SIMPLIFY YOUR DATA MANAGEMENT WITH PANZURA CLOUDFS 8

VALUE PROPOSITION

Panzura CloudFS 8 provides a modern, unified data management solution that ensures one authoritative set of data accessible to everyone, everywhere. Whether managing 5 sites or 500, all users can access the right files in real time enhancing collaboration, operational efficiency, and data control across the enterprise.

BUSINESS AUDIENCE

Ideal for enterprises and organizations across diverse sectors such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, media, and public sector, Panzura CloudFS is built for those who need to manage, protect, and collaborate on massive volumes of unstructured data across distributed environments.

TARGET INDUSTRY

Panzura CloudFS 8 is designed for industries that rely on high-performance collaboration, secure data storage, and compliance, especially those that work with large-scale unstructured data, including:

Finance and Banking
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Media, Entertainment, and Gaming
Manufacturing and Engineering
Government and Public Sector

UNIQUE AND DISTINCT VALUE

UNSTRUCTURED DATA CONTROL: Consolidate unstructured data from multiple locations into the cloud, reducing storage needs by up to 70% while eliminating data silos.
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT: Achieve up to 5x higher team productivity with real-time collaboration across sites. No editing collisions, overwrites, or redundant copies just fast, secure, global access.
RANSOMWARE RESILIENCE: Stay protected with immutable file architecture and read-only snapshots, ensuring instant rollback to clean data without losing recent work even in the face of attacks.
UNIFIED FILE + OBJECT ACCESS: Access CloudFS data via SMB, NFS, or S3, bridging modern object protocols with traditional file-based workflows.
GEO-ENFORCED DATA COMPLIANCE: Use Node-Level Geofencing to enforce regional file access policies for compliance (e.g., GDPR, data residency).
ADVANCED OBSERVABILITY: Monitor performance and system health in real time using InfluxDB time-series statistics and Grafana dashboards.

SUPPORTED MICROSOFT PRODUCTS

Microsoft Azure
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
Azure Blob Storage
Microsoft Entra ID (SSO + RBAC for system management and SMB access)

OTHER SUPPORTED SOFTWARE

Seamless integration with Panzura Data Services Platform
Compatible with leading hypervisors and hybrid cloud environments
SMB, NFS, and S3 protocol support

PREREQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS

Active Microsoft Azure subscription
Azure Blob Storage (for cloud-backed file consolidation)
Basic infrastructure integration for initial deployment
Optional identity federation via Microsoft Entra ID or other SAML/OIDC providers

PRODUCT FEATURES

CloudFS 8 is the eighth generation of Panzura’s award-winning hybrid cloud global file system, featuring:

Immediate file consistency across all locations
Real-time global file locking for data integrity
Immutable file architecture with ransomware protection
Snapshot-based granular data recovery
Zero-impact performance scalability
FIPS 140-3 certification
Robust multi-cloud interoperability
High-performance edge support
Azure-native integration and observability

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