SoftNAS Upgrades to V2.1 Professional Version on VMware ESXi and Hyper-V…

SoftNAS LLC launched the SoftNAS 2.1 upgrade for SoftNAS Professional on VMware ESXi and Hyper-V.

The upgrade delivers features including elastic HA and SNAP HA technology.

Elastic HA utilizes a virtual IP address to deliver up to 99.999% reliability and automatic failover within approximately 20s. It supports HA with its SNAP HA add-on module, which allows HA cluster configuration in less than 2 minutes with three mouse clicks.

“With SNAP HA, premise-based customers running VMware and Hyper-V can save up to 70%, using COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) servers and SSDs, compared to traditional proprietary NAS appliances, while saving additional money on training for their IT professionals,” said Rick Braddy, SoftNAS CEO.

HA and SNAP HA are not available for SoftNAS Essentials, a low-cost version for high-density applications like video surveillance, film and video editing, and corporate A/V department needs, which necessitate lots of SATA storage without the premium NAS features.

The upgrade includes a cloud computing storage API and CLI, which makes SoftNAS easy to integrate with CloudFormation templates, auto-scaling groups, and other automation systems used by DevOps teams for agile cloud deployment on Amazon Web Services Marketplace.

The upgrade also includes added support for NFSv4 Kerberos and LDAP Support, which enables multi-user security access rights to files and directories managed by the SoftNAS filer, and improved NFS and CIFS performance and throughput tuning for enhanced read and write caching to increase IO/s.

Pricing for the upgrade will remain the same. SoftNAS Professional for VMware and Hyper-V is available on a terabyte capacity basis with monthly, annual, and perpetual license options.

The SNAP HA modules can be purchased as an add-on, starting at $995 per year. SNAP HA is an add-on to the two requisite SoftNAS Professional licenses. The first Professional filer license is at regular price, and the second filer is 50% off the first.