StoneFusion MSP Edition
Built for Managed IT Services Providers & Large Corporations
Simplified MSP Solution & Managed IT Services
- Provision multi-tenant NAS (NFS & CIFS/SMB), SAN (iSCSI & Fibre Channel), & unified NAS + SAN volumes
- Set up object storage in Azure, AWS, StoneFly private cloud & other S3 compatible clouds
- Configure remote, noise-less, easily scalable & multi-tenant storage volumes for thousands of customers, departments & projects
- Easily manage provisioned storage resources with a unified management interface
- Supported hypervisors: VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, & Citrix (formerly XenServer)
Offer Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) MSP services or set up remote storage volumes that deliver the full purpose-built appliance experience to different departments and teams with StoneFusion MSP
What is StoneFusion MSP?
The storage provisioning software enables users to facilitate the requirements of thousands of clients or deliver purpose-built full appliance experience to a number of departments and teams for a variety of applications and use-cases.
Besides storage provisioning on mainstream hypervisors, our software also facilitates the integration of data services such as snapshots, replication, encryption, WORM provisioning, anti-virus, ransomware protection and more.
Configure Multi-Tenant On-Premises, Remote, and Cloud Storage Repositories Effortlessly
File-Level Storage
Configure multi-tenant Network Attached Storage (NAS) volumes for files, folders, videos, images and digital data storage on bare-metal servers and HCI appliances with VMware, Hyper-V, KVM or Citrix (formerly XenServer) hypervisor.
Supported Protocols: NFS & CIFS/SMB
Block-Level Storage
Create remote multi-tenant SAN storage repositories and offer end users the ability to run applications and programs on dedicated iSCSI (or Fibre channel) volumes. As a corporate user provide secure access to configured SAN volumes for your departments or sell block-level storage as an MSP service.
Object-Level Storage
Configure public clouds (like Azure, AWS, or any other S3 compatible cloud) and enable your clients or end users to leverage remote, multi tenant cloud object-level storage without having to translate file-level or block-level data to object-level data.
How does StoneFly StoneFusion MSP Work?
StoneFusion MSP solution comes with “Parent ” & “Child” licenses. With the “Parent StoneFusion” license managed IT services providers or MSPs and large organizations can provision virtually unlimited “child StoneFusion” licenses.
Each child StoneFusion delivers purpose-built full appliance experience to end users. The parent StoneFusion MSP offers a unified management interface capable of managing, controlling and monitoring thousands of provisioned child licenses to deliver NAS (NFS & CIFS/SMB), SAN (iSCSI & Fibre Channel), unified NAS + SAN, and object storage.
StoneFusion MSP child licenses deliver completely noise-less multi tenant cloud storage experience to end users. Managed IT services providers can use the parent StoneFusion MSP licenses to offer Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) MSP services. Similarly, large organizations can leverage the parent StoneFusion licenses to provision secure multi tenant cloud storage volumes for different departments, teams and different projects.
The parent StoneFusion MSP licenses also enables managed IT services providers and large organizations to integrate a number of data services facilitating a secure, efficient and cost-effective data storage experience.
Integrate Enterprise-Grade Data Services with Provision Storage Volumes
Managed IT services providers and large corporations can integrate the following data services using the parent StoneFusion MSP console.
Enhance Data Utilization Rates – with Data Deduplication
Optimize provisioned storage space consumption with deduplication for NAS and SAN workloads.
Faster Storage Provisioning – with
Thin Provisioning
Availability, Reliability and Scalability – with Erasure Coding
High Availability – with Replication (Synchronous & Asynchronous)
Go Back in Time & Recover from Data Corruption, Ransomware, etc. – with Immutable Snapshots
Deliver Data Security – with Data Encryption
Streamlined and Automated Data Storage – with Automated Storage Tiering
WORM (Write-Once Read-Many) Storage Provisioning
Set up compliant immutable WORM storage repositories that are written once and cannot be edited or modified.
Automated Virus, Malware & Ransomware Detection & Removal
Become a Managed IT Services Provider – Sell Feature-Rich File-Level, Block-Level, and Object-Level Multi-Tenant Data Storage.
Common Use-Cases of StoneFusion MSP Solution
Medical Record Storage - Offer Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) to the Healthcare Industry
The healthcare industry generates a lot of data in the form of patient records and PACS data. With StoneFly StoneFusion MSP, managed IT services providers can offer remote NAS storage repositories to healthcare service providers for cost-effective data storage. With our software, MSPs can also provide highly secure and scalable data storage repositories capable of storing continuously growing medical data.
Internet of Things (IoT) Data Storage Repositories
Scalable Storage for Retail Businesses
MSPs can target such retail businesses and offer them a scalable and reliable storage solution with StoneFly StoneFusion for MSPs. By dedicating storage quotas for users, Managed Service Providers can offer disruption free, secure, and reliable storage options that ensure high availability through replication technology, recoverability with snapshots, and security with encryption.
Retail businesses with branch offices and numerous departments can also leverage StoneFly data storage solutions to setup a storage architecture which dedicates storage quotas, simplifies data management, and optimizes data storage.
Highly Available Remote Storage Solution for Schools, Colleges and Universities
Managed Service Providers can also offer education institutions remote storage repositories and enable them to leverage enterprise-grade data storage instead of setting up dedicated on-premises data storage infrastructure.
Data services like erasure coding and replication (synchronous and asynchronous) ensure hyper-availability for important data while services like automated storage tiering simplify data management and reduce the overall cost of data storage.
Partner with StoneFly & Deliver Feature-Rich Managed IT Services to your Customers
StoneFusion MSP – Value Proposition
With our storage provisioning solution, managed IT services providers can fully leverage their data centers to enhance their business and facilitate thousands of customers.
Similarly, large organizations can do the same for their data centers and cater to the requirements of different departments, teams and projects seamlessly, cost effectively, and efficiently.
StoneFly Solutions for Managed Service Providers is Available As:
Hardware Solution – Turn-Key Complete Storage Solution for MSPs
Acquire StoneFly’s highly scalable storage solutions to setup in-house data storage and offer a diverse range of storage options to your customers with StoneFusion MSP. Corporate users can leverage the storage technology to configure “Child SCVMs” and dedicate, manage and control storage quotas for different departments within the organization. The hardware chassis comes with support for standard NAS (NFS & CIFS/SMB) and SAN (iSCSI & Fibre Channel) protocols.
Software Solution – No Hardware Necessary!
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can also opt to get the StoneFusion MSP software only. Managed Service Providers can integrate StoneFusion MSP with most mainstream storage infrastructure such as Dell EMC, HPE, and more. Corporate users can integrate StoneFly virtual storage solution to leverage existing storage media, manage storage resources plus allocate, manage, and control storage quotas easily and efficiently.
