The gateways deduplicate, compress and encrypt backup data sets before storing them in the local cache.
IT
performance specialist Riverbed Technology announced the introduction of three
Whitewater cloud storage gateway models designed to optimize data protection.
Whitewater now allows a wider range of organizations, including small to midsize
businesses, to take advantage of the benefits of cloud data protection.
The
Whitewater models 510 and 710 are purpose-built for SMBs, while Model 2010 is
designed for the midsize enterprise and targeted use cases in the large
enterprise. In addition to hardware-based cloud storage gateway appliances,
Riverbed also offers a virtual version of its cloud storage gateway for data
protection.
With
the Whitewater cloud storage gateway, restores of recent backups occur locally
from the secure disk cache. Also, older data can be pulled directly from the
cloud. The gateway will then manage the network and storage deduplication,
compression, encryption and transmission of the data stream to local disk cache
and the cloud, as well as provide the data to the backup application when a
restore is required. The platform also provides Secure Sockets Layer version 3
(SSLv3) encryption for data in motion and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
256-bit at rest.
"As
many organizations are grappling with the explosion in data growth in their IT
environments, cloud storage has emerged as an attractive data protection
option. SMBs can quickly and easily add offsite protection capabilities, but
only pay for storage as needed and without investing in or managing a secondary
data center," said Bob Laliberte, senior analyst with IT research firm
Enterprise Strategy Group. "As enterprises increase their use of server
virtualization and implement other strategic IT initiatives, the growth and the
sheer volume of data present a greater challenge for data protection
strategies. With these new Whitewater models, Riverbed provides a data
protection solution that helps organizations accelerate recovery times, drive
down the cost of backup and improve disaster recovery (DR)."
Whitewater
cloud storage gateways deduplicate, compress and encrypt backup data sets
before storing them in the local cache and securely accelerating them over the
network and into the cloud. This helps free up backup staff from tape backup
and tape infrastructure management with no disruption to their operations, the
company said. In the event of a disaster, the secure cloud copy can be restored
to any location and provides a strong DR solution without the need to purchase
and maintain expensive hardware in remote locations.
The
gateways also enable organizations to securely optimize their backup with
pay-per-use pricing and without changes to their existing infrastructure. In
addition, Whitewater cloud storage gateways provide drop-in access to the major
public cloud storage providers with local-like performance and connect directly
to most backup tools.
"As
a fast-paced engineering consulting firm that regularly uses large AutoCAD
files, you can imagine the kind of challenge it created for our data protection
strategies," said Chris Pinckney, chief information officer at Psomas.
"With Whitewater, we no longer have to deal with high volumes of tapes for
backup, and were able to streamline our data protection processes with a few
clicks of a mouse, while decreasing our costs tremendously. Most importantly,
we're able to securely protect more data faster and recover just as fast."
Nathan Eddy is Associate Editor, Midmarket, at eWEEK.com. Before joining eWEEK.com, Nate was a writer with ChannelWeb and he served as an editor at FierceMarkets. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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