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    Caringo Adds File Protocol Converter to Object Storage System

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    Once an IT organization makes a commitment to embrace object-based storage, it usually winds up having to deploy a bevy of connectors and gateways to make that storage accessible to legacy applications. Today, Caringo announced that it has developed a file protocol converter that makes all that effort unnecessary.

    Glen Olsen, a Caringo product manager, says Caringo SwarmNFS makes it possible for applications that were developed around a traditional file system to directly access object-based storage.

    As the amount of data that IT organizations need to wrestle with continues to expand, interest in object-based storage has commensurately increased. The challenge is that the bulk of existing applications can’t natively access object-based storage. By making those object-based storage systems accessible via Caringo SwarmNFS, Olsen says it becomes a lot simpler for IT organizations to embrace a new architecture for managing storage.

    “There’s no need to buy a dedicated gateway,” says Olsen.

    Caringo Adds File Protocol Converter to Object Storage System

    In effect, Olsen says Caringo now provides a global namespace capability across NFSv4, S3, HDFS and SCSP/HTTP based on a parallel architecture using a lightweight file protocol converter.

    It may take a while before object-based systems eclipse traditional file-based storage systems in the enterprise. But as the number of connectors and gateways needed to make that storage accessible to legacy applications declines, the faster that transition will occur.

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    Mike Vizard
    Mike Vizard
    Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a contributor to publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

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