Unlocking Cloud Storage Potential: The Powerful Synergy of Nasuni and Scale Computing

As unstructured data grows exponentially, traditional storage approaches strain to balance performance, accessibility, cost, and security. This is where the powerful combination of the Nasuni File Data Platform and Scale Computing‘s HyperCore technology creates a compelling solution for modern enterprises.

The Perfect Match: Cloud Storage Intelligence Meets Hyperconverged Simplicity

Nasuni and Scale Computing complement each other beautifully to address the most pressing IT infrastructure challenges. Nasuni’s cloud-native file services platform revolutionizes how enterprises store, protect, and collaborate on file data, while Scale Computing’s hyperconverged infrastructure simplifies deployment and management. Together, they deliver a solution that transforms traditional IT silos into a single, streamlined, efficient system.

Breaking Down the Business Value

When we look at the concrete benefits of combining these technologies, three critical value areas emerge:

1. Dramatic Cost Savings and Avoidance

Nasuni Reduces Costs by up to 65% by:

• Consolidating file data in cost-effective cloud object storage and removing the need for redundant solutions.
• Eliminating the expense of traditional NAS and file server infrastructure.
• Removing volume and file size limitations, allowing flexible storage alignment with business needs.

Scale Computing Drives Cost Efficiencies by:

• Reducing the overall IT footprint with a highly efficient platform that requires fewer resources.
• Eliminating the need for separate virtualization licenses, disaster recovery software, and standalone storage solutions.
• Providing significant savings when deployed across multiple locations, especially at the edge.
• Offering a compelling market alternative to popular solutions with dramatically lower licensing costs and simplified management.

The cost benefits multiply when these technologies work together. Organizations can replace expensive existing licenses and complex storage arrays with Scale Computing’s all-in-one platform, while simultaneously leveraging Nasuni’s cloud economics for file data. This combination delivers immediate CAPEX reduction and long-term OPEX savings.

2. Enhanced Business Resilience and Security

Nasuni:

• Built-in security with immutable snapshots (Nasuni Continuous File Versioning®) as frequent as every minute.
• Fast recovery from ransomware with the ability to restore millions of files in minutes.
• Disaster recovery that takes only 15 minutes to recover access to impacted file shares.
• End-to-end encryption for data in transit and at rest, with customer-controlled encryption keys.

Scale Computing:

• Self-healing technology that automatically identifies, reduces, and corrects problems in real-time.
• High availability virtualization right out of the box with no additional software required.
• SCRIBE storage technology that combines all storage into a resilient pool with sophisticated data redundancy.

Together, these platforms create multiple layers of protection against both system failures and cyber threats. Scale Computing’s self-healing infrastructure ensures application uptime, while Nasuni’s immutable cloud snapshots provide the ultimate safety net for file data. If you’re responsible for these IT operations, this multi-layered approach is ideal. You’ll have confidence that your business operations will continue even in the face of hardware failures, disasters, or ransomware attacks.

3. Improved IT Efficiency and Operational Excellence

Nasuni:

• Single global file system that synchronizes files across all locations.
• Lightweight edge appliances (virtual machines or hardware) that cache frequently accessed data for high performance.
• Support for multiple cloud providers, offering flexibility to use whichever cloud makes sense for your business.
• Integration with leading design apps and workflow management tools.

Scale Computing:

• Simple deployment and management with intelligent automation.
• Ability to mix and match nodes of different sizes in the same cluster.
• REST-APIs with cloud support for programmatic VM deployment.
• Lightweight hypervisor that eliminates complexity and overhead.

The operational benefits of this combination are transformative. IT teams spend less time on infrastructure maintenance and more time on strategic projects. The unified administrative experience of both platforms dramatically simplifies management. Finally, Scale Computing provides the ideal infrastructure platform to host Nasuni’s edge caching VMs, creating a solution that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

Real-World Implementation: Simplicity in Action

Implementing this combined solution is refreshingly straightforward. Nasuni’s edge caching VMs can be deployed on Scale Computing infrastructure within minutes, creating a complete file services solution that scales from the smallest edge locations to the largest data centers.

The workflow looks like this:

1. Deploy Scale Computing HyperCore clusters at each location requiring file access.
2. Install Nasuni Edge Appliance VMs on the Scale Computing infrastructure.
3. Connect to your preferred cloud object storage (Azure Blob, Amazon S3, Google Cloud, etc).
4. Create and configure your global file shares.
5. Start enjoying unified file access across all locations with cloud economics and local performance.

Assuming your Scale Computing infrastructure is in place, this entire implementation process requires minutes of your time. Before long, your organization will be enjoying a more efficient and cost-effective way to store, protect, share, and collaborate on files.

Assessing Market Options: A Natural Evolution

For organizations looking for market alternatives, the Nasuni and Scale Computing combination offers a compelling migration path. Scale Computing’s HyperCore platform provides a simpler tech stack, while Nasuni addresses common file data challenges.

The benefits of this transition include:

• Simplified management with fewer components to maintain.
• Built-in disaster recovery without additional software.
• Best-in-class cloud-native file services.
• Future-proof architecture that can scale up or down as needed.

Transformative Technology for the Data-Driven Enterprise

The combination of Nasuni and Scale Computing represents a transformative approach to enterprise file infrastructure. This powerful synergy delivers the three outcomes that matter most to modern businesses: dramatic cost savings, enhanced business resilience, and improved IT efficiency.

As unstructured data continues to grow exponentially, organizations need solutions that can scale efficiently, protect data effectively, and simplify management. By bringing together Nasuni’s cloud-native file services and Scale Computing’s hyperconverged simplicity, enterprises can confidently embrace a future where data is both their greatest asset and their greatest opportunity.

Ready to transform your file infrastructure? Contact us today to learn how Nasuni and Scale Computing can work together to solve your most pressing data challenges.