AmeriFirst Finance Chooses SnapServer NAS and RDX QuikStor Removable Backup Appliance for Protecting Business-Critical Data
Sphere 3D Corporation, a virtualization technology and data
management solutions provider, today announced that AmeriFirst Finance, a
privately-held financial services company offering consumer loans and
third-party portfolio management for more than 35 years, has selected the
SnapServer network attached storage
(NAS) and
RDX QuikStor removable storage system
for automated disaster recovery and backup of their business-critical data.
To provide the highest level of customer service, AmeriFirst
Finance required a secure, robust and automatic way of protecting data with
offsite disaster recovery. To avoid disruptive access to data, they needed a
solution that would ensure constant availability to their customer loan
documents and maintain full disaster protection to guarantee compliance.
AmeriFirst chose a multi-layer storage approach using the
scalable SnapServer NAS array, the Snap Enterprise Data Replication (EDR)
software, and the RDX QuikStor backup system to ensure permanent data
accessibility. This tiered methodology allows fast, instant access to data in
the event of a disaster, or if data is brought off-line or during a component
failure.
"We installed our SnapServer NAS and attached the
RDX QuikStor, and were pleased to see
that SnapServer with its enterprise GuardianOS software now has a robust, direct
backup solution for our crucial data," said Jim Houser, Director of Information
Systems at AmeriFirst Finance. "Doing backup through software on a Windows
computer was horribly slow. This direct SnapServer NAS to RDX connection is
killer fast! Additionally, we used the Snap Enterprise Data Replication software
package to replicate our local SnapServer to a remote SnapServer. The added
layer of replication gives us a great disaster recovery tool and the peace of
mind knowing our data is available in the event that a site goes down."
Houser added, "With RDX working as fast as it does, and having
it directly managed in the
SnapServer GuardianOS, this now
makes it feasible to perform a secure counter-to-counter air flight delivery of
current production data to our external third-party servicer in the event of
total disaster of the first and second layers of data protection that Snap EDR
is providing."
About RDX
The RDX series with AccuGuard
enterprise software provides encryption, deduplication, scalability, centralized
management and reliability for backup, archive, data interchange and disaster
recovery.
RDX provides enterprise performance and
fast access, with transfer rates of up to 650GB per hour and capacities up to
2TB per cartridge. Users have enough capacity to support a wide range of storage
requirements, ensuring their data is fully protected.
About SnapServer
Built upon the industry-leading GuardianOS
software, the
SnapServer Series offers enterprise
class management and data protection features, available in 1U and 2U rack-mount
form factors. Ideal for file sharing, backup and remote access, the
SnapServer Series supports SATA-II and
SSD hard drives and is scalable up to 576TB. The SnapServer GuardianOS includes
software-defined storage features such as DynamicRAID for seamless storage
expansion by adding or replacing hard drives as capacity requirements change. In
addition, all SnapServer storage volumes can grow or shrink dynamically without
IT intervention, preventing costly provisioning errors and unnecessary upgrades.
About Sphere 3D
Sphere 3D Corporation is a virtualization
technology and data management solutions provider with a portfolio of products
that address the complete data continuum from active data to data at rest.
Dedicated to continue to lead through innovation, Sphere 3D enables the
integration of virtual applications, virtual desktops, and storage into
workflow, and allows organizations to deploy a combination of public, private or
hybrid cloud strategies. Sphere 3D's Glassware 2.0 platform delivers
virtualization of some of the most demanding applications in the marketplace
today, making it easy to move applications from a physical PC or workstation to
a virtual environment. Sphere 3D's V3 converged infrastructure solutions include
one of the industry's first purpose-built appliances for virtualization and the
Desktop Cloud Orchestrator management software for VDI. Overland Storage and
Tandberg Data, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sphere 3D, provide an integrated
range of technologies and services for primary, nearline, offline, and archival
data storage through their data storage, data management and data backup brands,
SnapServer, SnapScale, SnapSan, NEO and
RDX, that make it easy and cost-effective to manage different tiers of
information over the data lifecycle.