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Petascale migrations in hours, not weeks

Site-to-site, NAS refresh, parallel-file-system, storage consolidation, cloud-to-cloud, and cloud data migration — large-scale data transfer at ~10× typical movers, verified to convergence, with no vendor lock-in. One customer cut migration time by 80%.

The problem

At petascale, the migration is the project

How Zettar solves it

Move it once. Move it fast. Move it verified.

~10× faster

Record-setting throughput

zx runs at line rate and scales out with no software ceiling, running ~10× faster than typical commercial or freeware movers — so weeks of transfer collapse into hours.

Zero-surprise cutover

Incremental sync to convergence

Repeated incremental passes close the gap until source and target match. You cut over only on a verified convergence — no extended downtime, no guesswork.

Any system

File↔object, NAS, PFS, cloud

One engine migrates file↔file, file↔object, and object↔object — across NAS, parallel file systems, and clouds, including cloud-to-cloud. Consolidate or refresh storage without a forklift.

No lock-in

Native format, exit anytime

No proprietary tiering or transfer wrappers. Your data stays in its native format on open systems, so you are never paying to migrate out of someone's proprietary format.

Proof, not promises
"Zettar moved an actual petabyte over a 5,000-mile network loop in 29 hours — encrypted and checksummed — at 96% bandwidth utilization."
— SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory & ESnet, U.S. DOE · Winner, SC Asia 2019 Data Mover Challenge
80%
less migration time in a production deployment — and 70% lower upfront cost
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FAQ

Common questions

FAQ

What is data migration?

Moving data to new storage, a new system, or the cloud — as a one-time or phased project. At petabyte scale it is the difference between a weekend and a quarter.

FAQ

How long does a petabyte migration take with Zettar?

Hours, not weeks. zx moves data at line rate — using the bandwidth you already pay for — so migrations finish inside the window instead of dragging on.

FAQ

Will it keep up at petabyte scale?

Yes — zx is symmetric and scale-out: every node both sends and receives, and aggregate throughput grows as you add servers, with no software ceiling. Add servers to fit the maintenance window; your environment, not the data mover, is the limit.

FAQ

Can Zettar migrate between file and object storage?

Yes — file-to-file, object-to-object, and file-to-object in native formats, with no lock-in.

FAQ

Does Zettar lock us into specific hardware?

No. Data moves in native file and object formats with no proprietary wrappers, and the appliance is platform-neutral: HPE is the proven flagship, with AIC and MiTAC builds engineered and qualification available on the platform you standardize on, such as Supermicro or Dell.

FAQ

Does it migrate to and across clouds?

Yes — on-premises to cloud and cloud to cloud, bypassing the 30-50% cloud-stack penalty.

FAQ

Is data verified during migration?

Every transfer is encrypted and protected by unconditional end-to-end checksums, so nothing is silently corrupted or lost.

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Move it once. Move it fast.

See how Zettar migrates petascale data between sites, systems, and clouds — verified to convergence, with no vendor lock-in.