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35 changes: 34 additions & 1 deletion content/solutions/linux-btrfs-nas-server.md
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Expand Up @@ -23,4 +23,37 @@ Centralized storage accessed over the network(NAS) is a perennial usecase.
While Linux has become the best platform for many things with great filesystems, it lacked one like NetApp's WAFL or Sun's ZFS until recently.
BTRFS is filling that void with it's amazing featureset, but it's not easily accessible to users that want something that just works as NAS without having to be a seasoned Linux Pro.
BTRFS's potential as a NAS filesystem can be fully realized with a storage focused Linux distribution like Rockstor.
Users can enjoy the benefits of BTRFS while managing everything easily from Rockstor's web-ui.
Users can enjoy the benefits of BTRFS while managing everything easily from Rockstor's web-ui.

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{{< ps phrase="NAS that just works" >}}
## Problem
It's not easy to build a BTRFS based NAS as it requires a lot of know how, scripting and advanced administration.

## Solution
Rockstor, the first Linux BTRFS NAS software appliance, aims to combine flexibility & ease-of-use.
Generic commodity hardware, both **X86_64 and ARM64 (e.g. Raspberyy Pi 4)**, can easily be up and running within minutes.
**Rockstor 4 is "Built on openSUSE"** while our near legacy 3 and older versions used CentOS 7 with newer elrepo kernels.
Once installed, all maintenance is done via Rockstor's Web-UI: good for NAS/linux beginners and pros alike.
{{< /ps >}}

{{< ps phrase="Get the best from BTRFS" >}}
## Problem
BTRFS is a truly amazing Linux filesystem with builtin volume management, CoW snaphots and many more advanced features.
However, it requires a fulltime storage administrator to maintain a BTRFS based NAS from scratch.

## Solution
With Rockstor, you can resize volumes, schedule snapshots and scrubs, replicate Shares and more all from it's web-ui.
It support popular NAS protocols like NFS, Samba, AFP and SFTP by default.
{{< /ps >}}

{{< ps phrase="Join Rockstor Community" >}}
## Problem
NAS market is still predominantly proprietary.
While there are semi open solutions, a powerful and open source solution based on Linux is an essential solution that has been missing.

## Solution
Rockstor is Free and Open source software with a smart and active community.
It has evolved rapidly thanks in a big part to members of the community that want to make it a viable solution.
{{< /ps >}}
39 changes: 38 additions & 1 deletion content/solutions/personal-cloud-btrfs-nas-server.md
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Expand Up @@ -23,4 +23,41 @@ It becomes extremely difficult to effectively access data, manage privacy and se
Important data can be lost, given open access unintentionally or deliberately stolen.
Aside from privacy and security concerns, it becomes considerably expensive to store large amounts of data on public cloud storage.
With increasing data footprint and many ways prosumers generate and access data, it is necessary to have a powerful local alternative to mitigate the cost and risks of public cloud storage.
With Rockstor as a Personal Cloud Server users can cost effectively store a lot of data, move data to and from public clouds and access data with various devices from within and outside their local network.
With Rockstor as a Personal Cloud Server users can cost effectively store a lot of data, move data to and from public clouds and access data with various devices from within and outside their local network.

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{{< ps phrase="Cloud in your network" >}}
## Problem
A majority of prosumers store data in various locations inside the local network including NAS devices, external hard drives and usb drives.
Storing, sharing and even access to data becomes complicated and inefficient quickly.

## Solution
Rockstor provides not only the benefits of traditional NAS server, but also the benefits of cloud storage.
It can be installed on commodity hardware giving prosumers the flexibility to build their personal cloud on anything from an old laptop, a Hypervisor, a mini ATX box or a high performance server.
The result is a Personal Cloud Server that can be accessed from various devices securely within and outside the local network.
It also can be linked with public cloud storage .
{{< /ps >}}

{{< ps phrase="Secure your data" >}}
## Problem
Public cloud storage is extremely convenient and empowering.
But at the same time there is a high privacy and security risk involved with storing certain data.

## Solution
Rockstor can be linked to various public cloud storage offerings empowering users to move data between them.
Data can then be selectively hosted from whereever is appropriate.
It is just as easy and convenient to access and share your data from the personal cloud.
However, you have enhanced privacy, security and complete ownership of data on your personal cloud.
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{{< ps phrase="Control your costs" >}}
## Problem
Cloud storage services start out cheap but could become prohibitively expensive as more data is stored.
Depending on factors outside your control, performance can be unreliable.

## Solution
Rockstor is freely distributed and can be installed on hardware of your choice giving you complete control of cost of ownership based on your capacity and other requirements.
There are very few factors outside your control that effect cost and performance.
Capacity and performance can be scaled at any time.
{{< /ps >}}
36 changes: 35 additions & 1 deletion content/solutions/smb-private-cloud-btrfs-nas-server.md
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Expand Up @@ -22,4 +22,38 @@ However, they also need to store a lot of data locally.
Switching between local and Cloud results in a lot of lost productivity and inefficiency.
If SMBs can seemlessly use a private cloud server working together with public cloud storage, they can be more efficient and profitable.
Rockstor can be used as Private Cloud Storage and empower users with a hybrid workflow leveraging their private and public cloud storage effectively.
It's capacity can scale with your business with little added cost and can be managed with little to no IT experience.
It's capacity can scale with your business with little added cost and can be managed with little to no IT experience.

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{{< ps phrase="Use Cloud effectively" >}}
## Problem
SMBs are forced to use their local storage using old ways and have no way to leverage it or combine with public cloud storage to get the best of both.

## Solution
Rockstor can not only be accessed with traditional NAS protocols but also acts as a private cloud storage and helps SMBs to keep their public cloud storage usage to minimum.
Users can use both their private and public cloud storage in a hybrid fashion and take full advantage of both at once.
{{< /ps >}}

{{< ps phrase="Replicate data over WAN" >}}
## Problem
SMBs are forced to risk losing data with a single node storage server or spend a lot in IT management for backups and transfers between offices.
Alternative solutions that are distributed in nature also come with a high maintenance requirement.

## Solution
Rockstor can efficiently replicate data from one instance to the other.
Important data can be backed up efficiently to another Rockstor appliance at a different location.
This is especially useful to automatically move data between remote offices not only for backups but also for quicker access.
{{< /ps >}}

{{< ps phrase="Reduce storage costs" >}}
## Problem
Management of traditional storage servers has not been cheap or easy, requiring strong IT skills and time to keep things in order.
The problem gets worse for SMBs using public cloud storage services for part of their needs.

## Solution
Rockstor can efficiently replicate data from one instance to the other.
Important data can be backed up efficiently to another Rockstor appliance at a different location.
This is especially useful to automatically move data between remote offices not only for backups but also for quicker access.
{{< /ps >}}

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