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Featured · MayaNASMar 4, 2026 · 10 min

Unleashing 13 GB/s from GCS on a Single VM — The Power of ZFS on Object Storage

13 GB/s cold read from standard GCS object storage using ZFS on c4-highcpu-144 with 12 buckets and 150 Gbps Tier_1 networking. Verified by Google Cloud Monitoring.

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MayaNASJan 24, 2026 · 7 min

Secure Multiprotocol: NFSv4 with Kerberos

Configure Linux clients for NFSv4 with Kerberos authentication (sec=krb5) for cryptographically secure NFS access in Active Directory environments.

MayaNASJan 19, 2026 · 8 min

MayaNAS Multiprotocol Setup with Active Directory

Configure MayaNAS for multiprotocol access — serve the same files via SMB (Windows) and NFS (Linux) with unified Active Directory identity.

MayaNASJan 19, 2026 · 6 min

Simple Multiprotocol Client Setup

Configure Linux clients to access MayaNAS multiprotocol shares via NFS with sec=sys. Join AD with SSSD for unified identity mapping.

MayaNASDec 27, 2025 · 10 min

MayaNAS at OpenZFS Developer Summit 2025: Native Object Storage Integration with objbacker.io

We presented MayaNAS at OpenZFS Developer Summit 2025, introducing objbacker.io—a native ZFS VDEV for object storage. No FUSE, direct kernel-to-SDK…

MayaScaleDec 22, 2025 · 14 min

MayaScale Validated Performance Tiers on Google Cloud

MayaScale delivers validated sub-millisecond performance across 5 performance tiers on GCP, from 75K to 2.3M IOPS. See how N2 instances with local…

MayaScaleDec 20, 2025 · 7 min

Simplicity Scales: MayaScale's Open Architecture Approach

MayaScale's open architecture uses proven technologies: Linux RAID-1, standard NVMe-oF, and infrastructure as code. No proprietary protocols, no…

MayaScaleDec 19, 2025 · 12 min

Server-Side vs Client-Side Storage: Why Architecture Matters for Cloud Performance

MayaScale's server-side mirroring delivers true separation of concerns—zero client overhead, full CPU/memory for applications. Learn why…

MayaScaleDec 19, 2025 · 8 min

MayaScale Delivers on AWS's Nitro-Powered i4i Instances

MayaScale delivers exceptional performance on AWS i4i instances with Nitro System v5—134μs read, 186μs write latency with shared storage. See how…

MayaScaleDec 19, 2025 · 12 min

MayaScale Validated Performance Tiers on AWS

MayaScale delivers validated sub-millisecond performance across 4 performance tiers on AWS, from 204K to 1.35M IOPS. Choose the right…

MayaScaleDec 19, 2025 · 7 min

MayaScale Breaks the 2M IOPS Barrier on Google Cloud

We achieved 2.3 million IOPS with 192μs latency on Google Cloud Platform. Validated performance that transforms what's possible with cloud storage.

MayaScaleDec 16, 2025 · 8 min

MayaScale Delivers on Azure's Game-Changing Laosv4 Instances

MayaScale delivers exceptional performance on Azure's new Laosv4 instances—140μs read, 220μs write latency with shared storage. See how this…

MayaNASDec 26, 2024 · 12 min

Beyond the FUSE Debate: Why Native ZFS on Object Storage Changes Everything

MinIO says filesystem on object store is a bad idea. JuiceFS disagrees. They're both missing the point. MayaNAS with objbacker.io isn't FUSE—it's…