Enterprise SAN, NAS, HCI, and backup appliance storage for Australian organisations. StoneFly and QSAN hardware distributed locally with AUD pricing, Australian warranty, and pre-sales engineering from Sydney.
Australian organisations are stuck between overpriced Tier 1 storage vendors and consumer-grade NAS boxes that don't belong in production. NetApp, Pure Storage, and Dell EMC deliver excellent products, but their pricing reflects US enterprise budgets — not the reality of mid-market Australian IT departments.
The procurement experience makes it worse. Most enterprise storage reaches Australia through multi-layer distribution chains that add cost at every step. By the time a partner quotes an end customer, the margin structure barely works. And when something goes wrong, warranty claims route through regional depots that treat Australia as an afterthought.
Lead times have become unpredictable too. Supply chain disruptions mean that ordering storage from a Tier 1 vendor can take months, not weeks. When a customer needs capacity now — for a new project, a compliance deadline, or a failed array replacement — waiting three months isn't an option.
There's a class of enterprise storage vendors that deliver 90% of the features at 50% of the price, with better lead times and more flexible configurations. StoneFly and QSAN are two of them, and CRS distributes both directly into Australia.
Your NetApp or Pure Storage renewal quote came in 40% higher than expected
Lead times for Tier 1 storage vendors are stretching beyond 12 weeks
You need storage hardware priced and invoiced in Australian dollars
Your current storage is end-of-life and the vendor wants to force a forklift upgrade
You need a backup target appliance that supports immutable snapshots and WORM
Storage infrastructure is a long-term commitment. Getting the vendor, pricing model, and support relationship right at purchase time saves years of frustration.
StoneFly and QSAN deliver dual-controller high availability, NVMe caching, snapshot replication, and iSCSI/FC SAN connectivity at 30-50% less than equivalent NetApp or Pure Storage configurations. The technology gap has closed — the price gap hasn't.
Both vendors support immutable snapshots and WORM (Write Once Read Many) storage. StoneFly's air-gapped appliances and cloud vault options give Australian organisations a local, ransomware-proof backup target that meets Essential Eight maturity requirements.
CRS manages the full supply chain from manufacturer to Australian delivery. Partners get local quoting, AUD invoicing, Australian warranty service, and a distributor who understands that a failed controller in Melbourne needs attention today — not next week from a depot in Singapore.
Cloud Ready Solutions distributes two enterprise storage vendors that cover the full range of block, file, and hyperconverged workloads.
Enterprise storage appliances covering SAN, NAS, unified storage, and hyperconverged infrastructure. StoneFly manufactures in the US and ships globally, with CRS handling Australian logistics, warranty, and AUD pricing for the full product range — from 4-bay NAS units to high-availability SAN clusters.
Taiwanese enterprise storage designed for price-sensitive environments that still need enterprise features. QSAN's XCubeSAN (SAN), XCubeNAS (NAS), and XCubeDAS (JBOD) lines deliver dual-controller high availability, NVMe caching, and 10/25GbE connectivity at price points well below NetApp or Pure Storage.
From high-performance SAN for virtualisation to immutable backup targets, CRS distributes storage for every workload type.
iSCSI and Fibre Channel block storage for virtualisation, databases, and high-performance workloads. Dual-controller HA with automatic failover.
SMB/CIFS and NFS file services for shared drives, home directories, and unstructured data. Active Directory integration and quota management.
Block and file protocols on a single platform. Consolidate SAN and NAS workloads onto one appliance to reduce rack footprint and management overhead.
Compute and storage in one box. StoneFly's hyperconverged appliances run VMware or Proxmox with built-in SAN storage — ideal for remote offices and edge deployments.
Purpose-built backup targets with immutable storage, deduplication, and cloud tiering. Designed to work with NAKIVO, Veeam, and other backup software.
StoneFly Cloud Vault and Cloud Storage for offsite backup, archiving, and DR. Runs on Australian RackCorp infrastructure with immutable Object Lock.
We're an Australian distributor specialising in storage and data protection. Here's how we help partners deliver storage infrastructure to their customers.
Direct distribution of StoneFly and QSAN storage hardware into Australia and New Zealand. We handle import logistics, customs, and delivery — partners receive storage with Australian warranty and local billing.
Storage sizing and configuration support from Sydney. Whether you're specifying drive layouts for a StoneFly HA cluster or selecting the right QSAN model for a video editing suite, we help partners quote accurately the first time.
Vendor-specific training on StoneFly and QSAN platforms. Learn configuration, management, and troubleshooting so your team can deploy and support storage infrastructure without escalating to the manufacturer.
All storage hardware is quoted and invoiced in AUD. Extended warranty options (Silver, Gold, Platinum for StoneFly) are available locally. No currency conversion surprises on hardware purchases.
SAN and NAS infrastructure for co-location and managed hosting environments. High-availability dual-controller configurations, 10/25GbE connectivity, and NVMe caching tiers for performance-sensitive workloads.
Organisations replacing end-of-life NetApp, Dell EMC, or HPE storage that want enterprise features without the enterprise price tag. StoneFly and QSAN both deliver dual-controller HA, snapshot replication, and iSCSI/FC SAN connectivity.
Managed service providers who need to offer hosted storage, backup targets, or file services to their clients. AUD pricing and deal registration make it possible to build margin into storage-as-a-service offerings.
StoneFly offers 17 product families covering everything from 4-bay desktop NAS to rack-mounted high-availability SAN clusters with Fibre Channel connectivity. QSAN's range spans 7 product families including their XCubeSAN dual-controller arrays and XCubeNAS file servers.
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