Wasabi Cloud NAS (WCN) manages data across heterogeneous storage tiers.
Wasabi Cloud NAS (Network Attached Storage) is a Wasabi product offering that bundles the WCN software with a WCN storage account. WCN is a storage bridge between your on-premise source data and Wasabi object storage, enabling you to free up your on-premise server space while keeping your data available and retrievable through Wasabi’s fast, secure, and efficient network-attached cloud storage. WCN enables you to pair a source with a target to create a seamless, virtual unity. Once established, WCN offloads data on the source by replacing replicated files on your on-premises server with nearline files.
The following guides are provided to help you get started and then delve deeper into Wasabi Cloud NAS features.
Three basic steps:
1—Downloading and Installing Wasabi Cloud NAS with additional information about:
- Wasabi Cloud NAS Shell Extension
- Uninstalling Wasabi Cloud NAS
2—Activating Wasabi Cloud NAS
3—Configuring Wasabi Cloud NAS with additional information about:
- Pairing a Source With a Target
- Updating Wasabi Cloud NAS
- Data Management With Wasabi Cloud NAS
- Settings for Wasabi Cloud NAS
Why Wasabi Cloud NAS?
WCN automates the assignment of data to the source or bucket tier, based on user-defined policies, and addresses various work flow challenges: alignment of data with storage costs, transparent data migration, synchronization between storage devices or geographically dispersed places, and extends your primary storage on the cloud and gateway to object storage.
Common Use Scenarios, Features, and Pricing
The Wasabi Website lists many of the ways that you can use Wasabi Cloud NAS and includes information on features and Pricing FAQs for all Wasabi Pricing Models. For more information on billing, refer to Billing for Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. To purchase Wasabi Cloud NAS, review Upgrading to a Paid Plan.
Acronyms
Common acronyms used throughout this Product Guide are listed below.
NAS — Network attached storage
NFS — Network File System
NTFS — New Technology File System
ReFS — Resilient File System
SMB — Server Message Block
WCN — Wasabi Cloud NAS
WORM — Write once, read many
Technical Support
The Wasabi website has the latest product information, including tools to review system status, download software updates, and review support plans. For additional technical support, use this email address to contact a Wasabi Customer Support representative: support@wasabi.com