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Storageless data solves ellwood Evidence ’ s multi-site data management and automation challenges

“ Hammerspace is the file data platform we were looking for to build out our sophisticated hybrid cloud infrastructure ,” said William Ellwood , CISO of ellwood Evidence . “ We collect an enormous amount of data to preserve , analyse and present as evidence for our clients .

“ It is essential to our business that the automation of data management makes it easy to maintain a transparent chain of custody . At the same time , we need that sensitive data readily available across multiple sites and the cloud for analysis and disaster recovery , with complete visibility across all sites and storage systems , while capacity costs are kept under control .”

Storageless data from Hammerspace uses a global file system enabling multi-site data management to reduce infrastructure complexity and cost while improving automation . With support for standard protocols NFS v4.2 , v3 and SMB , Hammerspace easily supports all sorts of enterprise storage platforms making it the perfect solution for ellwood to service the diverse infrastructures of its client base .

ellwood Evidence increases automation while reducing complexity in a hybrid cloud environment

ellwood Evidence has greatly simplified the handling of file data across multiple sites and the cloud . With support for multiple open-standard protocols , like NFS and SMB , it has the flexibility to non-disruptively mobilise data on-demand across sites for archival , disaster recovery and analysis . Using metadata-based technology simplifies the file-granular automation of its data management workflows . This reduces the risk involved with human intervention which could potentially contaminate digital evidence .

Capacity costs are kept low as data is automatically tiered and optimised according to objectives defined in the metadata , while also maintaining critical data protection and availability across the hybrid cloud infrastructure , effectively making data storageless . Additionally , Hammerspace easily integrated into the existing infrastructure while opening a path for future development free from the limitations of a storage centric architecture .

Hammerspace helps ellwood Evidence maintain a leadership position in the field of digital forensics as it leverages advanced technologies like Global File System to extract the maximum value from its clients ’ data .

William Ellwood , CISO of ellwood Evidence , tells Intelligent SME . tech more about how the storageless data from Hammerspace has helped the company grow .

How did you store data before ?

We use Ceph and ZFS and we have not stopped using the existing storage . We still leverage Ceph and ZFS but instead of addressing each one as a silo , Hammerspace allows us to address and leverage all resources as a single logical pool of storage .

Why did you realise you needed a new system ?

Hammerspace allows us to reuse and repurpose any existing storage , thus avoiding any disruption or painful data migration . Hammerspace allowed us to consolidate resources and automate our processes through Hammerspace ’ s unique data management capabilities .

What were the main reasons why you chose Hammerspace ?

Firstly , to leverage our existing infrastructure and extend it with cloud services . We have internally built a strong existing open-source storage system , managed in-house . As our storage volumes grew and we matured as a firm , we wanted a solution which would allow

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HAMMERSPACE IS THE FILE DATA PLATFORM WE WERE LOOKING FOR TO BUILD OUT OUR SOPHISTICATED HYBRID CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE .