StoneFly, Inc.

When disaster strikes, you don’t have time to think — only time to execute.

That’s why a real disaster recovery plan isn’t a document.
It’s an automated system built, tested, and proven to work under pressure.

Every strong DR strategy starts with two key questions:
⏱️ RTO (Recovery Time Objective): How fast do you need to be back online?
💾 RPO (Recovery Point Objective): How much data can you afford to lose?

From there, you design around your reality:
• Backups for lower-tier workloads
• Warm standby for critical systems
• Active-active replication for zero downtime

Then you automate it all — replication, failover, orchestration, and testing — because manual recovery isn’t recovery.

And you test constantly. Because if you’re not testing, you’re just hoping.

This is the blueprint for true enterprise resilience — and it’s exactly what StoneFly's backup and DR solutions are built to deliver.

How often does your team test your DR plan? Monthly? Quarterly? Or only when disaster hits?
Share your approach 👇

#DisasterRecovery #BusinessContinuity #RTO #RPO #Automation #DataProtection #EnterpriseIT #CyberResilience #DRTesting

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

Ever feel like your hypervisor is running your data protection strategy instead of the other way around?

It happens more often than you’d think.
Enterprises invest heavily in VMware or Hyper-V, and years later, realize their entire backup and DR ecosystem is tied to one vendor’s rules.

Here’s the truth:
⚙️ VMware uses an API-driven model — fast, flexible, but deeply integrated into its own ecosystem.
🧩 Hyper-V runs on VSS — simple, stable, but heavily tied to Windows.

Both approaches work.
But both can also trap you.

The way forward is a hypervisor-agnostic architecture — one platform to protect, manage, and recover your data across VMware, Hyper-V, and beyond.

This isn’t about choosing sides.
It’s about taking control.

If your current backup strategy feels like it’s built around your hypervisor instead of your data, it’s time to rethink it.

Would your team benefit from a single data protection framework that works everywhere?
Drop your thoughts 👇

#VMware #HyperV #Virtualization #DataProtection #BackupAndRecovery #DisasterRecovery #ITInfrastructure #HybridCloud #VendorLockIn #EnterpriseIT

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

Private cloud or on-premise?
It’s one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make for your business.

☁️ Private Cloud gives you flexibility, scalability, and access to advanced security features — all without massive upfront costs.
🏢 On-Premise gives you total control, direct access, and raw performance — but demands bigger investments in hardware, maintenance, and expertise.

So which one’s better?
Neither.

The smartest organizations are building hybrid architectures — blending the agility of the cloud with the reliability and control of on-premise infrastructure.

The goal isn’t to pick a side.
It’s to design an environment that matches your real needs — performance, compliance, scalability, and budget — all working together.

What’s your infrastructure strategy right now — full cloud, on-prem, or hybrid?
Share your approach below 👇

#PrivateCloud #OnPremise #HybridCloud #CloudInfrastructure #ITStrategy #DataCenter #CloudComputing #EnterpriseIT

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

Who really controls your data?
You — or the country where your cloud provider is headquartered?

That’s the question at the center of data sovereignty and data residency — two terms often confused, but with very different consequences.

🗺️ Data Residency → The location of your data. Where the server physically sits.
⚖️ Data Sovereignty → The legal power over that data. Which country’s laws apply.

You can meet every residency requirement — store your data inside specific borders — and still lose control through sovereignty laws that extend across them.

This confusion isn’t just technical. It’s legal, financial, and strategic.
A mistake here can mean international lawsuits, compliance failures, or even being locked out of key markets.

The path forward is jurisdiction-aware architecture — a data strategy that respects geography, law, and control equally.

How is your organization handling cross-border data compliance?
Share your thoughts 👇

#DataSovereignty #DataResidency #Compliance #CloudStrategy #DataProtection #CyberCompliance #DataGovernance

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

When disaster hits, the clock doesn’t wait.
Every second of downtime means lost revenue, missed SLAs, and damage to your reputation.

That’s why your disaster recovery site strategy matters more than almost anything else in your infrastructure.

The choice usually comes down to three options — Hot, Warm, and Cold sites — each with its own tradeoff between speed and cost:

🔥 Hot Site – Your entire environment is mirrored in real time. Failover is instant, downtime is measured in minutes… but so is the cost.

🌤️ Warm Site – Hardware and networking are ready to go, with data synced through scheduled replication. Recovery in hours instead of days — the balance most businesses aim for.

❄️ Cold Site – Power, cooling, and connectivity are there… but no live systems. Recovery takes days, but costs stay minimal.

Here’s the key: smart organizations don’t pick just one.
They design multi-tiered recovery plans, mapping each application’s RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) to the right recovery site.
Mission-critical apps get hot sites. Supporting systems use warm sites. Archival workloads rely on cold sites.

That’s how real resilience is built — by planning intentionally, not reactively.

What’s your RTO target — minutes, hours, or days?
How do you balance cost with continuity?
Drop your thoughts below 👇 — and let’s talk about how to build smarter recovery strategies that actually match your business reality.

