Overview

Cloudian Cloud Storage is a robust enterprise-grade object storage platform designed to provide scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud storage infrastructure. Fully compatible with the Amazon S3 API, it allows businesses to store vast amounts of unstructured data such as backups, archives, media files, and big data. Cloudian’s solution supports hybrid cloud deployments, enabling seamless data management across on-premises and public cloud environments. With built-in features for data durability, immutability, and multi-site replication, it ensures high availability and protection against ransomware and data loss.

Features and Capabilities

• S3 API Compatibility: Native support for Amazon S3 API for seamless integration with cloud-native applications and backup solutions.
• Scalability: Modular, scale-out architecture allows storage capacity growth from terabytes to petabytes by adding nodes.
• Data Durability: Enterprise-class data protection with replication and erasure coding for fault tolerance and high data durability.
• Immutability & Ransomware Protection: Supports S3 Object Lock for tamper-proof immutable storage that safeguards data from ransomware attacks.
• Multi-site Geo-Replication: Asynchronous replication across multiple geographically dispersed sites for disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Hybrid Cloud Enablement: Integrates with public clouds to create hybrid cloud workflows, enabling tiering, migration, and backup to/from the cloud.
• Flexible Deployment: Software-defined storage platform deployable on commodity hardware or pre-configured appliances.
• Multi-tenant Support: Supports multiple users and applications with secure access controls and role-based administration.
• Data Lifecycle Management: Automated policies for data retention, tiering, and archival to optimize storage costs.
• Security: Encryption at rest and in transit, access control via LDAP/Active Directory, and audit logging.
• Integration with Backup Ecosystem: Compatible with major enterprise backup and data management software like Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, and others.
• Performance Optimization: Data caching and intelligent load balancing to ensure high throughput and low latency.
• Comprehensive Monitoring: Real-time analytics and alerting for system health, capacity, and performance metrics.