Veeam Ready Air-Gapped and Immutable Backup & Disaster Recovery (DR) Appliance

A fully automated backup and DR solution featuring air-gapped and immutable protection. Equipped with S3 Object Lock, FileLock, incremental and full snapshots, replication, and instant multi-VM recovery for robust data security.

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What is the DR365V?

Turnkey Ransomware-Proof Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution

The StoneFly DR365V is a Veeam Ready ransomware-proof data center in the box solution which delivers backup, replication, restore, and storage capabilities in a secure air-gapped and immutable ”plug and play” appliance.

🔒 Automated Air-Gapping: Easily enable or disable physical or logical Air-gapped Vault® directly from the Veeam platform with seamless StoneFly integration.

🌐 Secure Repositories: Safeguard critical backups and snapshots in air-gapped, immutable repositories, blocking malicious encryption and tampering.

🚫 Deletion Protection: Built-in volume deletion protection prevents any attempt to maliciously delete backup repositories, keeping your data safe.

🏰 Sandbox Testing: Plan and test backup and disaster recovery strategies in an on-demand sandbox environment, ensuring foolproof preparedness.

🔐 Access Controls: Implement robust access controls with multi-factor authentication (MFA), granting data access only to authorized personnel.

🧠 Machine Learning-Powered Detection: Utilize Machine Learning to identify and flag suspicious behavior and ransomware-encrypted files during backups.

🔄 VM Spin-up: Instantly spin up virtual machines on the DR365V for granular or full recovery, minimizing downtime to near zero.

🦠 Anti-Virus Scanning: Schedule efficient anti-virus scans to detect and quarantine malware, strengthening your defense against cyber threats.

🔐 Data Encryption: Safeguard data both at rest and in transit with end-to-end encryption, ensuring complete confidentiality.

DR365V: Veeam Ready Tested!

StoneFly DR365V backup and DR appliances have been tested by Veeam and validated as Veeam Ready Object and Veeam Ready Object with Immutability.

Immutable Object

Object storage immutability for critical Veeam backups.

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Veeam Competency Partner: Ransomware and Disaster Recovery

Veeam has recognized our skills and experience in delivering secure and ransomware-proof enterprise backup and disaster recovery (DR).

Beyond Backups

Building a Secure Kubernetes Ecosystem with Veeam Kasten and StoneFly

In addition to offering industry-leading support for Veeam backup and disaster recovery, StoneFly DR365V integrates effortlessly with Veeam Kasten. Together, this robust solution enables you to:

Protect Kubernetes Applications and Data: Safeguard your containerized workloads with Kasten K10 backups, stored on the DR365V’s immutable platform. This solution supports popular databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and Elasticsearch, as well as enterprise applications built on Kubernetes, including e-commerce, content management, and microservices architectures.
Streamline Kubernetes Disaster Recovery: Quickly restore Kubernetes environments in the event of a disaster or outage, reducing downtime and minimizing data loss.
Enhanced Security for Kasten Backups: With DR365V’s air-gapped architecture, backups are securely isolated, ensuring protection against ransomware attacks and unauthorized access.

Additionally, StoneFly DR365V integrates seamlessly with Veeam Kasten’s storage solutions, including:

Cloud Provider Block Storage: Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) for AWS, Google Persistent Disk for GKE, and Azure Managed Disks for AKS.
Cloud-Native Storage Solutions: Portworx, a leading container storage platform.
Open-Source Storage Options: Ceph via Rook and NetApp Trident, widely used open-source storage providers for Kubernetes.

Backup Data Security

Reduce Surface of Attacks from 3x to 1x

In addition to offering industry-leading support for Veeam backup and disaster recovery, StoneFly DR365V integrates effortlessly with Veeam Kasten. Together, this robust solution enables you to:

🛡️ Minimize Risk, Boost Security: DR365V reduces attack surfaces from 3x to 1x by isolating the network and storage stack.
🤖 Automated Veeam-Aware Air-Gapping: Seamlessly integrated with StoneFly, the Veeam data platform enables Always On-Air® Gapping for each backup/restore job, minimizing exposure to ransomware and other cyber threats.
🔒 Immutable Repositories: DR365V ensures your backups are air-gapped and immutable, preventing modifications, deletions, or overwrites for a defined retention period.

