+31 (0)43 30 88 400 | office@comex.eu
Flexible storage solutions for complete data backup and large VTL archives
Silent Bricks
The Silent Brick System is a modular storage solution for all aspects of modern data backup, for audit-proof archiving and as a large VTL archive. Individually configurable, stationary and mobile data modules – Silent Bricks – provide maximum flexibility and optimization for the respective application.
The heart of your data protection:
Silent Brick Controller
Special requirements call for extraordinary solutions. The controller is not a conventional storage server, but is designed specifically for data protection and archiving requirements. With Silent Brick Max storage modules, the stationary capacity can be expanded to 6 petabytes (gross). The 5 slots can also accommodate mobile Silent Brick Air and the faster Silent Brick Plus.
If the 5 internal slots are not enough, our extension shelf comes into the picture. With 14 slots each for Silent Bricks of any type, it expands capacity by up to 1.344 TB (gross) per shelf.
Technical information – Controller > | Shelf >
One controller for all your applications.
The principle of our Silent Brick system is quickly explained: Because the basic IT for storage systems is always relatively the same and is rarely fully utilized, we take a modular approach. The controller contains all the components needed for integration into your IT – except the actual storage capacity.
The required capacity is then added by the different Silent Bricks depending on the application and requirements. This keeps the investment volume contained, and capacity expansion, as well as expansion for additional applications or to meet special requirements, is done cost-effectively by adding storage modules.
In the spotlight:
In addition to data backup, Silent Bricks as large VTL archive
As our client DLR impressively demonstrates
Different media for:
Data storage
Silent Bricks are available stationary or removable, with SSDs or hard drives, and in individual capacities from 8 to 240 TB gross. And even with hardware WORM sealing for special purposes.
Silent Brick Plus
The Silent Brick Plus is equipped with 12 high-speed SSD modules. Configured as SecureNAS 2P or 3P, it also provides protection against the failure of 2 or 3 SSDs. The Silent Brick Plus is available in gross capacities of 12, 24 and 48 TB per unit, which can also be combined to create larger volumes – even after the fact.
Silent Brick Max
The Silent Brick Max is the mass storage unit among Silent Bricks. As a stationary storage module, it offers gross 48, 96 or 240 TB on a single height unit – again, much larger volumes can be created by combining multiple Silent Brick Max units. Like all Silent Bricks, the Silent Brick Max is equipped with 12 data carriers, up to four of which can fail simultaneously depending on configuration without losing data.
Silent Brick Air
Equipped with hard drives, the Silent Brick Air offers a gross capacity of 12 or 24 TB, which can also be combined to create larger volumes. As SecureNAS, it protects data with dual or triple parity, as SecureNAS ERC or in VTL mode even quadruple with 12/8 erasure coding and linear file system (random access is retained for reads, of course).
Silent Bricks for all aspects of modern
Data backup and recovery
Performance.
Speed means security: faster backups and restores ensure that data is better protected and available again faster.
Flash-based subsystems are indispensable for this purpose.
Security and cost.
The large data volumes of full backups and backup archives require secure and cost-effective storage that is easily scalable – at any time.
Disk-based storage modules offer the best compromise.
Air Gap & replication.
Final backup protection is achieved via physical outsourcing (air gap) or replication to a second location.
Don’t compromise when it comes to security.
Backup Archive.
Outsourcing full backups and backup of SaaS data (e.g., Microsoft365 or Salesforce) need not be left to just any cloud provider.
Object stores compatible with on-premises S3 retain their data sovereignty.
Also for the little ones:
Silent Brick Drive
With two slots for Silent Brick Plus or Silent Brick Air the drive is suitable for smaller installations or applications with replication. The drive also hits the mark as a replacement for tape backup with VTL-configured Silent Brick Air.
The narrow Drive has many uses where size is not so important, for example, for individual backup tasks, as an active archive, departmental file server or as a branch office that collects and replicates data to the main office.
Backup storage
One Drive, one task. Two Silent Brick Plus together offer up to 96 TB, two Silent Brick Air up to 48 TB of gross capacity. Often enough to perform exactly the one task your backup environment requires, for example, all-flash backup storage initially, classic backup-to-disk in smaller environments or outsourcing data via Air Gap with rotating VTL media.
File server.
With the Drive and Silent Brick Air or Silent Brick Plus storage for individual departments or applications can be set up quickly and cost-effectively. Data can also be backed up internally for up to 90 days with continuous snapshots without additional software.
Locations.
Replication in the Silent Brick system does not require the usual mirroring to an exactly identical system at a second location, but is done on the basis of individual Silent Bricks or volumes. This allows a branch office to store data on a rotating basis, which is then replicated to a larger Silent Brick system at headquarters.
Data transport.
Have you ever tried to store 32 TB of data – at least that much will fit on a Silent Brick Plus with a gross capacity of 48 TB – over the Internet? Sometimes it’s just faster to collect the data on-site and then physically transport it to the final location. However, storage systems are not designed for transport – Silent Brick Air and Plus are. Remove and ship, assemble – and immediately available.
Data Protection
Backup-to-flash, classic disk backup, true Air Gap with mobile media and an S3-compatible object storage can be implemented in the controller. All areas are independently scalable.
Start anywhere
We know that existing data backup infrastructure often cannot be completely replaced overnight. Ongoing depreciation and maintenance contracts necessitate a gradual transition.
No problem with Silent Bricks: start where you want.
Cold storage
VTL archives for secure but available big data storage benefit from the high data density of the Silent Brick DS, which offers up to 240 TB on a single height unit – a total of 6 petabytes per controller.
