To address this challenge, DataCore Software introduces the Swarm Appliance: a ready-to-use solution that simplifies the protection, archiving, and long-term retention of unstructured data in distributed edge and ROBO environments. The solution helps organizations standardize data protection at the edge, reduce the cost and effort of storage management, and strengthen defenses against ransomware and data loss, without building more infrastructure than necessary or adding extra operational burden.
'Given the evolving cyber threats at the edge, CIOs face two critical challenges: how to secure their infrastructure and how to manage explosive data growth, often within tight budgets and ongoing hardware shortages,' says Abhi Dey, Chief Product Officer at DataCore. 'At the same time, they lack the resources to manage and standardize data protection across hundreds of distributed locations as they would in a central data center. Swarm Appliance directly addresses this by simplifying cyber resilience at the edge while reducing operational burdens with an integrated, ready-to-use solution.'
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Cyber resilience built for the edge
Swarm Appliance is specifically designed with cyber resilience and compliance in mind. The solution includes data immutability, encryption, and integrity verification, as well as integrated malware detection to identify and quarantine potentially infected data. These features help organizations meet regulatory and data governance requirements while keeping data protected, immutable, and verifiable within distributed environments.
Swarm Appliance is suitable for a variety of applications, including:
- Storing medical imaging in external healthcare facilities
- Protecting surveillance and operational data in retail and industrial environments
- Supporting archiving requirements in field and branch locations
- Providing backup and archive targets in environments with limited IT resources
- Accessing integrated appliance solutions despite hardware constraints
Due to ongoing global hardware shortages, organizations are experiencing delays in sourcing, purchasing, and implementation. To counter this, DataCore partners with trusted vendors to deliver pre-configured and validated appliance solutions. These systems are fully integrated and tested, simplifying hardware procurement, reducing procurement complexity, and enabling consistent, repeatable deployments in distributed environments.
'Our customers are increasingly asking for solutions that are not only ready for installation but also immediately deployable. The DataCore Swarm Appliance perfectly addresses this need,' says Ian Caupène, CEO of Integra Systems. 'We can now deliver a fully validated object storage appliance for archiving and backup within days instead of weeks, supported by a single uniform support model that simplifies deployment and management.'
Swarm Appliance can be deployed alongside StarWind HCI Appliance, the solution that provides highly available block storage for mission-critical applications. Together, these solutions address both primary storage and secondary data management needs in resource-constrained edge environments.
Swarm Appliance is available in various capacity configurations, allowing organizations to choose the system that best fits their needs. More information can be found at: www.datacore.com/products/swarm-appliance/.
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About DataCore
DataCore Software delivers the most flexible, intelligent, and powerful software-defined storage solutions in the industry for block, file, and object storage. The company helps over 10,000 customers worldwide modernize the storage, protection, and access of data. The comprehensive product suite, intellectual property portfolio, and unparalleled experience in storage virtualization and advanced data services position DataCore as the authority in software-defined storage.
