Qumulo Unveils Cloud Data Fabric Global File System to Managing All Enterprise Data

Qumulo, Inc. announced the Cloud Data Fabric – a global file system managing all enterprise data, with a first-of-its-kind coherent cache at the edge, enabling instantaneous access and concurrent global collaboration.

The company’s Cloud Data Fabric unlocks the power of an organization’s data; a unified global file system that spans data centers and clouds, enabling efficient accelerated computing, and extending the reach of data unbound by protocol or transport limitations.

“In 2012 Qumulo set out to build the world’s most advanced file system, and we never looked back. From the data center to the cloud, unbound by legacy limitations we envisioned a future where everything is available, everywhere, instantaneously,” said Douglas Gourlay, president and CEO, Qumulo. “Our clients can now do magical and amazing things – from bringing together artists and storytellers from around the globe to work on a feature film, to sharing cutting-edge medical research with top physicians, to harvesting data from fleets of autonomous vehicles making the roads safer.”

The Qumulo Cloud Data Fabric consists of a data core – a high-performance distributed file and object data storage cluster that runs on most systems, vendors, or public cloud infrastructures – and the data edge – a coherent caching system connecting in parallel to all elements of the data core. The company’s technology extends file system awareness, distributed locking, authentication, and logging to maintain strict consistency between the data core and multiple edge sites. This flexibility delivers multi-exabyte scalability, unprecedented durability, and optimal performance across geographically distributed networks and systems.

Key capabilities and benefits:

• Global File System that Abstracts Data from Disk: Treats all data – across clouds and data centers – as large elastic pools in the data core. This enables hierarchical storage management, tiering, and replication without affecting user access or data location. By abstracting file system representation from physical data location, the firm’s Cloud Data Fabric frees applications and data to scale and move independently, supporting growth and evolution.
• Coherent Edge Cache for Instantaneous Data Access: Extends the geographical reach of data for instantaneous access. This approach improves performance while preserving strict consistency, access controls, logging, and locking within the file system.
• Real-Time Data Collaboration with Total Control: Seamless block-level replication and locking across the global file system, allowing collaboration with diverse tools and applications. This technology prevents common blocking and merge conflicts found in diverse application environments.

With over 1,000 production clients and EBs of data under management, the Qumulo Cloud Data Fabric is an evolution of the company’s data platform. This global file system unifies cloud and on-premises storage into large shared pools, disrupting legacy file systems force-fit into the public cloud, and enabling organizations to access and collaborate on their data instantly – anywhere it’s needed.

“Qumulo is revolutionizing data management across industries around the world. Whether it’s entertainment, healthcare and life sciences, energy, or government, we’re clearing the way for users to innovate and digitize at massive scale,” added Aaron Passey, founder and chief architect, Qumulo. “Yesterday’s file systems were not built for today’s workflows and rapid data growth. We’re freeing users from the constraints of proprietary hardware and operating systems allowing choice and flexibility, enabling innovation without limits – Qumulo users can now develop breakthroughs using data from any source, on any infrastructure.”

Availability:
The Qumulo Cloud Data Fabric is available WW through major IT infrastructure resellers and system vendors including Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Supermicro, distributors, and most major public clouds, with both prepay and pay-as-you-go options. Pricing is based on the actual data stored and shared across the data core, aligning costs between cloud and on-premise deployments. This flexible approach allows clients to choose the environment that best meets their business needs – without technical or financial barriers.

Resource:
Video: Cloud Data Fabric webinar