MayaNAS Product Datasheet

Cloud File Storage Forces a Tradeoff

Teams moving file workloads to the cloud are stuck between two bad options. Managed file services deliver performance but at premium prices that make large datasets cost-prohibitive. Object storage is cheap and effectively unlimited — but it is not a file system, so applications must be rewritten to use it.

At the same time, enterprise NAS and high-performance parallel file systems have lived in separate silos, each requiring its own product, its own hardware, and its own expertise. And proprietary storage appliances lock your data into a vendor's format and roadmap.

MayaNAS removes the tradeoff: one engine that presents standard file protocols with HPC-class parallel performance, backed by low-cost cloud object storage, entirely inside your own cloud account.

Benefits

Enterprise NAS and HPC parallel performance from one engine
Unlimited capacity at cloud object-storage economics
Runs in your own cloud — full data sovereignty
Standards-based, open data plane — no vendor lock-in

A POSIX File System Built on Cloud Object Storage

Standards-Based Access with Active-Active HA

NFS v3 / v4.1 / v4.2SMB 3 · Active Directory pNFS Flex FilesLustreS3

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Enterprise NAS + Parallel-FS Engine Single global namespace · NFS & SMB · Lustre & pNFS Flex Files scale-out

OpenZFS Enterprise Data Services Snapshots · clones · cross-region replication (DR) · compression · checksums · encryption

objbacker.io Transparent Tiering NVMe for hot data · bulk capacity direct to object — no application changes

NVMeHot data · metadata

Cloud Object StorageAmazon S3 · Azure Blob · Google Cloud Storage

Manage & Deploy

Kubernetes CSIEKS · GKE · AKS — shared NFS (RWX) volumes

TerraformDeploy as code · Marketplace

Web GUImayagui console

CLI & APImayacli · REST

Enterprise NAS and HPC Parallel Performance on Cloud Object Storage

MayaNAS presents standard, unmodified file protocols to your applications while placing bulk capacity on standard cloud object storage. Enterprise data services are built in, the data plane is the open Linux/OpenZFS stack, and everything runs inside your own cloud account — no appliance, no proprietary client, no lock-in.

HPC Performance with Enterprise NAS Simplicity

Standard NFS and SMB file shares with parallel-file-system scale-out via Lustre and pNFS Flex Files — accelerate AI pipelines and GPU compute without a proprietary client.

POSIX File System on Cloud Object Storage

Present eleven-nines, effectively unlimited object storage as a standard POSIX file system. Training data and archives stay in object storage — no copy in/out, no app changes.

Runs in Your Own Cloud — Full Sovereignty

Deploys into your own AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud account. Data lives in your buckets; you always know exactly where it is. One key model across every cloud.

Active-Active High Availability

Both nodes serve traffic simultaneously, doubling throughput, with automatic failover for enterprise business continuity.

Enterprise ZFS Data Services Included

Instant snapshots and writable clones, continuous cross-region replication, inline compression, end-to-end checksums, and encryption — all built in, no add-ons.

Open, Standards-Based — No Lock-In

Built on the open-source Linux and OpenZFS data plane using standard NFS, SMB, pNFS, and Lustre. Only the control plane is ours; your data is never trapped in a proprietary format.

MayaNAS Architecture

Architectural Attribute	Description
POSIX File System over Object Storage	Presents standard cloud object storage as a fully POSIX-compliant file system — no application changes, no object-storage semantics exposed to clients.
Multi-Protocol File Access	NFS v3, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2 (pNFS), and SMB 3.x with Active Directory. The same dataset is accessible from every protocol.
Parallel File System	HPC-class parallel access via Lustre and pNFS Flex Files, using the standard Linux client — no proprietary agents.
Separate Metadata and Capacity Paths	Hot data and metadata on NVMe; bulk capacity on cloud object storage, for performance and independent scaling.
Deploy on VM or Cloud	Runs as software in virtual machines and on cloud instances in AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
Active-Active High Availability	Both nodes serve traffic; automatic failover delivers enterprise uptime with no idle standby.
Transparent Hybrid Tiering	objbacker.io caches hot data on NVMe and places bulk data directly on object storage — automatic, no manual data movement.
No Proprietary Client or Agent	Uses standard in-kernel Linux NFS and pNFS clients. Nothing proprietary to install on compute nodes.
Linear Scale-Out Data Servers	Scale capacity and throughput by adding data servers, without performance degradation.
Data Sovereignty	Data resides in your own cloud account and your own buckets — never shuffled through a vendor backend.
Standard Object Back-End	Stores bulk data on standard object storage: Amazon S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud Storage.
Open Data Plane	Built on the open-source Linux and OpenZFS stack. Standards-based throughout — no vendor lock-in.

MayaNAS Enterprise Data Services

Data Management	Description
Snapshots	Unlimited, instant, policy-driven point-in-time snapshots with no performance impact.
Writable Clones	Instant, space-efficient writable copies for dev/test and analytics.
Continuous Replication	Cross-zone and cross-region replication for data protection and disaster recovery.
Thin Provisioning	Allocate on write and grow without repurchasing volumes.
Compression	Inline LZ4 / ZSTD compression, typically 2–3x, reducing capacity cost.
Active Directory	Native SMB integration with Active Directory for Windows identity and ACLs.

Data Protection & Security	Description
End-to-End Checksums	Silent-corruption detection and self-healing across the entire data path.
Encryption	At rest with cloud-managed keys (KMS) and in transit over TLS.
WORM & Governed Retention	Write-once-read-many locks and retention policies for compliance and immutability.
Active-Active HA	Both nodes serve traffic with automatic failover; 99.99% availability.
Deployment	Terraform (2 minutes) or Azure / AWS / GCP Marketplace (5 minutes).
Support	24x7 enterprise support available.

Programs & Partnerships

Available on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplace.