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Scalability, performance, ease of management, data protection, security, and interoperability are critical in a storage system that can meet user needs and the ongoing challenges of the data center – especially in today’s world of “big data” in the enterprise.
With OneFS, PowerScale and Isilon storage systems are simple to install, manage, and scale, at virtually any size. Organizations and administrators can scale easily from 10’s of terabytes to 10’s of petabytes within a single file system and a single volume, and with a single point of administration. OneFS delivers high performance, high throughput, or both, without adding management complexity.
To meet your data protection needs, OneFS allows you to provide a highly resilient storage environment that far exceeds traditional, RAID-based approaches. For data backup and recovery, you can use our fast and efficient snapshot capability to meet specific recovery point and recovery time objectives. And for reliable disaster recovery protection, OneFS, combined with our SyncIQ software, provides fast local and remote data replication with push-button failover and failback simplicity.
To help you address your security requirements, OneFS, combined with our SmartLock software, provides WORM protection to prevent accidental, premature, or malicious alteration or deletion of your data. At your option, and to help you meet regulatory and governance needs, this capability can be extended to include data protection that meets stringent SEC 17a-4 requirements. With OneFS, you can also implement roles-based administration and configure Access Zones to create a strict separation or shared tenancy between storage administration, users, and their file system access.
With multiprotocol support and unsurpassed interoperability, OneFS can help you use your large data assets with more flexibility among a broad range of applications and workloads, and across a diverse IT infrastructure environment.
Next-generation data centers must be built for sustainable scalability. They will harness the power of automation, leverage the commoditization of hardware, ensure the full consumption of the network fabric, and provide maximum flexibility for organizations intent on satisfying an ever-changing set of requirements.
OneFS is the next-generation file system designed to meet these challenges.