File and Object Storage Virtualization | vFilO

Unprecedented visibility and control over widely-scattered, unstructured data

vFilO combines the capabilities of a scale-out distributed file systems while delivering on the benefits of an object storage system, supporting NFS, SMB, and S3 protocol access to the same set of data.

It continuously migrates, load balances and safeguards data among on-premises and cloud storage tiers using ML and arbitrage modeling to optimize for cost, performance, capacity, availability, compliance as well as other business objectives.

Inactive data is de-duplicated, compressed, and moved to lower cost storage such as a cloud S3 bucket. DataCore’s enterprise-class, scale-out data services are unconstrained by hardware infrastructure or geography and include live data mobility, self-service undelete, snapshots/clones and replication at any level of granularity.

BEFORE

Separate Filers ⟶ FRUSTRATING!

Must know the specific filer and directory/folder hierarchy to store or find anything

diagram before vFilO file and object storage

AFTER

Global Namespace with Tags ⟶ EASY

Keyword search and automatic load balancing are no longer constrained by organizational hierarchy

diagram after vFilO keyword searchable global namespace

AUTONOMIC DATA PLACEMENT

diagram of data storage in distributed file systems

Visibility & Control

Measurably improve productivity and collaboration across sites with faster, easier access to files and multimedia
Enjoy increased visibility over your unstructured data storage, all under one intelligent system
Fulfill data governance obligations through explicit policies or high level objectives
Derive new business insights gleaned from metadata

Ultimate Flexibility

Expand and modernize as needed with no dependency on device or manufacturer
Integrate new server and storage technologies alongside existing equipment w/out painful and expensive forklift upgrades
Store data where it makes most sense, traversing sites and hardware architectures, based on explicit policies
The power of object and file access methods in one system with multi-protocol support

Efficiency & Simplicity

Recover time lost shuffling files around and backing them up
Avoid disruptive data migrations
Unify management of different types and profiles of data under one system
Automate data placement and tracking to optimize capacity and control costs while meeting performance and availability objectives

Compelling Economics

Modernize while maximizing the value from existing equipment without having to rip out and replace perfectly good assets.
Save by transparently relocating inactive data and replicas on lower cost object based storage, deduped and compressed, yet remaining easily accessible as before if needed.

Defer buying more premium storage by uncluttering it and fully dedicating its capacity and resources for the active data that deserves it
Avoid consuming costly space and bandwidth by performing functions quickly and cost-effectively at the file level rather than at the volume level

screenshot of object storage implementation

vFilO add storage screenshot

vFilO Features

Consumers

Servers / PCs / Laptops
Virtual Machines
Container

Access Methods

NFS
SMB
S3^*

Operation & Insights

Extensible Metadata
Data Migration
Historical /
Real-Time Charts
Health &
Performance Graphs
Alerts
Provisioning

Data Services

Active Archive
Global Namespace^*
Auto Placement
Load Balancing
Data Mobility
Parallel NFS
Deduplication / Compression^**
Replication & Recovery
Encryption^**
Snapshots
Filer / NAS Pooling, Assimilation
Undelete

Command & Control

Access Controls
CLI
Console
File Granularity
Plug-Ins

Storage Protocols

Block
FILE
OBJECT
Cloud

^*COMING SOON ❘ ^**FOR OBJECT STORAGE

Pricing

Volume discounts apply

Active data:

$345/TB*

for a one year term license

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Inactive/archive data:

$175/TB*

for a one year term license (Inactive data is deduped and compressed in object storage or the cloud)