Maginatics announces MagFS ver 2.3 "File System for the Cloud"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA: Maginatics Inc., provider of an elastic file system for the cloud recently announced the release of MagFS 2.3, the latest version of its flagship product, MagFS (Maginatics File System).

MagFS 2.3 features new and enhanced capabilities that better enable enterprises to transition from traditional, monolithic storage systems to cost-effective, scalable and agile software-defined storage architectures at their own pace, said a press release.

Features MagFS 2.3 includes:

* Supercharged Performance and Scalability: MagFS 2.3 introduces numerous new features to benefit both of these key attributes. These features include streamlined metadata operations, increased WAN optimization, workload-dependent chunk size optimizations and improved client performance.

* Scale-Out Namespaces: Users can now combine multiple MagFS shares into a single namespace, providing seamless scale-out shared capacity with location transparency.

* Disaster Recovery: Administrators can mount metadata backups, securely stored in the cloud, directly to a new namespace for fast disaster recovery. Rapid restoration of required portions of any namespace is now a reality.

* Enhanced High Availability: MagFS now supports Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) as a metadata storage endpoint, allowing for fault-tolerance across Availability Zones as well as full integration with RDS snapshots and recovery.

* Support for Google Compute Engine: To increase the options for rapidly deploying the virtual server component of MagFS, Maginatics has expanded its support for virtualization technologies to include Google Compute Engine (GCE).

* Enhanced Linux Support: MagFS now supports a wider range of Linux clients (CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu and Raspbian) for data center and in-cloud deployments where Linux workloads are a must. MagFS can be deployed on Linux in seconds via distro packages and now matches other platforms with support for multiple users per machine.

Highlighting the small footprint of the MagFS Agent, MagFS introduces support for Raspberry Pi from this release.

Improved Features. MagFS 2.3 includes bug fixes along with a host of features that improve restore times, enhance usability, increase robustness and simplify administration.

In addition to a raft of new features, Maginatics now offers customers a greater choice of back-end object (cloud) storage solutions with the addition of support for Basho Riak CS and Cloudian object-storage systems.

"MagFS, together with object storage, is positioned to transform enterprise storage for years to come in much the same way that NAS did decades ago," said Amarjit Gill, co-founder and CEO of Maginatics. In particular:

"After researching all of the alternatives, OGL chose MagFS as the value-add front-end for our private cloud offering focused on enterprise customers," said Paul Colwell, head of R&D for OGL Computer, the premier provider of IT solutions and support to over 1,000 businesses across the U.K.

"With its smooth installation, fast data access and robust mobile clients, MagFS is the best product we have ever tested. We're pleased to see that Maginatics is maintaining an aggressive roadmap and rapid pace of innovation as witnessed by this latest release," added Colwell.