#DisasterRecovery #BusinessContinuity #HotSite #WarmSite #ColdSite #DataProtection #RTO #RPO #CyberResilience #ITStrategy

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

The old 3-2-1 backup rule — 3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite — served us well for years.
But ransomware changed the game.

Attackers no longer stop at encrypting production systems. They target your backups — the very thing you rely on to recover.

That’s why it’s time to evolve.
Meet the 3-2-1-1-0 strategy — the smarter, modern standard for data resilience:

🔹 3 copies of your data — production + two backups
🔹 2 different types of media — disk, tape, or cloud
🔹 1 copy stored offsite
🔹 1 offline or air-gapped copy — completely isolated from your network
🔹 0 errors — verified, tested, and restorable

Add one more layer: immutability — backups that can’t be changed or deleted, even if admin credentials are compromised. Technologies like WORM, immutable snapshots, and S3 Object Lock make that possible.

This is what real ransomware resilience looks like: backups that are invisible, untouchable, and unbreakable.

If your backup strategy still ends at “offsite,” it’s time to take the next step.
How are you protecting your last line of defense?

#RansomwareProtection #32110Rule #BackupStrategy #DataSecurity #AirGappedBackup #ImmutableBackup #DataResilience #CyberDefense #DisasterRecovery

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

When was the last time you thought about the drives powering your infrastructure?

Every one of them — even the newest SSDs — will eventually fail. It’s not a question of if, but when.
And that reality is exactly why RAID still matters.

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) isn’t legacy tech.
It’s the backbone of reliable storage — delivering redundancy, performance, and fault tolerance that keeps your business running even when hardware fails.

Here’s the simple truth:
💽 Mirroring (RAID 1/10) gives you real-time redundancy — instant protection at the cost of capacity.
⚙️ Parity (RAID 5/6) uses smart math to rebuild lost data automatically — efficient, resilient, and fast.
🧩 Advanced nested levels like RAID 50 / 60 let you fine-tune the balance between performance, capacity, and protection.

The result? Predictable uptime, simpler recovery, and continuity you can rely on.

But remember — RAID isn’t just about disks. The controller, firmware, and management layer matter just as much. Poor implementation can turn redundancy into a single point of failure.

Real resilience starts with expert design — and a storage architecture built to stay online when everything else isn’t.

How do you balance performance vs protection in your environment?
Share your setup below 👇

#RAID #DataProtection #HighAvailability #StorageArchitecture #DataRecovery #ITInfrastructure

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

🚨 Your backups aren't safe if malware is already in the system.
That’s why early detection matters — before data is compromised, before backups are taken, and before restore points are rendered useless.

We just released a new video that shows how real-time threat detection and behavioral analysis work together to flag malicious activity the moment it appears. This isn’t reactive cybersecurity — this is proactive protection.

✅ Detect malware before it spreads
✅ Flag and isolate infected restore points
✅ Prevent re-infection and secure clean recovery
✅ Deploy on your backup infrastructure or as a standalone appliance

If you're responsible for data protection, backup reliability, or enterprise IT security, this is for you.

🎥 Watch the full video now and see early malware detection in action.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Would your current setup catch threats before they hit your backups?

#MalwareDetection #Cybersecurity #BackupSecurity #EnterpriseIT #StoneFly #RealTimeProtection #DataRecovery

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

🚀 Proxmox just got enterprise-grade High Availability! 🚀

StoneFly’s USS-HA is the only turnkey HA clustered HCI solution for Proxmox.
With automated failover, live VM migration, ransomware-proof storage, and built-in threat detection, it takes Proxmox to the next level.

In this video, we exlore:
⚡ Automated failover during a node failure
⚡ Live VM migration between Proxmox controllers
⚡ Clustered storage with redundancy and security

Looking for an HA HCI cluster for your Proxmox environment? Reach out to sales@stonefly.com.

#Proxmox #HighAvailability #StoneFly

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

StoneFly, Inc.

📦 Enterprise Storage Isn’t a Choice—It’s a Strategy.

You're not picking between file, block, or object storage. You're integrating all three—because each one solves a different problem inside your infrastructure.

🔹 File storage supports your teams and legacy systems with easy-to-navigate file hierarchies.
🔹 Block storage delivers speed and IOPS for critical workloads like VMs and databases.
🔹 Object storage brings unmatched scalability and metadata-driven access for unstructured data, backups, and cloud-native workloads.

This isn’t theory—it’s how modern enterprise environments are built.

In our latest video, we break down each storage type and show how to align them to the right workloads so your infrastructure is faster, smarter, and ready to scale.

📖 Bonus: Check out the full blog breakdown on StoneFly:
👉 stonefly.com/blog/file-storage-vs-block-storage-vs…

#FileStorage #BlockStorage #ObjectStorage #EnterpriseInfrastructure #StorageArchitecture #CloudStrategy #ITLeaders #DataStrategy #StorageTechnology #HybridIT

4 months ago | [YT] | 0