Panzura FAQs

    • Who is Panzura best for - their role(s) within what kind of companies.

      Panzura's data management platform is used by both the private and public sector to securely manage hundreds of petabytes of data stored in public, private or dark clouds.

    • How does Panzura benefit them?

      Panzura replaces legacy network-attached storage at as little as 1/3 the total cost of ownership. Firstly, it consolidates unstructured data from all locations and deduplicates it to achieve up to 70% reduction in total storage space required. Then, Panzura provides data resiliency without replication with immutable data storage and read-only snapshots that provide granular file restoration capability and are resistant to ransomware.

    • How technical do users need to be to use Panzura's software?

      Once installed by Panzura's professional services team, IT teams can manage their own Panzura deployments. End users will continue to work with their files and workflows without noticing any difference... except that files open, save and changes show up faster.

    • What makes Panzura a leader in this space?

      Over and above Panzura's next generation cloud NAS capabilities, it is the only multi-cloud data management platform with real time data consistency. Whether you have 5 locations or 500, changes made and saved to any file are immediately visible to every location that needs to see them. This, coupled with real time, automatic file locking and "local feeling" performance, delivers exceptional and measurable productivity gains to enterprises, especially those operating multiple locations and where staff are working remotely.

    • Who are Panzura's biggest competitors (3-5 companies)?

      Panzura competes directly with legacy storage suppliers such as NetApp and Isilon, as enterprises look to purchase additional storage and/or move data and workloads to the cloud. In the global file services space, CTERA and Nasuni offer some similar features, though architectural differences can result in significantly different performance outcomes, especially if the enterprise has an expectation that files will be immediately consistent across all locations.

    • How/why is Panzura better than those competitors (or most others in their market)? What about Panzura is unique, stronger, easier, etc.?

      Panzura deduplicates and compresses unstructured (file) data, which frequently reduces an enterprise's overall storage footprint by up to 70% (sometimes even more). Being cloud agnostic, Panzura allows you to use an public, private or dark cloud as an object store, and prevents cloud lock in by allowing you to move cloud storage without disruption. Panzura is alone in delivering a true "local-feeling" file experience, moving data so fast it feels to your users like it's stored locally, regardless of file size, number of users, number of locations or the distance between them.

    • What kind of features can customers expect Panzura to release in the near future? And longer term?

      Already powering remote working deployments throughout the world, clients can expect Panzura to continue to bring data closer to to the edge. Supplementing data protection that already shrugs off ransomware attacks, will be development and integration of early threat detection and mitigation.

    • Which popular or common software does Panzura integrate with?

      Panzura manages all unstructured data, allowing it to be stored in public, private or dark clouds. Additional integrations deliver enhanced security and functionality. These include VMWare, Veeam, Citrix, Varonis and more.

    • Software pricing can often be complex. If it's pretty straightforward, list tiers, pricing (per year, seat, etc) and limits for Panzura. If it's not simple, use broad estimates or ranges for typical setups.

      Pricing is based on data under management, and how that data is used (tiers include archive, active, collaborative). Panzura is priced as a subscription, allowing enterprises to turn storage CapEx into OpEx.

    • Does Panzura offer a trial or free download available?

      Both a free demo and proofs of concept are available.

    • Does Panzura offer any kind of training/education for their product?

      Panzura offers comprehensive training, including a 3-day foundations course designed to deliver a deep understanding of system architecture, functionality such as file locking, global read write, caching, file syncing, snapshots, high availability, installation, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

    • Describe the implementation process and timeline for Panzura software.

      Each deployment is different. Installation is carried out remotely by Panzura support technicians, in conjunction with local IT departments.

    • What are the Panzura support options? List all.

      Panzura's support organization offers around the clock support via our customer Service Hub, phone and email.

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