BANGALORE, INDIA: Symantec Corp. announced Symantec FileStore, a new solution enabling enterprises to build scalable, file-based storage services, including private and public clouds.

Symantec currently deploys FileStore as the file-based storage architecture in its own cloud services, with more than 40 petabytes of online storage for more than nine million active users – the largest SaaS storage environment in the world.

Symantec also leverages Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Cluster Server to manage this backup storage. With FileStore, Symantec delivers reliable, high-performance online backup services at a fraction of the cost by driving up storage utilization rates and eliminating planned downtime required to scale performance, capacity or daily administration tasks.

With FileStore, organizations can add or remove storage dynamically without taking systems offline. FileStore integrates natively with Symantec's security and information management solutions, including Symantec NetBackup and Symantec endpoint protection. These services run directly on the FileStore nodes, thereby reducing performance bottlenecks, enhancing security and simplifying operations by eliminating the requirement for additional server and storage resources for backup and security.

A single FileStore system scales up to 16 nodes, and 2 PB of total storage. Although these maximums are impressive, the product is designed to scale from entry-level configurations in affordable increments that match the IT organization's need and budget.

A simple implementation process self-deploys and self-configures based on just a few administrator-provided parameters, yet meets the performance requirements of demanding large-file applications such as medical imaging and geophysical exploration.

Symantec FileStore is available immediately and pricing begins at $6,995 for two nodes and two CPU sockets.