Overview
Buurst SoftNAS is a leading enterprise-level cloud NAS solution renowned for its robust capabilities in data performance, security, high availability (HA), and support for industry-leading storage protocols like NFS, CIFS/SMB-AD, and iSCSI. Notably, Buurst stands out by eliminating storage charges, enabling seamless addition of storage to an instance without incurring additional costs. Additionally, Buurst offers a BYOL version, featuring custom pricing tailored on a case-by-case basis. Contact us to obtain personalized BYOL pricing, specifically crafted to meet your unique needs, along with the corresponding license key.
PERFORMANCE SoftNAS by Buurst surpasses traditional NAS filers, providing a software-defined solution designed for outstanding performance. Tailored to optimize cloud storage and enhance application responsiveness, SoftNAS ensures rapid data access with high IOPS, adeptly managing heavy read/write operations. Smart caching and data deduplication further enhance efficiency, while thin-provisioning allows dynamic storage scaling, preventing resource wastage. The outcome is accelerated workflows, improved user experiences, and a responsive cloud storage environment. Explore how SoftNAS can unlock the performance potential of your cloud infrastructure at Buurst.com.
Key Performance Features:
- Superior throughput compared to managed storage services
- Enhanced IOPS compared to managed storage services
- Lower latency than managed storage services
HIGH AVAILABILITY Buurst's SoftNAS guarantees robust data uptime for mission-critical applications through its Snap HA technology. This technology facilitates real-time data replication between servers, ensuring seamless failover in case of a node failure. SoftNAS ensures "five-nines" availability, safeguarding against hardware, OS, network, and storage outages, preventing costly downtime. Going beyond redundancy, SoftNAS offers active-active configurations for load balancing and enhanced performance. Flexible deployment options on public clouds and on-premise VMware environments allow tailoring high availability to specific needs. Learn more about SoftNAS's data accessibility and business continuity features at Buurst.com.
Key High Availability Features:
- Data Duplication across Zones
- Cross Zone HA with Automatic Failover
- 99.999% uptime
- No Storage Downtime Guarantee SLA
LEGACY PROTOCOL SUPPORT SoftNAS supports legacy protocols, enabling businesses to benefit from modern storage solutions without sacrificing compatibility with existing infrastructure. This ensures a seamless transition to future-proof storage technologies.
Supported Legacy Protocols:
- NFS, CIFS & iSCSI
DATA MIGRATION SoftNAS streamlines data migration with a focus on speed, cost efficiency, and minimal disruption. Its "Lift and Shift" technology enables continuous data transfer without downtime, keeping mission-critical applications live throughout the process. Additionally, SoftNAS optimizes storage with deduplication and compression, reducing migration costs and maximizing cloud storage efficiency. Whether migrating to the cloud, between data centers, or to remote locations, SoftNAS offers a robust and flexible solution for data migration needs.
Key Data Migration Features:
- Point & Click File Sync
- Lift & Shift Migration
- Bulk block-based replication
COST MANAGEMENT & COST CONTROL Buurst's SoftNAS takes charge of cloud storage expenses, providing both cost management and control. Users define performance needs, and SoftNAS optimizes to ensure payment only for utilized resources. Transparent performance-level pricing allows scaling performance without impacting storage capacity, providing ultimate control over the cloud storage budget. In essence, SoftNAS serves as your financial guardian angel in the cloud, maximizing performance while minimizing unnecessary spending.
Key Cost Management Features:
- Save 32 - 53% by reducing stored data
- Enable Block Storage
- Data Deduplication & Compression
PERFORMANCE-BASED PRICING SoftNAS breaks away from traditional storage pricing, charging for performance rather than capacity. Users only pay for the speed they use, avoiding wasted costs on unused data. The metered pricing structure ranges from $0.25 to $18.15 per hour, depending on the performance tier required.
Performance-Based Pricing Tiers:
- $0.25/hr for basic General Purpose Storage workloads
- $1.32/hr for Higher General Purpose Storage workloads
- $3.16/hr for Memory-optimized Storage workloads
- $8.22/hr for both Memory and Storage-optimized workloads
- $12.10/hr for both High-Compute and heavy Database/Memory-optimized workloads
- $18.15/hr for High Compute-optimized workloads; ML and AI use cases
Highlights
- Storage performance with multi-protocol support for zero-touch migration and handling of the most demanding workloads.
