# StorONE

> StorONE is a New York-based enterprise storage software company founded in 2011 by Gal Naor and Raz Gordon. Its ONE Storage Platform separates storage services from hardware, delivering block, file and object storage from a single, hardware-agnostic engine. By rewriting the storage stack from scratch, StorONE combines high performance, real-time auto-tiering across flash and HDD, immutable-snapshot ransomware recovery and per-drive licensing to help enterprises cut storage costs while running on commodity servers.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Gal Naor (CEO & Co-Founder), Raz Gordon (CTO & Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~39 employees
- **Products:** ONE Storage Platform (S1), Real-Time / Auto-Tiering (TierONE), Immutable Snapshots & Ransomware Recovery, SnapONE, vRAID Erasure Coding
- **Notable:** Founders previously built Storwize, acquired by IBM in 2010 for $140 million, Rebuilt the enterprise storage stack from scratch to unify block, file and object on one engine, Reports multiple consecutive cash-flow-positive quarters while raising far less capital than rivals

## Products & services

- **ONE Storage Platform (S1)** — A unified, software-defined storage engine that provisions block (FC, iSCSI, NVMe-oF), file (NFS, SMB) and object storage from the same underlying drives, on any qualified server hardware.
- **Real-Time / Auto-Tiering (TierONE)** — Automatically moves inactive data from flash to HDD within the same volume with no manual thresholds and no downtime, cutting flash spend by up to 90%.
- **Immutable Snapshots & Ransomware Recovery** — Up to 100,000 immutable snapshots per volume with anomaly detection for near-instant recovery from ransomware and data corruption.
- **SnapONE** — Granular recovery tool that restores individual files rather than an entire snapshot, accelerating disaster recovery.
- **vRAID Erasure Coding** — Virtual RAID that treats drives of different capacities uniformly, delivering fast rebuilds and high fault tolerance.
- **S1 for Azure / Cloud** — The same platform and data services delivered on Azure Marketplace, AWS and Google Cloud for hybrid and cloud-native deployments.
- **StorMSP** — A consumption-based program enabling managed service providers to deliver enterprise-class storage as a service.
- **AI-Native Storage (with Phison aiDAPTIV+)** — High-throughput storage integrated with Phison's GPU memory-extension technology to train large language models on-premises with conversational AI management.

## Achievements

- Founders previously built Storwize, acquired by IBM in 2010 for $140 million
- Rebuilt the enterprise storage stack from scratch to unify block, file and object on one engine
- Reports multiple consecutive cash-flow-positive quarters while raising far less capital than rivals
- Recognized among top storage solution companies by CIOReview (2019)
- Launched StorMSP program bringing enterprise storage to managed service providers (2023)
- Partnered with Phison to deliver an AI-native, on-premises storage platform (2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Expanded partnership with Phison to deliver an AI-native storage platform integrating aiDAPTIV+ for on-premises LLM training.
- **2025-02** — Released Platform 3.9 with TierONE automated data tiering and SnapONE granular file recovery, plus a redesigned UI.
- **2024-01** — Launched The StorONE Podcast series on entrepreneurship, innovation and the future of data storage.
- **2023-09** — Announced StorMSP, a program bringing enterprise-class storage-as-a-service to managed service providers.
- **2023-03** — CEO Gal Naor signals StorONE is fast-growing, cash-flow-positive and heading toward a potential IPO.

## Links

- Website: https://storone.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/storone
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/StorOne_Inc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StorONE
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/StorONEinc/

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Last updated: 2026-07-17