Accellion Appliance

Secure File Transfer Appliance

Flexible, plug-and-play, appliance-based secure file transfer deployment

The Accellion Appliance is a key component of Accellion’s secure file transfer solution. Accellion appliances provide the highest level of security and ease of use of any managed file transfer solution.

Accellion appliances come in a range of sizes to ensure that each of your offices has a properly sized file transfer appliance. Appliances can be mixed and matched in a multi-office installation or installed as a standalone single site solution. With the choice of appliance sizes, Accellion can design an installation that offers room for file transfer usage growth, yet still ensures that you achieve a quick return on investment.

Accellion Appliance Deployment Options

Accellion provides a wide choice of deployment options

Accellion Secure File Transfer Workflow

  1. User creates an email and attaches files/folders using either the Accellion web interface or Accellion email plug-in for MS Outlook or Lotus Notes
  2. Files/folders are uploaded via SSL to the closest Accellion Appliance
  3. Email is sent to intended recipient(s) with a secure link to the file/folder(s)
  4. If multiple appliances deployed, file is replicated to Accellion Appliance closest to recipient
  5. Recipient opens the email and clicks on the secure link to download the files/folders via SSL from the closest Accellion Appliance

Accellion Appliance Specifications

VMware Virtual and vCloud Appliance Specifications A250V A500V AV500 AV1000
Amazon Cloud Appliance Specifications A250A A500A A1000A A2000A
Storage 125GB 250GB 500GB 1000GB
RAM 1GB 2GB 4GB 4GB
Physical Appliance Specifications A250 A500 A1000 A2000
Rack mountable Y (1U) Y (1U) Y (2U) Y (2U)
CPU 1xCeleron 1xDuoCore Xeon 2xDuoCore Xeon 2xDuoCore Xeon
RAM 512MB 2GB 4GB 4GB
Hard Drive 160GB/SATA 216GB/SAS* 440GB/SAS* 880GB/SAS*
Hot Plug drives N Y Y Y
Gigabit NIC Included Included Included Included
LOM Included Included Included Included
Storage Redundancy RAID1 RAID5 RAID5 RAID5
Redundant Fans & Power NA Included Included Included
Battery Backed Cache enabler NA Included Included Included

*SAS = Serial Attached SCSI

Accellion Appliance Failover Capabilities

  • Accellion Local Clustering—provides automated failover capabilities between two appliances installed in the same location, preferably in the same rack. Provides disaster recovery through data and equipment redundancy protection.
  • Accellion Remote Failover—provides geographic redundancy protection.

Accellion SAN/Storage Integration

Accellion provides extensive tools for IT to manage the life cycle of files stored on the Accellion appliances, including customizable file deletion policies. Files can reside on the appliance for days or years depending on application requirements. Accellion appliances can also be integrated with SAN to meet expanded enterprise storage requirements.  Accellion cloud deployments enable access to virtually unlimited storage in the cloud

Managed file transfer, simple and secure.