- High availability with 5-9's uptime SLA for mission-critical data.
- Cost control to reduce the cost of cloud storage up to 53%.
Details
Typical total price
$3.664/hour
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
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m3.xlarge | $0.25 | $0.266 | $0.516 |
m3.2xlarge | $0.25 | $0.532 | $0.782 |
m4.large | $0.25 | $0.10 | $0.35 |
m4.xlarge | $0.25 | $0.20 | $0.45 |
m4.2xlarge | $1.32 | $0.40 | $1.72 |
m4.4xlarge | $1.32 | $0.80 | $2.12 |
m4.10xlarge | $3.16 | $2.00 | $5.16 |
m4.16xlarge | $12.10 | $3.20 | $15.30 |
m5.large | $0.25 | $0.096 | $0.346 |
m5.xlarge | $3.16 | $0.192 | $3.352 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Additional details
Usage instructions
To access the SoftNAS StorageCenter instance from AWS EC2 in your browser, follow these steps:
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Launch the instance. -
Once the instance is running, copy the public DNS and instance ID. The instance ID can be identified by the prefix i-. -
Paste the DNS into the browser window. An Authentication Required dialog will display. -
Enter the username and password then click OK. The username is softnas. The password is the instance ID. - The initial License Agreement page will display. The web browser may warn you that the web address is not secure. Accept the warning and proceed.
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Read and accept the SoftNAS (by Buurst) license agreement. -
SoftNAS StorageCenter will display the Welcome Message and Release Notes, which you are encouraged to read. From here, you can access all the features and functions of SoftNAS StorageCenter. For more detailed step-by-step walkthroughs, watch the instructional videos: https://www.buurst.com/support/tutorials/
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Vendor support
Free Self-Service Support: This option is available to all customers and includes:
- Knowledge Base: A searchable database of articles and guides covering a wide range of topics related to Buurst products.
- Product Documentation: Comprehensive documentation for Buurst products, including manuals, release notes, and FAQs.
- Video Tutorials: How-to videos demonstrating key features and functionalities of Buurst products.
- Forum: A community forum where users can ask questions and share knowledge with each other.
Buurst Gold Support: This paid support package is available to customers who require more direct assistance and includes:
- Web Ticketing System: Submit support tickets online and track their progress.
- Telephone Support: Reach a live Buurst support representative by phone.
- 24x7x365 Availability: Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
- Fast Response Times: Buurst guarantees a maximum response time of 1 hour for phone calls and immediate response for web tickets.
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Customer reviews
Satisfied customer
SoftNAS is rock solid. I’ve been using it for a few years now (only the NFS service) and it’s very stable. Is advantageous for sysadmins who want full control of the storage backend and a simplified interface.
The team is also very responsive and willing to help out.
One of the best storage appliances in the market right now.
I will highly recommend them.
Connecting to Your SoftNAS Volumes
Really like the StorageCenter Admin UI. Really makes it easy to embrace the AWS cloud. Can't wait to explore the features Platinum offers to get my data out of this vendor lock and on to something that lets me have options, while cutting CAPEX.
SoftNAS an excellent storage solution
SoftNAS has proved an excellent choice for the NFS storage requirement for our in-house Bitbucket installation. We have been able to achieve a robust, reliable, replicated HA NFS solution giving us 100% fault tolerance in the event of a DR situation for which we are required to design for. We have been able to encyrpt our NFS traffic using some supported customisation which was a further design requirement we needed to satisfy. On top of the capability is the ease of management via a slick GUI and the support from Sean and Ross has been excellent. I highly recommend SoftNAS for situations where EBS is inadequate and EFS not suitable for the application.
Great storage solution - Excellent Support
Softnas is very easy to use, and performs really well. Most importantly though, they have some of the best support I've ever dealt with. They are quick to respond, see tickets through, and they respond to suggestions which is so rare to experience with many companies these days.
They also have very good licensing models, with their consumption licensing the price is very reasonable and scales to your needs, and we are only charged while the instance is running which is very helpful for VFX workloads. I highly recommend this.
SoftNAS Has Incredible Technical Support
After having used the SoftNAS marketplace solution for several years now, I have to say that the support we've received thus far has been nothing less than spectacular. For anyone in the market for a cloud-based storage solution, then SoftNAS should certainly be worth considering.