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CUSTOM TAILORED STORAGE

SimplStor was designed to provide an affordable, flexible platform we can tailor for our customers to match their workflows and workloads. From backup systems through high availability systems to multi-petabyte company clouds, SimplStor offers big iron components and support without the big iron bloatware and cost. Here are some sample builds which we can modify to your specific requirements.
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Scalable

Building on a common architecture and the high density 3.5 inch SATA drive, SimplStor Servers are available in both 2 and 4U configurations, offering 24 to 576TB raw. Servers can be expanded by adding shelves of additional drives, each with 44 slots per 4U shelf. Depending on the O/S, servers/nodes can be combined to scale out to multiple petabytes.
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Capabilities Previously Unavailable Without Expensive Proprietary Storage Systems

Building on the advanced features in OpenZFS, SimplStor Z is the latest generation in our popular SimplStor family. A purpose-built solution for your workload by storage experts, SimplStor Z is an affordable turnkey open-source platform that provides snapshots, clustering, replication, compression, deduplication, and encryption. As an open platform, SimplStor Z is fundamentally and dramatically less expensive to buy new now, expand tomorrow and support for a decade or even longer.

Generations beyond those proprietary alternatives, OpenZFS is simply the most advanced file system available today. Cloud ready, SimplStor Z can be built as your low-cost archival solution, or a remarkably fast storage system able to feed your most demanding applications. From “mild to wild”, SimplStor Z can be configured for any storage requirement in your datacenter. Using only best-of-breed components from major manufacturers and design expertise from storage engineers with countless petabytes of experience, SimplStor Z will be configured to meet your workload performance demands and growth projections without any proprietary hardware whatsoever. And those unexpected future changes in your storage requirements are easily addressed by SimplStor Z. Users enjoy the ability to add capacity or performance on the fly.

Making SimplStor Z completely unique, support is in Zerowait’s DNA and central to our business. Zerowait supports customers around the globe and standing behind every SimplStor is our team of storage experts with over two decades of 24x7 enterprise support experience. SimplSupport includes phone-home diagnostics and weekly status updates, while easily integrating into existing IT management programs. Whenever required, replacement components arrive on-site next business day and are easily installed by experienced users or with our remote live video assistance. When next business day arrival is not fast enough, on-site spares kits are available.

With SimplStor Z and SimplSupport, there is no “End of Life” and no disruptive or expensive forced upgrades. We will keep your SimplStor running for as long as you want to use it. SimplStor systems are upgradeable and expandable on your schedule. We have been building SimplStor systems for more than a decade and never announced End of Availability or End of Support. In fact, the first SimplStor we ever sold is still in service.

Data migration worries? There is simply no better partner to assist with your move to an open storage platform than Zerowait. Our Storage Architects have helped over 100 organizations migrate petabytes of data to OpenZFS and SimplStor.

SimplStor builds are also available with Windows Server or Linux and XFS.

Ask about your legacy storage trade-in value and Zerowait’s retired storage data sanitization services.

To discuss your needs with a Storage Architect and to arrange a personal SimplStor Z demo, call or email Zerowait. +1 302-996-9408 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..