First Solution to Deliver Reliable, Scalable and Efficient
Storage Using Low-cost Commodity Hardware
Woburn, MA - October 15, 2013 - Acronis® today
announced the release of Acronis Storage, a software-defined storage solution
for archiving large volumes of data in the cloud. Multiple users,
each with Petabytes of data, can now stream to this fully
automated, carrier grade, elastic and resilient storage system.
According to IDC, data volumes globally will grow 50 times by the
year 2020 to reach 6.6 zetabytes, and 40 percent of all data will
be stored and processed in the cloud. With Acronis Storage,
organizations can meet increasing archiving and backup storage
demands with better performance and significantly lower cost than
large cloud providers like Amazon.
"As the lines between hardware, software and the cloud become
increasingly
blurred, Acronis Storage exploits innovative new
software-defined storage
capabilities to change the economics for
service providers," said Laura
DuBois, program vice president for
IDC's storage systems, software and
solutions research offerings.
"The new offering from Acronis enables
service providers to
deliver highly reliable cloud-based back-up solutions
using much
less costly storage infrastructure."
Co-founder and new Acronis CEO Serg Bell is bringing his
knowledge of cloud services gained from more than ten years as the
CEO of Parallels® to Acronis. Enterprises and service providers,
such as the thousands using Parallels hosting and automations
tools, previously had to provision expensive storage capacity for
logging, archiving and backup. With Acronis Storage, organizations
now can significantly lower their costs while achieving high levels
of reliability and scalability. Acronis Storage provides full,
automated redundancy of data to prevent data loss and unplanned
system downtime.
"Taking Storage Management and Deployment to the software layer
is the only way to create professional, scalable tools to drive a
storage as-a-service business," said Lance Crosby, Esq. CEO at
Softlayer Technologies." Acronis is well known for their in-depth
backup knowledge, so their step towards the software-defined
storage market for backup and archiving makes great sense."
"Not only has Acronis Storage allowed us to operate a
large-scale, robust and flexible cloud backup solution, they have
completely changed the cost structure of storage," said Jan-Jaap
Jager, CEO of intergenia, a leading provider of web hosting
solutions. "The solution is totally software-based, creating
high-grade storage on commodity hardware. It saves 60 percent or
more capacity overhead for complete data redundancy."
Based on a proven technology used for many years in Acronis' own
cloud storage centers, Acronis Storage optimizes:
- Reliability. Traditional storage systems don't consider broken storage disks or nodes as part of their protection area, resulting in unnoticed disk failures, and ultimately, data inconsistency. Acronis Storage self-healing data management technology ensures that the data remains protected and functional.
- Scalability. Linear scaling in both capacity and number of simultaneous users is critical as organizations attempt to get ahead of user demands.Sixty percent of companies surveyed by Aberdeen Group cite "meeting the increasing demands for storage" as their top IT concern. Acronis Storage technology addresses this problem, while radically simplifying the complexity of managing increasing loads. Acronis Storage easily scales to meet the current storage needs of customers, while also providing a flexible, future-proofed storage solution to accommodate growth.
- Efficiency. Acronis Storage is able to utilize a mix of any industry standard storage components, and provide through software, the appropriate redundancy and configurations to deliver a high-value, high-reliability, scalable storage solution.
"We're offering an innovative solution based on proven
technology for companies that want to run IT as a Service," said
Serg Bell, CEO of Acronis. "This is a major focus area for us and
we will continue to add advanced features. Acronis has been a
trusted name in data backup and disaster recovery for a dozen
years. Acronis Storage extends our data management and data
protection leadership to new heights."
For more information about Acronis Storage, visit: https://www.acronis.com/enterprise/storage.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.