Acronis Storage, the software-defined storage behind the
award-winning Acronis cloud infrastructure, is now publicly
available to service providers and business customers.
This major release is designed for heterogeneous
commodity-off-the shelf hardware and incorporates Acronis
CloudRAID™ and Acronis Notary™ with blockchain to provide
configurable levels of redundancy and indisputable proof that the
stored object data has not been modified.
Burlington, MA - October 20, 2016 - Acronis, a global
leader in hybrid cloud data protection, is proud to announce the
release of Acronis Storage, the world's first software-defined
storage product with blockchain-based data authentication and
universal file, block and object support.
The world around us is becoming increasingly digital and the
creation and value of data has expanded to include all parts of
business and personal lives. This puts extreme pressure on service
providers who find themselves responsible for the integrity, safety
and authenticity of customers' data stored on their servers.
Acronis Storage addresses these issues. A fast, universal, safe,
easy, scale-out, cost-efficient, proven software-defined storage
solution with Acronis CloudRAID™ and Acronis Notary™ with
blockchain immutable validation, Acronis Storage unites block,
file, and object workloads using commodity hardware.
This presents an excellent business growth opportunity to
Service Providers. The software-defined storage market size is
expected to grow from $4.72 Billion in 2016 to $22.56 Billion in
2021, expanding at a GAGR of 36.7%.* Such market growth is driven
by the advantages of software-defined storage solutions over
traditional storage systems and the need for cost optimization and
easy management.
#1, Fast, and Innovative
Based on Acronis Hybrid Cloud Architecture and together with
Acronis Backup, Disaster Recovery, Acronis Files Cloud, and
Monitoring, Acronis Storage completes the product set available to
Service Providers enabling them to meet the needs of their
customers in the most efficient way.
Earlier this year Acronis announced a long-term partnership with
Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One racing team. For both
organizations, leading-edge engineering is a huge component of
success. Both Acronis and Scuderia Toro Rosso focus on leadership,
high performance, and technology excellence, drawing success from
vision, drive, teamwork and operational excellence. These shared
characteristics can be summarized in three concepts: #1, Fast, and
Innovative.
"Digital world is all around us. Just like many of our partners,
Scuderia Toro Rosso fully depends on data. Our success on the track
depends on data availability, making data protection a critical
element in our business. We are proud to use Acronis technology to
store and protect our most valuable asset - data," said Scuderia
Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost.
Acronis and Scuderia Toro Rosso will celebrate the launch of
Acronis Storage together with partners and customers at Circuit of
the Americas in Austin, Texas, during the United States Grand Prix
this weekend. Toro Rosso is part of the most technologically
advanced and data intensive sport, and Acronis has the technology
to store and protect valuable data. The partnership between the two
companies is a perfect example of technological collaboration,
innovation, and understanding the needs of today's always-on
digital world.
Acronis Storage Features
Acronis Storage is fast. It delivers high speed
performance through SSD caching, auto load balancing, auto data
distribution, and parallel replication. Internal tests, for
example, showed that Acronis Storage is 5 times faster than
Ceph.
Acronis Storage is universal. Acronis Storage provides a
universal solution for all data storage needs - hot and cold, and
currently supports block and object data and will support files in
the next update. It provides a complete set of industry standard
storage connectivity and APIs including Amazon S3 and iSCSI.
Acronis Storage is safe. It provides configurable levels
of redundancy for stored data through Acronis CloudRAID™ and allows
data authenticity verification through blockchain-based immutable
logging and watermarking.
Acronis Storage is efficient. Acronis Storage enables
Service Providers to control the TCO of their storage
infrastructure and increase storage capacity from GB to PB without
hurting the budget. For example, compared to Ceph, Acronis Storage
delivers up to 55% lower TCO. It is achieved through lower hardware
resource usage, adjustable redundancy, smart automation, better
resource management, and, powerful centralized web-based management
console.
Acronis Storage is proven. With five years on the market
powering Acronis' own global cloud infrastructure, Acronis Storage
has undergone rigorous testing in the real world. The
2nd Generation software is currently powering a global
network of 12 data centers, protecting over 50PB of data for more
than 125,000 devices.
- Acronis CloudRAID™ leverages erasure-coding technology to reconstruct protected data from data chunks and parity information stored elsewhere in the storage cluster. It means that each added storage node makes Acronis Storage more resilient to hardware failures due to faster recovery times.
- Acronis Notary™ with blockchain is the world's first integration of blockchain into software-defined storage and data protection solutions. Acronis Notary™ with blockchain generates a time-stamped hash, or fingerprint, of protected data and stores it in Ethereum, a public blockchain-based distributed computing platform. By comparing two fingerprints of the same data, Acronis Storage is able to verify immutability, authenticity, and integrity of stored data.
"Acronis is the first data protection company to adopt the
blockchain as a data notarization platform. We are delighted to
work with Acronis and look forward to developing the Ethereum
ecosystem for the benefit of all users," said The Ethereum
Foundation's chief scientist, Vitalik Buterin.
Acronis Storage is suitable for all Service Providers, business
and organizations who have the need to manage their data storage
capacity without any downtime. With five minutes to install and 14
clicks to configure, it can be installed and managed even by those
without any system administration experience. It has a modern
touchscreen-friendly web console and comes with a comprehensive
manual and troubleshooting guide.
"A software-defined storage solution that supports both cold and
hot data, and different workloads, will be welcomed by the service
providers' community. And blockchain-based watermarking of data is
a big plus," said Alex Miroshnichenko, CEO of FlashGrid, a company
specialising in developing open storage software for Oracle cloud
customers.
"I'm very excited by Acronis Storage following our testing in
the last few weeks. The capabilities of the product and Acronis'
forward thinking vision are going to make them a game changer in
the storage market," said Sebastian Nölting, CEO of Rausch
Netzwerktechnik (RNT), a global distributor of data center server
and storage solutions.
"This year Acronis released the most complete set of data
protection products based on our new hybrid cloud architecture.
Just like the rest of our products, Acronis Storage is #1 in its
class. Acronis Storage allows Service Providers to take control
over their data and we are committed to helping them grow their
business by providing the world's best and fastest data protection
solutions," said Serg Bell, the founder and CEO of Acronis.
* Software-Defined Storage Market by Component,
MarketsAndMarkets.com.
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.