Beat the Competition in

capacity, performance and cost

Announcing FDS v2.0

Enterprise level features and
enhancements

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FalconStor FDS v2.0 New Features and
Capabilities
Performance, High Availability, Granular access and improved data
resiliency for long term data retention
Integrated Symantec OST support, improves backup
performance up to 1.5GB/Sec (5.4TB/Hr). With FDS integrated
More Speed API, the replication process is automated increasing control and
visibility to data across multiple locations

Redundant appliances provide an active-passive pair, ensuring

maximized storage efficiency without risking data loss - point
High Availability deduplication appliances are vulnerable. Particularly important for
database backup and archive applications
Improved Replication Fan-In, supporting up to 150 remote sites.
Increased Site Improved enterprise features including enhanced granularity for
Replication faster data access and restores and an updated dashboard for
monitoring and tracking all operations in real time.

Enhanced CIFS security and policy-based integrity checking for

Additional Extras improved data resiliency

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Highly Available Architecture

• FalconStor FDS HA maximizes storage efficiency without

risking data loss - point deduplication appliances are vulnerable
• Ensures backup of critical systems can always be completed
within narrow backup windows
• Critically important for Archive and Database Dump
applications

Primary
path Failover
Data repository paths

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Support for Symantec OST: Control the real
power of FDS from NetBackup

NetBackup works through OST to

manage FalconStor FDS transparently

Improves backup performance by

Media over 100% to 1.5GB/Sec (5.4 TB/HR)
Servers

OpenStorage
API
OST
Plug-in
OST
Plug-in
OST
Plug-in
Single Management - consolidated
into a single console

Integrated Replication provides

catalog awareness, customize
retentions

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Optimized Duplication/Replication

• NetBackup media server initiates optimized

duplication
• FalconStor FDS performs the data transfer
(replication)
• Replication is after deduplication, so only unique data
blocks are transferred
• Cuts bandwidth use by 95% or more Local
or
remote
1. Start site
Optimized 2. Transfer data
Duplication
Copy A
LAN or WAN
Copy A1 4. Update Copy A Copy A1
3. Complete
catalog
Catalog Media Server

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 Optimized Duplication

Media Start
Server 1 Opt Dupe 2 Data
Transfer

3
Done Copy 1 Copy 2

Media server initiates duplication and storage server performs the data transfer.
4 Benefits
Update – Reduces workload on the media server
Catalog
– Reduces administration and management of backup replication
– Increase visibility and control with catalog-awareness of all data

Catalog

Copy 1
2
weeks
3
Copy 2

months
Apply different retention periods.
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150:1 Replication Fan-In
Remote sites
Centralized Real
Time Statistics
Local
deduplication
Improved
Global
deduplication

Central site
WAN

Data repository

Only deduplicated
data over the
WAN

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Enterprise-level Replication

• Wizard-based, scheduled granular level replication

– Provides replication at the file level, making data immediately
available at the target for fast restores
– Flexibility to schedule, prioritize and restore data on a file level
• Real-time replication status with centralized dashboard

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Enhanced Repository Integrity Monitoring

• Policy-based and scheduled data consistency and

integrity monitoring to insure data resiliency
• Insures data is consistent for long data retention

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 Contact us
Corporate Headquarters
2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, NY 11747
USA
Tel: +1 631.777.5188
Support: +1 631.777.3332
salesinfo@falconstor.com
Thank You!
Asia Pacific Headquarters
6F-1, No.521, Sec. 1, Wunsin Rd.
Taichung 40848
Taiwan
Tel: +886-4-2259-1868
salesasia@falconstor.com

European Headquarters
58 rue Pottier
78150 Le Chesnay
France
Tel: +33.1.3923.9550
salesemea@falconstor.com

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