Nasuni Assigned Two Patents

Cloud-native global file system with direct-to-cloud migration
Nasuni Corporation, Boston, MA, has been assigned a patent (11,397,704) developed by Shaw, David M., Newton, MA, and Fisher, Nicholas A., Canton, MA, for a “cloud-native global file system with direct-to-cloud migration.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A cloud-native global file system used to provide primary file storage for enterprise data is augmented to provide ‘direct-to-cloud’ (D2C) migration of an initial data set. In addition to providing a filer, the service provider configures a direct-to-cloud migration tool, typically as a downloadable virtual machine (VM) that is executed in association with the hardware of the enterprise filesystem whose data set is being migrated. The migration tool reads the existing filesystem, transforms the data into a format consistent with that done by a filer, and pushes the result (a single version) directly to an object store in the cloud. In a first pass, run, typically a large bulk of the data is moved and, depending on how the migration tool is configured, one or more additional passes may then be carried out. When migration is complete (or substantially complete) the filer then is activated to complete the migration, if need be) and take over the go-forward operations.”

The patent application was filed on November 25, 2019 (16/694,708).

Cloud-native global file system with rapid ransomware recovery
Nasuni Corporation, Boston, MA, has been assigned a patent (11,336,685) developed by Rodriguez, Andres, Boston, MA, Shaw, David M., Newton, MA, Capello, John A., Cambridge, MA, and Stech, Matthew J., Huntley, IL, for a “cloud-native global file system with rapid ransomware recovery.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A cloud-native global file system, in which one or more filers are associated with a volume of a versioned files system in a private, public or hybrid cloud object store, is augmented to include a rapid ransomware recovery service. Upon detecting a ransomware attack associated with one or more files or directories of the volume, read and write access to the volume is restricted. A recovery filer is then activated or designated in the cloud. A restore operation is then initiated at the recovery filter. Following completion of the restore operation (a new clean, healthy) snapshot of the volume is then created using the recovery filer For any filer other than the recovery filer, a determination is made whether the filer has completed a merge operation with respect to the new clean snapshot. If so, read and write access to the volume is re-enabled from that filer.”

The patent application was filed on December 22, 2021 (17/559,561).