Maginatics Launches V2.0 of MagFS

Maginatics
Inc. announced the availability of version 2.0 of its product,
MagFS, featuring
capabilities for enterprises and service providers to centrally
manage and secure data while making it accessible anywhere, on any
endpoint, at enterprise scale.

With MagFS, enterprise organizations
can host data wherever they wish – on-premises, in the public cloud
or both – while users and applications can access that data from
anywhere on any endpoint device. Integrated WAN optimization enables
near real-time file access regardless of data location, endpoint
device class or the number of entities accessing data. An on-premises security model ensures that data is protected
regardless of where it is stored or how it is accessed.

Enhancements includes:

• Performance.
  Performance-enhancing features, including de-dupe, further optimize
  metadata operations and intelligence at the cache level.

• In-cloud snapshots. Metadata
  snapshots can be stored in the cloud or at another off-site location
  for DR, enabling rapid restoration of services at a site if the
  primary site becomes unusable.

• External sharing. With the click
  of a mouse, users can share files with parties outside their
  organization.

• Auto-provisioned home directories.
  When creating new shares, IT administrators may invoke
  auto-provisioning of home directories for each user who has
  permission to access those shares. This simplifies the life of admins
  supporting very large numbers of users.

• User-level quotas.
  Administrators can designate a capacity quota at the user or group
  level.

• Enhanced locking. Extending
  global file-level locking, version 2.0 introduces support for
  byte-range locking, enhancing global collaboration for an even larger
  set of use cases.

• Unified management. Multiple
  shares can now be managed via a single management console.

• Linux client. Now supports
  Linux clients for data center and in-cloud deployments where Linux
  workloads are a must.

• Ecosystem expansion. Support for back-end storage technologies has been expanded to
  include Scality RING object storage.

Use cases include:

• Secure enterprise file sharing.
  It enables enterprises to provide their workforce with a scalable
  alternative to unauthorized file sharing services.

• Storage of user data for virtual
  desktop solutions. It allows enterprises and service providers to
  address two points of thin client solutions – capacity planning and
  the cost of storage – by enabling storage of user data in the cloud.

• Data transport over distance.
  Moving large files such as software images from a central location to
  multiple distributed endpoints (branches or customer sites) can be a
  painful process, especially when network connections are
  characterized by very low bandwidth and high latency. This solution
  can improve the speed of transfer by orders of magnitude, reducing
  the production delays that can occur as teams wait to receive image
  updates.

• In-cloud distributed file system.
  It’s application-compatible, enabling software to be migrated to the
  cloud without modification. Without it, an application would have to
  be rewritten to the RESTful interfaces used by cloud storage. With
  it, most applications with a standard file system interface will
  simply work in the cloud.

• Cloud-based archival. It allows
  enterprises to use existing third-party tools to archive both client
  and server data in the cloud, eliminating the need for tape and other
  archival layer options.