StoneFly’s cloud storage gateway and Azure cloud storage integrated with their existing systems, the organisation had data distributed on different storage media but StoneFly’s unified management interface simplified the management process.“We have tiered data spread across our servers and Azure storage tiers but we can easily manage all of it with a single centralised GUI. Our system admins love that experience” For more information: https://stonefly.com/storage/nas-storage

1. Paper Manufacturing Company
Secures Backup Data in Azure Cloud
Customer Success Story
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2. Organization
A paper, pulp, and packaging company with variety of
paper and forest-products. The company has a number
of remote branches in different US states and sales
outlets around the country.
Industry
Manufacturing Industry | Paper & Forest-Products
Challenges
The organization had a reliable enterprise-grade backup
software that protected their mission-critical data from
data loss and other threats such as ransomware,
accidental / malicious deletion, etc. The challenge that
they were facing was the continuous increase in backup
data volume and the limited storage space on their
in-house data center.
Furthermore, they didn’t want to put all their backup data
in one place because they understood that it wasn’t a
good practice.
“Our backup software had a proven record of
performance. The only problem for us was that
we had storage space limitations in our data
center and we didn’t want all of our data in one
place. We were looking into cloud integration
options and StoneFly’s gateway solutions caught
our eye” said Gabriel, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
of the organization.
Solution
To facilitate their cloud integration needs, our cloud
experts suggested StoneFly Azure cloud gateway in
conjunction StoneFly Azure cloud storage as a bundled
solution.
“We’re not an IT-centric company. Our primary
focus is our products and we wanted a solution
that made the entire process simpler for us;
StoneFly did that. Their customized package
simplified our experience, the solution worked
well with what we already had and the billing
process was far simpler than expected” noted
Hazel, the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of the organization.
Challenges
- Larger Volume of Backup Data
- Limited & Difficult to Scale
Storage Space
- Long Term Storage and
Retention of Mission Critical
Data
Solution
- StoneFly Storage Concentrator
Virtual Machine (SCVM™)
- StoneFly storage in Microsoft
Azure Cloud
Results
- Highly Scalable Virtual NAS
Storage in Azure
- Simplified Management
- Feature-Rich Cloud Storage
Experience
- Cost-Effective Long Term
Storage of Large Volumes of
Backup Data

3. Results
The StoneFly gateway enables the organization to store
their backup data in Azure’s reliable, compliant and
cost-effective cloud. The integration process was simple,
quick and our team of experts guided them through
every step of the way.
“We were up and running in less an hour” – noted
Bill, the Solutions architecture of the organization.
Secure Azure Cloud Storage
Azure ensures high availability for mission-critical with
built-in geo redundancy. Our gateway secures the data at
rest and at transit while Azure takes care of the physical
security of the servers where the data is stored.
Azure’s security measures also make it a compliant Cloud
Service Provider (CSP); facilitating the organization to
comply with several industry standards if necessary.
Cost-Effective Serverless Storage
Compared to the cost of acquiring dedicated servers for
long term storage and retention, our packaged solution,
comprising of the cloud storage gateway and our storage
in Azure cloud, offered a more budget-friendly storage
option.
The organization doesn’t have to deal with the
maintenance of physical servers; the absence of
additional servers contributes to the cost-effective and
reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the solution.
Feature-Rich Storage Experience in
StoneFly Azure Cloud Storage
StoneFly’s gateway appliance and Azure cloud storage
delivered an array of enterprise features to the organiza-
tion which in turn facilitated them to set up a consolidat-
ed and optimized hybrid backup solution.
Following is a list of the standard features included in
StoneFly cloud storage gateway appliance and StoneFly
storage in Azure cloud:
• Deduplication for NAS and iSCSI SAN volumes
• Virus, malware and ransomware detection and removal
• Automated tiering (NAS only)
• Advanced encryption at rest and during transit
• Delta-based snapshots
• Synchronous & asynchronous replication
• Real-time graphical performance reporting
StoneFly SCVM™ Overview
- Virtual Storage Appliance with
Support for Hyper-V, VMware,
KVM, & Citrix (XenServer)
hypervisors
- NFS, CIFS/SMB & iSCSI Support
- Supported Cloud Object
Storage: Azure Cloud, AWS,
StoneFly Private Cloud &
Other S3 Compatible Clouds
- Supported Servers: All StoneFly
HCI Appliances, Dell EMC, HPE
Nimble & More
- Supported Backup Software
Include Veeam, Acronis, Veritas,
Commvault, Quest & More
StoneFly & Azure
Partnerships
- Micosoft Cloud Solution
Provider (CSP)
- Azure Marketplace Partner
- Microsoft Government Cloud
Service Provider
StoneFly Storage Solutions
have been Deployed in
Azure Data Centers
Worldwide!

4. Highly Scalable Storage Repositories
The provisioned StoneFly storage repositories in Azure
are highly scalable and can store from a few terabytes to
hundreds of terabytes of data. The organization can
choose to scale their storage repositories seamlessly
while they pay only for the storage they use.
Our gateway appliance facilitates faster and secure
transfers between the on-premises infrastructure of the
organization and the configured StoneFly storage
repositories in Azure. The cloud storage repositories also
offer volume encryption to add another layer of security
to the stored data and protect the organization’s
important data.
“We’re happy with the storage capacities we have
in Azure. If we need more, we can scale
whenever we want to. It’s simple, quick and
rather efficient” noted Bill.
Unified Management of Cloud Storage Gateway
& Storage in Azure
With StoneFly’s cloud storage gateway and Azure cloud
storage integrated with their existing systems, the
organization had data distributed on different storage
media but StoneFly’s unified management interface
simplified the management process.
“We have tiered data spread across our servers
and Azure storage tiers but we can easily
manage all of it with a single centralized GUI. Our
system admins love that experience” – said Bill.
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StoneFly Azure Cloud
Storage Overview
StoneFly Storage in Azure
can be Directly Purchased
from Azure Marketplace
- Cost-Effective Cloud Object
Storage for Hundreds of
Terabytes of Enterprise Data
- NFS, CIFS/SMB, and iSCSI
Supported
- Easy to Scale NAS and SAN
Storage Repositories
- Supported Integration with All
StoneFly Appliances & Most
Mainstream Servers such as
Dell EMC, HPE Nimble, etc.
- Windows, Linux & macOS
Supported
- Suppoted Integration with
Veeam, Commvault, Veritas,
Acronis, and Other Mainstream
Backup Software
- Supported Integration with
MySQL, NoSQL, PostGreSQL
Databases and Applications like
SAP HANA and More!
StoneFly Inc. is the original innovator of the iSCSI protocol. We offer enterprise-grade storage solutions, hyper
converged infrastructure, backup and disaster recovery, and archiving solutions. With decades of experience in
the market and backup solutions deployed in nuclear class submarines, StoneFly has over 2000 enterprise
customers around the globe.
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