Multi-Layered Ransomware Protection with

Immutable and Air-Gapped Backup Repositories, Controllers, and Nodes

Secure your critical enterprise backups and sensitive information with DR365V’s cutting-edge features – policy-based immutability and air-gapped repositories, controllers, and nodes. As the only turnkey solution in the market offering this level of protection, DR365V ensures a multi-layered defense against ransomware attacks, hackers, viruses, and malware.

Air-Gapped and Immutable Repositories:

File and S3 object storage repositories are isolated and immutable for a set retention period.
Veeam data platform seamlessly enables or disables air-gapping, for the repository, during backup and restore jobs.

Air-Gapped and Immutable Controllers:

Controller-level air-gapping and immutability secure all repositories managed by the controller.
Repositories are automatically isolated and detached when the controller is in the same state.

Air-Gapped and Immutable Nodes:

Purpose-built Veeam-aware air-gapped and immutable nodes.
Similar to the backup repositories, Veeam data platform attaches these nodes during backup jobs, by disabling air-gapping, and detaches, upon completion, by enabling air-gapping.

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Detect Ransomware before it strikes with

Inline Machine Learning-Based Ransomware Detection

Identify ransomware in real-time with advanced inline machine-learning during backups using the DR365V:

🚨 Irregular File Sizes: Detects abnormally large backup files and alerts system administrators instantly.
🔐 Encryption Anomalies: Spots unusual encryption patterns and raises immediate flags for quick response.
🕵️‍♂️ Suspicious Changes: Flags files with uncommon extensions or modifications, highlighting deviations from established backup patterns.

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Real-Time File System Activity Analysis for Malware Detection

Protect your data from malicious encryption with real-time file system activity monitoring during each backup job. Here’s how the DR365V safeguards your data:

Continuous Metadata Monitoring: The DR365V utilizes constantly updated metadata archives to enable real-time tracking of file system activity.
Instant Quarantine: When an unfamiliar file extension is detected, it’s instantly quarantined during the backup job, blocking potential ransomware threats. Administrators are notified immediately.
Immediate Halt on Suspicious Files: If any flagged files are found during the backup, the job is instantly stopped to secure the backup repository.

This vigilant approach ensures each backup job is fortified against cyber threats. With DR365V, real-time security checks ensure only verified files are incorporated into your data stream, protecting your enterprise data.

Improve IOPs and Reduce Recovery Time

Zero Latency Backup and Restore with Unlimited Data Movers

Achieve faster backup and restore performance with:

Zero Latency Advantage: The DR365V integrates the Veeam data platform and storage within a single appliance, eliminating network latency issues. With both the source (Veeam) and target (file and S3 object storage repositories) housed on the same hardware, backup and restore operations are rapid and uninterrupted, ensuring seamless data protection.

Unlimited Data Movers: The DR365V offers a distinctive feature—virtually limitless data movers. Administrators can easily set up multiple data movers, allowing Veeam to efficiently manage and distribute backup and copy jobs in parallel. This configuration enables multiple tasks to run concurrently, delivering a substantial boost in overall performance.

Secure Backup Data During Transit

Secure and Encrypted Communication with Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

Establish a secure, encrypted tunnel between the Veeam data platform and the storage stack using software-defined networking.

Malicious Packet Prevention: Detect and block malicious packets to protect backup repositories from compromise.
Unique Packet Tagging: Assign a unique hash to legitimate packets, ensuring secure TCP/IP communication.
Encrypted Communication: Create a fully encrypted link between Veeam and the storage stack, providing strong defense against cyber threats, including man-in-the-middle attacks.

