Unstructured Data Mobility at Scale with NAS CD Copy Engine

This solution brief outlines the NAS CD Copy feature, which serves as a high-performance synchronization engine designed to facilitate the movement of unstructured data between legacy on-premises storage systems and modern hybrid cloud environments. Unlike traditional file transfer methods, this automated, policy-driven solution efficiently syncs data from source systems, such as NAS or Object storage, to various target environments, whether on-premises or cloud-based. The process utilizes a Stateless VM to manage throughput, ensuring data consistency while minimizing the impact on production systems. The brief details the operational workflow, including the scanning and indexing of data, calculating differences between versions, and executing multi-threaded copies to the target. It emphasizes the feature's capability for large-scale migrations, active replication, and archiving, while maintaining a direct 1:1 replica of the source state. The document also highlights the performance and scalability aspects of the engine, which is engineered for high-velocity data transfers.