Moonwalk software delivers data management with metadata-level precision for all information on network storage, servers and clients. It proactively migrates, copies and moves data according to user-defined rules and policies based on criteria such as age, size, file type, file name, file creator and many more granular classification rules. Moonwalk operates across and between all major file systems, including Windows, UNIX, Linux and Netware environments, and all primary and secondary storage environments. Its stateless architecture requires no additional overhead and is completely transparent to users and applications, with no introduced points of potential failure to ensuring maximum performance and availability.

Moonwalk’s Platform Migration Solution

The Moonwalk-CAStor integrated solution provides a transparent migration path to customers using EMC® Centera®, NetApp™, Isilon® as well as NFS, CIFS and Netware® file systems. Moonwalk can transparently migrate data from the incumbent disk system to a CAStor implementation either on a customer premise or to the cloud. Together Moonwalk and Caringo offer a single, end-to-end solution to easily swap out existing storage and optimize overall storage for greater efficiency, while data is transparently migrated to CAStor where it is protected and retained.

Moonwalk-CAStor Solution Benefits

• Immediately relocates customer data from existing storage hardware into CAStor
• Customers can implement CAStor without waiting until the existing storage hardware is retired or refreshed
• Policy-based data archiving from primary storage to CAStor
• Transparent restoration of archived data from CAStor
• Extensive savings in Backup cycle and media expenditure
• Extensive reduction of Backup window and network bandwidth consumption
• Allows implementation of Regulatory and Compliance requirements within the storage environment
• Extensive reporting toolset tracks storage growth and trends, data demographics, standard deviation and overall storage profile
• Immediate value-add for Windows, Netware, RedHat, Suse and NFS (replication) without the need for software development

Download Moonwalk-Caringo Solution Brief .pdf