NEC has upgraded its HYDRAstor HS8-3000 grid storage platform to deliver encryption for data at rest, instant file copy, and shared system mode. HYDRAstor 3.1 is available to existing customers through a software upgrade featuring enhancements to HYDRAstor’s advanced functionality for enterprise data centers.
NEC has upgraded its HYDRAstor HS8-3000 grid storage platform to deliver encryption for data at rest, instant file copy, and shared system mode. HYDRAstor 3.1 is available to existing customers through a software upgrade featuring enhancements to HYDRAstor’s advanced functionality for enterprise data centers.
NEC’s HYDRAstor is a highly scalable distributed grid storage platform that is built to modernize storage infrastructure, supporting long-term data retention. HYDRAstor has been architected to maximize capacity optimization and modular scalability without the complexity and inherent limitations of legacy storage solutions like expensive and inefficient primary storage, limited scale-up NAS, virtual or physical tape, and specialized single-purpose backup or archive appliances.
Prominent features of HYDRAstor’s include:
- HYDRAstor’s Encryption at Rest feature delivers a security option for classified financial and healthcare data, which are subject to government mandated security such as FIPS 140-2. This feature allows HYDRAstor to ensure data is encrypted with AES-128 or AES-256 prior to being committed to disk, protecting data against disk thefts. Encryption at Rest can be applied at a file system granularity, enabling intermix of encrypted and non-encrypted data on the same HYDRAstor system.
- The Instant File Copy functionality extends HYDRAstor’s file system cloning feature, enabling the user to quickly create fully deduplicated copies of individual files at a finer granularity than entire file systems. Customers can obtain copies of large amounts of data in seconds, since HYDRAstor’s DataRedux technology eliminates the need for any actual data copy. Instant File Copy generates the copy within HYDRAstor without server data transfer, further enhancing HYDRAstor’s advanced functionality and ease of management.
- Shared System Mode introduces a multi-tenant capability to HYDRAstor systems, which ensures data sets are visible only to authorized clients. This feature is targeted for managed service providers and private cloud environments to enable multiple organizations to maintain secure exclusive access to data while sharing a single HYDRAstor system.
The HYDRAstor 3.1 Release currently available to both existing and new customers. The Encryption at Rest functionality license is on a per Accelerator Node basis; the remaining enhancements are available to all HYDRAstor customers under existing Support contracts at no cost.
