For Australian businesses, downtime is not an option. Whether you’re a mid-sized enterprise in Sydney, a regional branch office in Queensland, or an MSP supporting clients across the Pacific, ensuring business continuity in the face of cyber threats, outages, or natural disasters is mission-critical. That’s where the StoneFly M1 DR Mini Appliance comes in.
Compact Disaster Recovery Without Compromise
The StoneFly M1 is more than just a backup device—it’s a high-performance, ransomware-proof storage platform, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), and DR mini appliance. It combines storage, backup, replication, and instant recovery into one cost-effective solution—perfect for Australian businesses that need reliable protection without the complexity of large-scale infrastructure.
M1 Hardware Specifications and Key Features
High-Speed Compact Hardware with Integrated Ransomware Protection and Storage
The M1 delivers the perfect blend of powerful hardware, advanced ransomware protection , and versatile storage capabilities in a turnkey solution. Its compact design and enterprise-grade features make it an ideal choice for businesses seeking high performance, strong security, and easy scalability in a single appliance.
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Intel 13th Gen 14-core processor
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Up to 96GB memory
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Built-in NVMe flash + optional external SAS expansion for up to 336TB storage
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Dual 20/40Gbps storage and network connectivity
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RAID support for added resiliency
This hardware foundation ensures the M1 is tailored for enterprise-scale workloads at an SMB-friendly price.
Key Advantages of the StoneFly M1
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Purpose-Built for Veeam – Designed as a backup and recovery appliance for Veeam to ensure smooth integration and optimised performance.
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High-Performance, Ransomware-Proof Storage – Immutability, encryption, and air-gapped architecture safeguard your most critical data.
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HCI Flexibility – Consolidate compute, storage, and networking into one efficient mini appliance.
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Rapid Recovery – Minimise downtime with near-zero RTOs and instant failover.
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All-in-One Simplicity – Backup, replication, storage, and recovery in one device.
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Scalable & Affordable – Start small, grow as your data and business expand.
Real-World Deployment Scenarios
Branch Office Protection
For organisations with multiple offices across Australia — say a head office in Melbourne with branches in Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide — the M1 provides a practical way to protect each site independently. An M1 at each branch office can run local backups with Veeam, storing immutable copies on its built-in NVMe storage. Replication to the head office or to cloud storage happens over the WAN during off-peak hours. If a branch loses connectivity or suffers a localised outage, the local M1 can restore workloads without relying on the central data centre.
MSP Multi-Tenant Backup
Managed service providers supporting multiple clients can deploy an M1 at each client site as a dedicated backup target. Because the M1 supports Veeam's multi-tenant architecture, an MSP can manage backup jobs for several clients from a single Veeam console while keeping each client's data isolated on their own appliance. The M1's compact form factor — roughly the size of a large book — means it fits in a small server rack or even a locked cabinet at a client's office, without requiring a dedicated server room.
Ransomware Recovery Testing
The M1's immutable storage ensures that backup data cannot be modified or deleted by ransomware, even if an attacker gains administrative access to the network. StoneFly's air-gapped architecture means the immutable copies are isolated from the production network at the storage layer. Organisations can run periodic recovery tests by spinning up a VM directly from the M1's backup repository, verifying that their data is intact and recoverable without affecting production systems.
Storage Expansion and Performance
The base M1 configuration ships with internal NVMe flash storage, which delivers the IOPS needed for rapid backup ingestion and instant VM recovery. For organisations with larger data sets, StoneFly offers external SAS expansion shelves that connect directly to the M1, scaling total capacity up to 336TB. This makes the M1 suitable not just for backup, but also as a secondary storage target for archival data, surveillance footage, or medical imaging — workloads that generate large volumes of write-once data.
The dual 20/40Gbps connectivity ports support both iSCSI and NFS protocols, so the M1 integrates with existing storage networks without requiring protocol conversion or additional gateway hardware.
Cloud Ready Solutions: Your Australian Distributor
In Australia, Cloud Ready Solutions is the trusted distributor of StoneFly. With over 25 years of data-recovery and IT expertise, Cloud Ready Solutions ensures local resellers, MSPs, and enterprise customers receive expert guidance, streamlined procurement, and responsive support for every StoneFly deployment.
👉 Contact Cloud Ready Solutions today to explore how StoneFly can strengthen your IT strategy.