NAKIVO Support for NEC HYDRAstor
Integrate NAKIVO’s solution with NEC Storage HS (known as HYDRAstor in the US) systems for scalable, efficient and cost-effective backup storage.
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Key Features at a Glance
Up to 95% Smaller Backups
Significantly save storage space with source-side deduplication and incremental backups.
Up to 2X Faster Transfers
Offload network traffic to ensure uninterrupted business processes during data protection workflows.
Single Web Dashboard for Everything
Send virtual, physical, cloud, NAS and Microsoft 365 backups directly to HYDRAstor storage.
Ransomware Resilience
Protect backup data against unauthorized access with end-to-end encryption and immutability.

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Benefits of NEC HYDRAstor X NAKIVO Integration

Highly Scalable Capacity-Optimized Backup Appliance
NEC HYDRAstor is a highly scalable disk-based grid storage that can be composed of multiple nodes and turned into a single storage pool with a capacity of up to 11.88 PB. The NAKIVO solution supports the system’s source-side deduplication technology, DataRedux, which ensures up to 95% smaller backup sizes. Smaller backups significantly cut the amount of additional storage you need to purchase and ensure faster transfer over the network.

One Solution for Mixed and Hybrid Environments
From a centralized web-based interface, you can manage data protection activities across different storage platforms and environments. Send backups of virtual and physical machines, Amazon EC2 instances, NAS and Microsoft 365 data directly to HYDRAstor storage.
Along with deduplication appliances like NEC HYDRAstor, the NAKIVO solution supports various offsite storage types, including public cloud and S3-compatible cloud platforms, NAS devices, other deduplication storage devices and more.
Ransomware Resilience
NAKIVO’s solution supports NEC’s write-once-read-many (WORM) technology and allows you to make HYDRAstor backup repositories immutable. Not even the root user can lift immutability or modify data during the specified period of time. This way, you can rest assured that cyber criminals can’t succeed in their attempts to access or alter any information.

Layered Security Against Cyber Threats
Ensure that backup data sent to NEC HYDRAstor storage systems is secure. Use source-side backup encryption and set password-based encryption before sending backups over the network. You can also encrypt the network or the entire backup repository. Additionally, use the role-based access control to restrict access to the backup solution and prevent unauthorized activity.

Disruption-Free Data Protection
Using the performance features in NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can significantly reduce the impact of data protection workflows on your production environment and network load. The solution uses native change tracking technologies in Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Proxmox VE and Nutanix AHV to identify and write only changed data blocks to backups. You can also use LAN-free data transfer and network acceleration to improve backup speed. For more granular control over the network consumption during peak hours, set bandwidth throttling rules and limit transfer speeds.

Continuous Availability Even During Disaster
The NAKIVO solution allows you to recover virtual and physical machines, files and application objects, Microsoft 365 and NAS data directly from deduplicated incremental backups. This way, you can ensure data availability under any circumstance, even in case of a production site failure. The solution supports Site Recovery functionality and enables you to configure automated failover and failback workflows that you can run with 1 click.
Moreover, NEC HYDRAstor automatically detects disk/node failures and performs data reconstruction to ensure minimal downtime in case the storage fails.
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FAQ
What is NEC HYDRAstor?
NEC HYDRAstor is a disk-based, scalable storage system designed for long-term data retention. It uses a grid architecture made up of 1 to 100+ nodes, each built with standard hardware. These nodes work together as one storage pool using HYDRAstor software.
The system includes advanced features like data deduplication, encryption, erasure coding, content-addressable storage and load balancing to improve efficiency, reliability and performance.