RNT Rausch: Two Series of Plug and Play Storage Yowie Appliances Powered by Cloudian’s HyperStore Object Storage Software

Server and storage solution provider RNT Rausch announced 2 series of plug and play storage appliances that provide enterprise-grade ransomware protection to organisations with data capacities of 2-100TB, powered by Cloudian’s HyperStore object storage software.

These single node series of the Yowie appliance family feature data immutability for on-premises and hybrid cloud environments, preventing cybercriminals from encrypting data and enabling recovery in the event of a ransomware attack without paying ransom.

Enabling Immutability
With this solution SME customers can benefit from a ‘cluster in a box’ that provides cloud-like capabilities and rich feature set for data durability and protection. But the Yowie appliances are more than just drives with a RAID controller. Incorporating Cloudian’s S3 Object Lock technology, the appliances prevent encryption or deletion of objects for the duration of a user-defined retention period. Immutable S3 objects are protected by configuring WORM and retention attributes at the object or bucket level.

“Data is the lifeblood of any company and whether the amount of data is big or small doesn’t matter. By pairing our expertise with Cloudian, RNT can now deliver an enterprise-grade turnkey solution at entry-level storage cost that finally provides ransomware protection for all and provides SMBs and SMEs with a lot of other valuable benefits that are no longer exclusive to the enterprise”, said Sebastian Nölting, CEO, RNT.

“Traditional ransomware defences such as anti-malware software and anti-phishing training have proven ineffective against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks,” said Neil Stobart, VP, global systems engineering, Cloudian. “Having an immutable data backup ensures users can quickly and easily resume operations after a ransomware attack. Our partnership with RNT brings the benefits of this technology to more organisations across Europe and provides new opportunities for resellers to grow their business.”

Beyond traditional storage architectures
Yowie is an all-in-one storage appliance family and an intelligent re-design of enterprise-grade standard components to prevent data loss and to enable a recovery in case of a disaster, like a ransomware attack, power outage or a natural catastrophe.

The company’s mission to develop storage solutions is evident in Yowie. The ready-to-go appliance family is setting standards and replaces the complex siloed architectures of the past.

Yowie 1100-series front and rear

The entry level model of the Yowie appliance family starts with a capacity of 2TB. The Yowie 1100-series are single node appliances with 2 disks but no built-in redundancy. It’s an affordable, on-premises device for branch offices or remote working locations that are regularly synchronising to an external data store.

Yowie 1200-series front and rear

The Yowie 1200-series start from 8TB usable capacity and are single node appliances with 6 hot swappable HDDs allowing RAID-6. Like SMBs, branch offices and remote workplaces are now a target for ransomware attacks and having a solid disaster recovery strategy in place is important.

Both single node appliances open up opportunities for all businesses dealing with smaller amounts of data to benefit from an object storage solution that can be deployed on-premises and also support hybrid cloud environments. Customers can choose synchronous or asynchronous replication with automated failover or simply consolidate storage in a single location, such as a remote office.

Yowie 5300-series front and rear

The Yowie single node models complement the already known Yowie 5300-series, which are optimised for 3+2 erasure coding, for fast, secure, and uninterrupted storage while saving power, management time, rack space and cooling. Depending on customer requirements, initial deployments of the Yowie 5300 series start from 32TB usable capacity and can scale up by adding more appliances to the cluster.

All models of the Yowie appliance family are wired up and – thanks to the integrated Cloudian installation wizard – ready for use in less than 30mn. That helps to save admin time and does not even require IT experts to get started.

At the 2022 Cloudfest, the cloud computing event, the company and Cloudian will co-exhibit the Yowie appliance family.