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Appliance Design

Plug and Play

Cryoserver is supplied as a pre-built device, which has a wizard step-by-step installation process. The Cryoserver appliance is very simple to install (usually in less than 30 minutes), it can even be installed by non-technical staff, administered by the HR department for example. Ease of installation and use is central to the Cryoserver design, with the system befitting small and large organizations alike. Forensic & Compliance System’s customers benefit from remote standard pro-active support services and the option for on-site assistance if required.

Commoditized Solution

There are a portfolio of appliances to chose from. The difference between the appliances is the amount of storage available and processing power. The table indicates which appliance typically suits which size of organization. More information about each appliance can be found within the datasheets listed in the right hand column of this page.

Which Cryoserver appliance is right for you?
C100 C250 C500 C1500 C3500 C10k
Typically upto 100 users * Typically upto 250 users * Typically upto 500 users * Typically upto 1500 users * Typically upto 3500 users * Integrate with external storage
320Gb RAW
RAID 1
1.0Tb RAW
RAID 1
1.5Tb RAW
RAID 1
3Tb RAW
RAID 1
6Tb RAW
RAID 5
Supports NAS, SAN
2 Giganet Ethernet 4 Giganet Ethernet 4 Giganet Ethernet 4 Giganet Ethernet 4 Giganet Ethernet 4 Giganet Ethernet
1U 1U 1U 2U 2U 2U
16.8" x 1.7" x 25.6" 16.8" x 1.7" x 25.6" 16.8" x 1.7" x 25.6" 16.8" x 3.5" x 25.6" 16.8" x 3.5" x 25.6" 16.8" x 3.5" x 25.6"
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The appliances can be mixed and matched to provide maximum flexibility. Using a flexible configuration from the available appliance models it is possible to scale from one user to virtually unlimited users: For example to make a 750user environment you can chose either a C1500 appliance or alternatively a C250 + C500 = 750 users.

Small Business Use

Small businesses with limited access to internal technical resources are able to take full advantage of Cryoserver's simple design and operation. The standalone nature of Cryoserver makes it ideal for businesses looking for an archiving solution to be up and running quickly (minutes) and which on an on-going basis avoids the complexities of their email system.

Enterprise Use

At FORENSIC & COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS, we understand that large organizations have just as much reason to avoid complexity. Cryoserver's appliance design makes life easy from a set-up and management perspective, especially for multi-region, multiple mail server deployments.

Redundancy & Disaster Recovery

Cryoserver can be mirrored to provide dynamic replication and real-time backup avoiding administrative overhead and recovery costs. In addition Cryoserver supports traditional backup operations by accessing remote shared drives.

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Appliance datasheets:

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