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FalconStor Will Reveal FreeStor This Week

Software-defined storage horizontal platform inclusive of converged data services for all-flash and hybrid arrays

FalconStor Software will reveal this week FreeStor, a software-defined storage horizontal platform inclusive of converged data services for all-flash and hybrid arrays for enterprise customers.

Here are some details based on comments of CEO Gary Quinn during a conference call on February 12, 2015.

It addresses those all-flash array and hybrid flash array hardware manufacturers which do not have a software stack or an enterprise ready software stack, as well as it provides a solution to service providers both managed service providers and private hybrid Cloud service providers who require a single pane-of-glass view into their customers as well as the availability for a migration of data into their services offerings.

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It’s transparent to the end-user or the service provider, providing management monitoring, reporting and provisioning through a web browser, tablet or smartphone, which gives end users or storage administrators the ability to be mobile when managing their virtual storage portfolio.

New versions of NSS and CDP, optimized backup and deduplication, as well as an update of all FalconStor’s host-based technology is included in the FreeStor intelligent abstraction core that will be available in the beginning of 2Q15.

Based on an annual subscription capacity license with an annual true-up at the end of the term, the customer will buy an initial quantity of FreeStor capacity to support one of the four pillars: a data migration project, a stretched cluster or metro cluster project, a disaster recovery and data protection project or optimized backup and deduplication. The intelligent abstraction core will reside on a reference x86 architecture, which the customer or service provider will purchase from their manufacturer of choice. This is not a perpetual license. At the end of the term the customer will provide FalconStor with a usage statement which will determine their fees for year two. It will be a cost per terabyte for a customer for a year. The cost will then verify their capacity of the management and pay the new invoice for the upcoming year. The customer does not pay, then they must discontinue the use of the technology.

All the software updates, upgrades, 24×7 support and installation are included in the cost per terabyte per year. In the case of a service provider, FalconStor will work with them as well as OEM hardware manufacturers to match a price which matches the metric day use to charge their customers.

The FreeStor offering is modularized and customizable for OEMs. FalconStor has already one in all-flash array, Violin Memory.

This software was developed over the last 15 months by the company.

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