Your data is the lifeblood of your business—dynamic, growing, and always in motion. Having the right storage behind it is essential. Whether you’re supporting large-scale operations, growing your infrastructure, or looking for a reliable and budget-friendly option, DataFlow NAS from Silicon Mechanics offers a versatile lineup designed to scale with your business. Choose from three tailored options—Value, Pro, and Elite—each delivering increasing performance, capacity, and enterprise support.
With DataFlow NAS, you're not just buying hardware. You're tapping into years of experience supporting everything from simple file storage to intricate, enterprise-grade environments. Our engineering team brings deep ZFS knowledge and understands the unique challenges of hybrid and evolving data ecosystems. We support your storage lifecycle with expert guidance and a one-stop service model that grows alongside your business.
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Reliable, efficient entry-level storage
Scalable, professionally supported performance
Enterprise-class availability and flexibility
| Supported Features | Value | Pro | Elite |
|---|---|---|---|
| NFS, SMB, iSCSI | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| RAID protection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Redundant power supplies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Redundant 10G NICs | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| IPMI management | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Standard 3-year warranty | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Global hardware support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Perpetual license | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Community supported software | ✔ | ||
| 3 Year standard 9-5 (PST) software support | ✔ | ||
| 3 Year 24/7 software support | ✔ | ||
| Redundant OS drives (SSD) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| SAS Enterprise drives | ✔ | ||
| Expandability via JBOD | One | Multiple | |
| Compression/Deduplication | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Thin provisioning | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Snapshots | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Remote replication | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Backup to cloud | ✔ | ||
| Encryption at rest (optional) | ✔ | ||
| WORM support | ✔ | ||
| Metadata offload | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Read cache (L2ARC) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Write cache (ZIL/SLOG) | ✔ | ||
| Web management GUI (storage) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| High Availability with active/active head nodes | ✔ |
Whether your focus is dependable backup and archival, performance-optimized workloads, or high-availability infrastructure, Silicon Mechanics can help you find the best-fit network attached storage solution. Contact us to talk about your needs.
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