Cloudian partners with BridgeStor for file access

Cloudian (www.cloudian.com), the best compatible Amazon S3 storage, continues to enhance its platform with today a partnership with the gateway vendor BridgeSTOR. The new feature named Cloudian HyperStore Connect for Files (CfF) is the BridgeSTOR Coronado and offers:

• standard file sharing protocols such NFS v3, SMB 2.1 and FTP,
• a global file locking capability to facilitate global geo collaboration at file level,
• a global namespace to simplify file access and management across various locations,
• delete with version control (soft-delete),
• in-motion/at-rest data encryption,
• compression and global deduplication,
• and AD/LDAP integration.

The option is comprised of 2 modules: File Access Point (FAP) and Global View Manager (GVM). FAP is a stateless server, virtual or physical, exposing file from objects and vice-versa. GVM manages all geo capabilities of CfF especially the global locking aspect. The extension works from HyperStore 5.2.

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