StorSimple Solution Family

Key Features & Benefits Cloud-integrated Storage

StorSimple solutions seamlessly integrate Cloud-integrated Storage from StorSimple consolidates primary storage,
advanced SAN technologies such as SSDs, archive, backup, and disaster recovery (DR) through seamless integration
SAS, automated storage tiering, deduplication, with the cloud. By combining StorSimple software and a custom-designed
compression and encryption with cloud storage enterprise-grade hardware platform, StorSimple solutions provide high
to significantly reduce the storage footprint and performance for primary storage and enable revolutionary speed, simplicity
lower both CapEx and OpEx costs. and reliability for backup and recovery while reducing enterprise storage
TCO by 60-80%.
Infrastructure consolidation
StorSimple solutions consolidate primary
storage, archival, backup and disaster recovery
through seamless integration with the cloud.

Simpler, faster backup & recovery

StorSimple cloud-based snapshots enable
revolutionary speed, simplicity & reliability for
backup and recovery. Users can achieve up to
100x faster data recovery vs. traditional backup
methods used in the cloud.

Secure data storage

StorSimple applies AES-256 military-grade
encryption for all data transferred and stored in
the cloud using a private key that is known only
to customers.

Lower overall storage costs

By integrating the cloud with local enterprise
storage, StorSimple reduces total storage costs
(TCO) by 60-80%.
Enterprise SAN with Cloud Archive, Backup and Recovery

Certified by Microsoft and VMware, StorSimple solutions leverage the cloud

to address storage managers’ biggest challenges around infrastructure
complexity, cost management and timely data recovery.

StorSimple solutions use cloud storage as an automated storage tier,

offloading capacity management burdens and ongoing capital costs. Using
local and cloud snapshots, application-consistent backups complete in a
fraction of the time needed by traditional backup systems while reducing the
amount of data transferred and stored in the cloud.

Cloud-based and location-independent disaster recovery (DR) allows

customers to recover their data from virtually any location with an Internet
connection, and test their DR plans without impacting production systems
and applications. Thin restore from data in the cloud enables users to
resume operations after a disaster much faster than possible with physical or
cloud-based tape.

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 Technical Features and Specifications

Appliance Model* 5020 7020 5520 7520

Capacity
Usable Local Hard Drive Capacity 2TB 4TB 10TB 20TB
SSD (eMLC) Physical Capacity 400GB 600GB 1.2TB 2TB
Effective Local Capacity** 4-10TB 8-20TB 20-50TB 40-100TB
Max Capacity 100TB 200TB 300TB 500TB
High Availability Features
Dual, Redundant , Hot-swappable Power 2 X 764W and 2 X 580W
2 X 764W PCMs, 100–240VAC
Cooling Modules (PCMs) PCMs, 100-240VAC
Network Interfaces 4 X 1Gbps copper
Controllers Dual, redundant, hot-swappable, active/hot-standby controllers with automatic failover
RAID Protection Yes, including SAS hot-spare
Storage Features
iSCSI with Multipath IO Support Yes
Primary Data Reduction Yes
Acceleration NVRAM, SSD and cloud storage acceleration
Microsoft Certification Microsoft WHQL
VMware Certification Yes, both vSphere 4.1 and 5.1
Support for VMware VAAI Yes (Pending future certification)
Automatic Storage Tiering SSD, SAS and cloud storage
Adaptive I/O Processing Yes, optimizes IO performance of mixed-pattern workloads
Data Portability Yes, access data sets across StorSimple appliances
Data Protection Features
Local Backups Yes, using snapshots
Offsite Backups/Tape Elimination Yes, using cloud snapshots & cloud clones
Microsoft VSS Application-Consistent Backups Yes, using Data Protection Console and hardware VSS provider
Windows CSV and Dynamic Disk Support Yes, backup CSV, mirrored dynamic disks and multi-partition disks
Protected Storage Migration Using Windows host-side mirroring. Allows online backups and non-disruptive cutover.
Security Features
Virtual Private Storage Yes
Data-in-Motion Encryption HTTPS/SSL
Data-at-Rest Encryption AES-256-CBC
Volume Access Control IQN, CHAP
Additional Security Features Multiple user accounts (local and Active Directory), role-based access, secure web proxy support
Manageability and Serviceability
Non-disruptive Software Upgrade Yes, updates and new releases
Hot-swappable Components Controllers, power and cooling modules, NVRAM batteries, SSD and SAS drives
Management and Monitoring Integrated web GUI, email alerts with call-home, SNMP v1/v2c
Hardware Footprint
4U rack-mountable
Form Factor 2U rack-mountable appliance
appliance
Dimensions (L X W X H in inches) 24.8” X 19” X 3.46” 24.8” X 19” X 6.96”

* 5020, 7020, 5520 and 7520 appliances are built and distributed by Xyratex.

** with compression and de-duplication, varies by use case.

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