PeerGFS vs. IPFS Cluster

An All-Inclusive Solution for Efficient File Orchestration and Management Across Edge, Data Center, and Cloud Storage PeerGFS offers a uniquely software-driven approach tailored to tackle the complexities of file management and replication in multi-site and hybrid multi-cloud setups. With over 25 years of industry experience, we focus on file replication for organizations with distributed locations, providing numerous advantages for your operations: Increased Availability: Attain elevated availability through Active-Active data centers, whether they are hosted on-premises or in the cloud. Edge Data Security: Protect your essential data at the Edge with ongoing safeguards to the central Data Center. Boosted Productivity: Facilitate distributed project teams by granting them rapid, local access to essential file resources. In the current landscape, maintaining a real-time data infrastructure is crucial for success. PeerGFS effortlessly meshes with your current storage solutions, accommodating: High-volume data replication across linked data centers. Wide area networks that often experience lower bandwidth and increased latency. You can take comfort in knowing that PeerGFS is built for ease of use, ensuring that both installation and management are straightforward tasks. Moreover, our commitment to customer support means you’ll always have assistance when needed.

IPFS Cluster significantly improves data management across a network of IPFS daemons by overseeing the allocation, replication, and monitoring of a robust pinset that spans various peers. As IPFS offers users the ability to utilize content-addressed storage, the need for a permanent web brings forth the requirement for solutions that ensure data redundancy and availability while maintaining the decentralized nature of the IPFS Network. Acting as a complementary tool for IPFS peers, IPFS Cluster sustains a cohesive cluster pinset and smartly distributes its elements among different IPFS peers. The peers forming the Cluster establish a distributed network that upholds an organized, replicated, and conflict-free record of pins, ensuring reliability. Users can efficiently ingest IPFS content to multiple daemons at once, thereby boosting operational effectiveness. Furthermore, each peer within the Cluster provides an IPFS proxy API that carries out cluster functions while seamlessly imitating the behavior of the API from the IPFS daemon. Built using Go, the Cluster peers can be initiated and overseen programmatically, facilitating easier integration into current workflows. This feature empowers developers to tap into the complete capabilities of decentralized storage solutions, ultimately enhancing their projects' functionality and resilience. Additionally, the innovative design of IPFS Cluster fosters collaboration among users and developers alike, creating a more robust ecosystem for decentralized applications.