Unified Block, File, and S3 Object Storage Tiers

Tiered High Performance and Cost-Effective Long-Term Storage for Veeam Backups

Store hot and cold Veeam backups within a three-tiered storage stack integrated into the StoneFly DR365V Veeam appliance:

Block-Level iSCSI or Optional Fibre Channel: Optimized for Veeam databases and high I/O workloads, this tier delivers peak performance with immediate data access.
File-Level Shared Repository: Ideal for unstructured data, data movers, and shared assets, this tier offers network accessibility to support seamless collaboration.
S3 Object Storage: Tailored for backup and archiving, this tier provides cost-effective, elastic storage with virtually limitless scalability, accommodating any workload flexibly.

Tiered Storage is Further Divided into

Ransomware-Proof and Secure Air-Gapped and Immutable Storage

Store both hot and cold Veeam backups within a three-tiered storage architecture seamlessly integrated into the StoneFly DR365V Veeam appliance:

Block-Level iSCSI or Optional Fibre Channel: Designed for Veeam databases and high-performance workloads, this tier ensures peak performance and fast data access.
File-Level Shared Repository: Perfect for unstructured data, data movers, and shared resources, this tier enables network accessibility, supporting easy collaboration.
S3 Object Storage: Tailored for backup and archiving, this tier offers cost-effective, scalable storage that adapts to any workload, providing virtually unlimited flexibility.

On-Demand Sandbox for Ransomware-Free Backup and DR and Testing

Ensure ransomware protection by testing your Veeam backups in a secure, on-demand sandbox—no impact on production. Here’s how:

Isolated Security Zone: Safely test backups within a dedicated sandbox, keeping your production environment fully protected.
Ransomware Detection: Confirm that your backups are ransomware-free, preventing any risk of reinfection during recovery.
Scheduled Testing: Protect data integrity wi

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Back Up and Archive in Azure, AWS, and StoneFly Air-Gapped and Immutable Cloud

Whether you choose the flexibility of public clouds like Azure and AWS or the enhanced security of our air-gapped and immutable private cloud, we provide the solutions you need to safeguard your data. Utilize the integrated cloud storage gateway to connect your preferred cloud with the StoneFly Veeam backup appliance, unlocking the following capabilities:

Backup, replication, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), and archiving options available in both public clouds (Azure and AWS) and StoneFly’s air-gapped and immutable private cloud.
Utilize StoneFly Cloud Connect to replicate VMs as images, enabling remote spin-up and reducing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) to as low as 5 minutes.
Ensure business continuity by quickly restoring your data and resuming normal activities with near-zero downtime in the event of a disaster.
Archive infrequently-accessed data and backups in cost-effective cloud storage in Azure, AWS or in secure and ransomware-proof air-gapped and immutable storage in StoneFly cloud for compliance.

NVMe SSDs, SAS, and Cost-Effective Storage Media with Active/Active RAID Controllerand Immutable Cloud

Store hot-tier data on NVMe SSDs, infrequently accessed data on SAS drives, and archive data on long-term capacity-tier enterprise hard drives—all within the same appliance. Enhance IOPs and custom-tailor your storage media to achieve the best total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI) in the market.

The NVMe SSDs serve as the foundation for the OS and hypervisor, including VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Citrix, XenServer, and Proxmox, while also offering the flexibility to function as cache and hot-tier storage.

The built-in active/active hardware controller supports RAID configurations (0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60) with hot spares in a single node, as well as erasure coding in scale-out configurations.

Additionally, the DR365V supports tape arrays as target storage for both onsite and offsite Veeam backup data archiving.

