FalconStor


FalconStor IPStor Platform

FalconStor provides a TOTALLY Open™ & comprehensive suite of enterprise-class storage solutions that provide complete data protection from the remote office to the data center. Whether you need to non-disruptively enhance your existing backup environment or completely redesign your disaster recovery (DR) strategy to reduce costs & enhance recovery time, FalconStor Software has the tools to change the way you think about data protection.
All FalconStor solutions share a common model of being integrated, optimized & available.

Integrated

FalconStor solutions are built on a common platform, the FalconStor® IPStor® storage platform. FalconStor IPStor eliminates the compatibility & integration issues typically found with “bolted together” solutions created from disparate products with varying development histories.

Optimized

FalconStor solutions are designed to optimize performance & capacity utilization, making use of the latest advances in storage networking & technologies such as Thin Provisioning & deduplication. Application-specific tools optimize protection of key enterprise applications. Protection is enhanced even as costs are reduces.

Available

FalconStor solutions are all about data protection & recovery. Available means your data is protected with complete transactional integrity for fast & reliable recovery. It means the FalconStor solutions are deployed in highly available modes with built-in failover capabilities. It means you can recover data any time you need it without worry.
FalconStor solutions are sold as four key product families developed in accordance with your data protection needs providing the ultimate business value :
Virtual Tap Library (VTL) Continuous Data Protector (CDP)
FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is a high performance, scalable, disk-based tape emulation system that optimizes backup. Integrated data deduplication provides exceptional reductions in disk utilization & bandwidth during tape replication. Physical tape support extends functionality to the creation & management of physical media. FalconStor Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology provides high-speed local & remote disk-based data protection with instant recovery. By keeping a complete mirrored copy of data in its native format as well as a series of point-in-time snapshots, the FalconStor CDP solution offers the most rapid & granular recovery possible in all disaster scenarios including accidental data loss, system corruption, server or storage failures & site-level loss.
Network Storage Server (NSS) File-interface Deduplication System (FDS)
FalconStor Network Storage Server (NSS) integrates storage virtualization & provisioning across multiple disk arrays & connection protocols for an easy-to-use, scalable SAN solution. FalconStor NSS lets you pool & tier your disk assets, simplifying provisioning, reducing allocation errors & maximising resource utilization. It also incorporates a full set of application-aware data protection services. FalconStor File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) offers an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-manage, scalable data repository with deduplication to minimize online storage capacity needs for backup & archiving applications. Integrated data replication is included for disaster recovery.