R.A.I.N. Architecture

All of Nine Technology’s Powered By Nine® solutions operate on a grid-based server architecture. This system of data protection, known as Redundant Array of Independent Nodes (R.A.I.N.), offers a highly-reliable and easily expanded architecture for providers.

The benefits of data protection on this server architecture are evident right from the start. Reliability is never in doubt on a R.A.I.N. system, as the structure can support multiple node failures and still allow for full recovery processes. Properly-built architectures feature no fewer than two levels of redundancy, virtually guaranteeing a successful restore should one be necessary.

Additionally, R.A.I.N.-based architectures are easily expanded to accommodate more data. This system’s speed and response rate increase with additional nodes, and as a single system can be grown to support zettabytes of data, the architecture can race through data distribution and restoration if large enough. This style of data protection is as close to infinitely scalable as is possible.

Partners who want to realize the full benefits of the R.A.I.N. architecture should consider launching their own cloud storage solution through the Powered By Nine® Platform. These partners host their own back-end infrastructure, allowing them to fully benefit from the bandwidth and footprint savings that seeded initial backups, two-stage block-level global deduplication and incremental-forever backups can offer.