Astra: Mail Server Software Package

2024: Start of sales of PCs in the "Medium" configuration

Astra Group on October 4, 2024 announced the start of sales of three software systems (PCs): Mail Server, Domain Controller and Backup Systems. These software complexes can be installed on the existing virtual infrastructure of customers and allow you to quickly solve the current development and import substitution problems . The essence of the PC concept is that Astra Group provides customers not just with product sets for business scenarios, but with standard complete solutions with fast automatic deployment and a "single window" of service delivery for the entire PC.

Several PC configurations are provided for the customer to obtain the desired level of fault tolerance and scaling. Medium configurations available for sale have a well-thought-out fault-tolerant architecture and are intended mainly for the medium and, small business but may be suitable for solving some problems of large businesses. So, in the "Medium" configuration, the "Mail Server" PC supports up to 2000 mailboxes, the "Domain Controller" PC - up to 6,000 managed devices, the "Systems" PC backup- up to 50 TB data of backups. Each of these solutions can also be ordered in a specialized configuration with individual characteristics.

Each PC will be delivered one at a time. Within the framework of licenses a single PC license OS Astra Linux , one of the following products is available: mail server RuPost the cutlogging service or ALD Pro the data backup and recovery system. RuBackup Also, a single license includes the necessary for them DBMS , and for data stores Astra Automation Astra Monitoring managing nodes and monitoring PC objects. All software packages come with a set of documentation and a description of the requirements for infrastructure resources for their deployment. The offer includes technical support, including upgrades, under the PC license. In addition, implementation and support services from Astra Group and authorized partners are optionally available for purchase. When purchasing a license, customers can receive a support service for migrating mail to a PC, servers for example, with, as well as a support Microsoft Exchange service for pairing with a domain. Active Directory

These software complexes are ready for implementation into the customer's existing virtual or cloud infrastructure. If the customer does not have a virtualization environment, it can be purchased additionally from Astra Group as VMmanager or Astra Infrastructure Cloud products. The correctness and stability of all PC components in a single solution, including during updates, is guaranteed by the developer.

Purchasing a PC, unlike buying products separately, gives customers a number of advantages. Firstly, it is a ready-made documented solution with a fault-tolerant architecture, which guarantees high reliability and minimizes the risk of loss due to possible delays in the self-design and implementation of such solutions, downtime in case of errors in their life cycle management. Secondly, the use of a ready-made solution can significantly reduce the time when customers bring new products and services to market, where the functions of the products included in the PC are used, or follow the time requirements faster. The third important plus is total cost of ownership savings. If you compare the costs of self-design, implementation, and lifecycle management with the costs of purchasing a PC, you will feel the difference in less than a year.

Finally, a PC is a solution that has increased security due to the integration of complex products with certified IPSs built into Astra Linux OS and optimal setting of information security parameters during initial configuration. This allows the customer to prepare his system for certification according to the requirements approved by the orders of the FSTEC of Russia, which is important for government agencies and CII enterprises .

Each of the new PCs is licensed according to the same scheme as the main functional product included in its composition. Astra Automation and Astra Monitoring products included in the PC are licensed for use for the entire duration of the software license.

Infrastructure and system software does not exist in a vacuum and is not installed "for the future," it is integrated into the existing IT landscape in order to solve specific current problems. Customers expect from us solutions that are both universal in terms of basic functionality and adapted for the current circuit. Therefore, following the launch of PACS, we are systematically developing the direction of software systems. Three stacks contribute to a more targeted and confident implementation of domestic technologies. Now the customer will not have to guess and check for himself which of the products available on the market are better suited to each other and how to integrate them correctly - he will receive a fully ready-to-work set of components, and under a single license, - said Alexey Tyurin, Deputy Director of the Astra Group Implementation and Support Directorate.