By Indian Ryussi, MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway

Ryussi Technologies Ltd., developer of MoSMB, announced the MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway which allows users to securely connect to any S3 compatible object storage – public or private with MoSMB using standard SMB (Server Message Block) file interface.

With MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway, native file semantics are maintained for the object store so that existing legacy applications can work without any rewrite.

It combines the features and ease-of-use of file systems with the scale and economics of object storage to deliver a combination which caters to a range of data-intensive use cases such as collaborative M&E workflows, genomic analytics for life sciences, financial and business strategy simulations, etc.

MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway features:

Enforces native file system semantics including open mode flags and locks for read and write operations
Supports enterprise grade authentication via Kerberos in Active Directory environments
Inherits the security features of the SMB 3 protocol for ensuring safety and security of data
Support for Windows, MacOS and Linux clients. Allows use of Mac Finder and Windows Explorer to browse buckets as standard SMB shares.
Supports logical directory structure while maintaining compatibility with object store dash boards.
Local data caching providing low latency and high throughput for the most active data
Caching of directory tree structure and metadata for faster response to metadata requests.
Multi-threaded architecture allowing parallel uploads and downloads for faster read and write operations
Performance data transfer enabled by reads and writes over RDMA transport

“As enterprises increasingly opt to manage, store and process data in the cloud instead of doing it on-premises, being able to have a standards-based, secure, high performance POSIX file system interface to object storage is invaluable for HPC, AI/ML/DL, big data workloads in the cloud“, says Ujwal Bhambani, VP, engineering, Ryussi.

MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway also has applicability in the backup and archiving applications and is particularly useful in cloud tiering, cloud active archive, cloud burst and cloud migration scenarios.

It supports S3 compatible object storage providers out of the box. With hundreds of vendors in the cloud storage space customers can now pick and choose their cloud provider and can switch between vendors using MoSMB S3 Cloud Gateway thus saving operating costs.

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August 9, 2019 | Press Release