Panzura CloudFS

Panzura transforms cloud storage into a global file system, so enterprises can use the cloud as a high performance, globally available data center.

Panzura CloudFS aims to empower organizations to work collaboratively across multiple sites, using one authoritative data source and providing automatic real-time file locking, immediate file consistency and local-feeling file performance to every user regardless of location or number of sites.

The vendor states Panzura's data fabric allows companies to de-duplicate and consolidate data, achieving up to 70% reduction in overall unstructured data storage footprint. Panzura uses immutable data snapshots to provide data durability without replication. These immutable snapshots are impervious to ransomware and provide a granular point-in-time ability to restore files, folders or even the entire file system, replacing existing backup and disaster recovery processes.

Panzura supports enterprises when they:

• Need to replace legacy NAS systems at multiple sites
• Are managing multiple data sets and backups
• Need to protect against ransomware attacks with immutable data
• Need immediate data consistency at all locations
• Have teams in multiple locations that need to work collaboratively
• Use latency-prone applications such as Revit, Solidworks and other CAD applications
• Need to transfer large media files fast
• Run critical legacy applications that won't read cloud-based files without re-write
• Want data resilience without having to replicate data