Cloud-Based
As data volumes and storage costs grow exponentially, one key way to keep costs down is to utilize cloud-based storage for inactive data. Virtual File Store™ (VFS) from Iron Mountain is the ideal solution that lets you decrease your storage footprint and reduce your backup cycles, with no additional resources or infrastructure costs.
Store more; spend less—that’s the concept with Virtual File Store from Iron Mountain. Virtual File Store is the logical answer for the 60% of your data that is inactive or static—meaning all data that is rarely accessed and is kept only in the unlikely event that it may someday be needed.
Trusted, secure, cloud-based inactive data file storage archive
Virtual File Store is an enterprise-class solution that offers benefits such as easy integration and 24/7 accessibility with:
- Lower total cost of ownership due to reduced expenses for technology, real estate, staff and maintenance
- Virtually unlimited inactive data storage capacity with a low-cost,
pay-as-you-go plan
- Easy deployment with a simple configuration storage system based on CIFS/NFS protocols
- On-demand end-user and application access to archived files
- Improved compliance with changing regulations on privacy and retention
- LAN-speed migration of large data sets via our Data Shuttle Service
- The ability to focus on the most active data in use by your organization
Virtual File Store is easy to use, providing an onsite appliance that acts like a file server. You can move inactive data files onto the appliance manually or automatically. There are no large upfront costs or ongoing system investments: with your inactive data files off-site, you save on power, cooling and infrastructure costs. Best of all, you get a solution that scales with your growing storage requirements, without incurring any further capital costs.
Unsurpassed security for greater peace of mind
Because Virtual File Store comes from Iron Mountain, you can be confident your information is transmitted and protected according to best-practice enterprise IT guidelines. Data is encrypted at all times, both in-flight (during transmission) and at rest (stored). Iron Mountain's data center is among the most secure commercially available facilities in the world. And because your inactive data is replicated to a remote second site, you can rest assured it will be available to you at any time.