Connecting remote offices via FalconStor FDS appliances allows organizations to eliminate tape shipments between sites and ensure data is readily available online when needed. FalconStor FDS is enabled with intelligent global data replication technology; unique data is only sent once from one of the replication sites to the main data center.
• Enhanced Security
  By eliminating physical tape shipments, FalconStor FDS protects valuable corporate data from being accessed in the event of tape theft or loss. Data encryption is added during replication to ensure the highest level of data security and privacy.

Requirements

The FalconStor® File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) Virtual Appliance for VMware Infrastructure is a pre-configured, production-ready virtual machine that provides disk-based data protection and integrated global data deduplication for small and medium business (SMB) and remote/branch office (ROBO) environments. FalconStor FDS Virtual Appliance offers an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-manage capacity-optimized storage repository to help you minimize online storage capacity requirements for backup and archiving applications. Capacity requirements for disk-to-disk (D2D) backup applications can be reduced by as much as 20 times or more by eliminating data redundancies resulting from backup operations. With FalconStor FDS Virtual Appliance you can retain more data online, longer, for quicker data restores.

In addition, FalconStor FDS Virtual Appliance replication technology enables cost-effective disaster recovery (DR) by sending only unique, deduplicated data across the WAN, significantly reducing bandwidth requirements and costs.

• 10-20x average data reduction
• Supports leading backup and archive applications from Symantec, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, CommVault, CA, etc.
• Integrated reporting tools
• Remote site replication with 99% bandwidth reduction
• Enhances power and cooling efficiency for greener operations
• Reduces hardware footprint