Tapestry Wide Area File Services

Tapestry Wide Area File Services

Brocade Tapestry Wide Area File Services (WAFS) uniquely provides reliable, high-performance file access across WANs and reduces overall costs by streamlining branch office IT operations and simplifying management.

Branch Office Consolidation and Improved File Management

Brocade Tapestry WAFS maximizes performance and reliability by utilizing a unique WAN-optimized file sharing protocol between a core appliance located at a central site and edge appliances at remote locations. Using one-point storage caching at branch offices, a distributed file system, and specific application optimizers, Tapestry WAFS can deliver LAN-like access with up to a 100-times performance boost for remote file reads/writes.

One of the greatest advantages of Tapestry WAFS is its ability to improve operating efficiency and streamline IT operations in remote locations. Because it enables distributed enterprises to centrally manage branch office IT services-including Exchange-based e-mail attachment consolidation and acceleration along with file, print, networking, and Web caching services-Tapestry WAFS helps reduce remote office servers, storage and backup hardware, software, and other related costs. Utilized in this manner, it supports "lights-out" operation at multiple remote locations.

Highlights

• Centralizes critical data for reliable and consistent backup onto more reliable data center storage
• Consolidates servers and reduces IT complexity at branch offices with "stackable" services, transparent network integration, and centralized management
• Provides global file sharing with secure centralized file management and persistent locking
  Optimizes performance with LAN-like global file access over WANs
• Reduces capital and operating expenditures through consolidation, greater resource utilization, and "lights-out" remote operations
• Improves resiliency and business compliance by tolerating common WAN disruptions and integrating advanced security capabilities
• Increases operational flexibility by supporting CIFS data in native Windows environments