Nasuni Filer v2.0 supports Hyper-V server virtualization, Distributed File System (DFS) namespaces, as well as private clouds, allowing customers to provide their own cloud credentials. It allows users to restore their own files and to create volumes on Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud services platform. Simplified file access with Microsoft DFS allows setup of DFS namespace and adding of desired share from Filer as folder target. Software also simplifies security and disaster recovery.

“With every new release, we have a two-fold mission: introducing more customers to the cloud and expanding what a file server can do. Our 1.0, a NAS with unlimited primary storage and integrated backup, was already a strong, innovative foundation, and we’re building from there, pushing the file server to ease even more IT pain,” said Andres Rodriguez, CEO of Nasuni. “Our goal is to make the Nasuni Filer the storage device of choice for coping with data sprawl and the daily demands of the IT workplace. The 2.0 release offers primary storage to the cloud to more users and has exciting new pain-killing features, such as one allowing end users to restore their own files so IT does not have to be dragged into every file restore. We are staying ahead of this market and are excited about fund raising in the fall.”