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Integrated Dual Hardware Controller Appliance (R2)

Single-node with integrated dual hardware controllers used to set up two isolated environments, Veeam backup server and ransomware-proof target storage, that provide the same experience as dedicated appliances. With the R2 appliance, system administrators can seamlessly deploy:

Isolated Dual Appliances: Each appliance operates separately, equipped with dedicated hardware controllers, ensuring isolated security zones protecting enterprise assets within the network.
Versatile Configurations: The secondary hardware controller offers flexible configurations, functioning as an isolated recovery module, which includes:
Air-Gapped and Immutable Storage: Configure secure, ransomware-proof, and automated air-gapped and immutable file/S3 object target storage for backups, snapshots, and replicas.
High Availability with Automated Failover: In case of primary controller failure, the system can failover to the secondary hardware controller for continuous operation.

Ransomware Protection Using Up to 64 Immediate Restore Points: Click-to-restore 64 images that have been stored in the last few days for quick recovery.
Secure Target for VM Backup and Archive: Backs up critical VM(s) to an air-gapped and immutable target storage for long-term recoverability and security forensics spanning days, months, or years.
Secondary DR Controller: Spin Up VMs with one click for instant disaster recovery on the secondary controller.
On-Demand DevOps Sandbox: Provides a secure and isolated environment for DevOps and backup testing. Test backups for a ransomware-free recovery in an isolated environment without impacting production.

FlexStor ScaleHA™: Cloud-Scale Veeam Ready Backup and DR MSP Data Center Infrastructure

The FlexStor ScaleHa™ is a disaggregated ransomware-proof, high performance, and scalable Veeam Ready backup and DR data center infrastructure built and tested for managed service providers (MSPs) and large organizations.

It is a Lego set of cloud-scale infrastructure enabling users to custom-build their backup and DR environment with the security, performance, capacity, and networking capabilities as needed.

The architecture consists of the following components:

Two, or more, Controller Directors – each with active/active storage virtualization engine and SAN, NAS, and S3 object storage support
2x 10, 20, 40, 100, 400 Gbps network switches
8, 12, 16, 24, 36, and 60-bay single, dual, or scale out appliances – as many as needed
Optional 12, 16, 24, 36, 60, and 108-bay storage expansion units – up to 256 drive support per node.

Each appliance node can be set up as:

Veeam Ready backup and DR appliance
Air-Gapped Vault and immutable storage
Always On-Air Gapped backup appliance
Immutable FileLock
Immutable S3 object storage
Regular backup data storage – read, write, delete, overwriting enabled
Sandbox appliance for backup and DR testing
Secondary DR site

FlexStor ScaleHA™: Cloud-Scale Veeam Ready Backup and DR MSP Data Center Infrastructure

Single-Node

Turnkey 4 to 60-bay backup and DR appliances.

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Dual-Node Shared-Nothing

Dual-clustered backup and DR appliances with automated failover & failback.

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Scale Out

Start with three backup and DR appliances & scale out to as many nodes as you need.

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High Availability

Modular hardware with two backup controller nodes, one HA RAID array, and optional storage expansion unit (EBOD).

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Appliance Scalability

Start Small and Scale as Backup Data Grows

The DR365V scales effortlessly, accommodating initial partial population with the option to add more drives later, while also supporting scaling up and out to 128 nodes.

Scale Up using Storage Expansion Units (EBODs)

Scale up (vertical scaling) by adding Expandable Bunch of Drives (EBODs). Each DR365V appliance node can support 256 drives with EBODs depending on the appliance series and model.

Scale Out by Adding More DR365V Nodes

Scale out to virtually unlimited number of appliance nodes. With each node added to the system, the performance and storage capacity ncreases in multiples.

Modular Scalability in DR365V-HA

Scale performance and storage individually by adding backup controllers and EBODs, respectively. The DR365V scales to petabytes and supports thousands of drives using EBODs.

Available Appliance Series

XS-Series

8 to 60-bay appliances with high performance multi-core Xeon processors, high speed network ports, built-in RAID controller, and enterprise NVMe SSDs and/or SAS drives.

XD-Series

8-bay to 60-bay appliances with high performance multi-core dual Xeon processors, high speed network ports, built-in RAID controller, and enterprise NVMe SSDs and/or SAS drives.

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