<img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Chronosync-Swarm.jpg?resize=300%2C167&ssl=1" alt="Caringo Swarm 9.6" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11793" width="300" height="167" data-recalc-dims="1">We recently certified ChronoSync by Econ Technologies with Caringo Swarm, our hassle-free, limitless object storage software. ChronoSync is a robust file synching application for macOS that can synchronize and backup to almost anything you can connect to your Mac. This includes Swarm, cloud services, other Macs, NAS/external drives, iPads, iPhones, PCs or anything you can mount as a volume. It can also perform bootable backups to external drives connected to your Mac or remote drives. A quick overview of functionality includes the ability to:
<ul>
<li>Sync: Synchronize files Mac to Mac, Mac to Cloud, Mac to PC, Mac to NAS and, of course, Mac to Swarm</li>
<li>Backup: Create copies of files to prevent data loss</li>
<li>Recover: Clone your hard drive so you can quickly recover from catastrophe</li>
<li>Sync to Cloud: Transfer files to cloud storage so you can access them from anywhere</li>
<li>Monitor: Take advantage of logs, email, and push/system notifications to track tasks</li>
<li>Schedule: Run tasks as an event occurs or at any time interval</li>
</ul>
The team at Econ Technologies put together an informative video explaining their recommended 3-2-1 backup strategy (3 copies in 2 different media formats with 1 of those copies offsite). You can learn more about this strategy and view a quick ChronoSync demo by watching this video:
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<a href="https://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Learn more about ChronoSync here.</a> Integration with <a href="https://www.caringo.com/swarm-overview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Swarm storage is through our S3 API</a> support. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact your Caringo rep or <a href="/company/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">visit our contact page</a> for more ways to request information.

Caringo Swarm object storage is now certified with ChronoSync by Econ Technologies. ChronoSync is a robust file synching application for macOS that can synchronize and backup to almost anything you can connect to your Mac.

Adrian "AJ" Herrera has over 20 years of experience bringing innovative storage, cloud and media software and services to market. With an MBA from San Diego State University and a BS in Information Systems from Chapman University, AJ serves as Caringo's VP of Marketing.

Adrian Herrera

Swarm Object Storage continuously monitors data to ensure multiple copies are available at any given time, so you always have a back-up copy.

Backup &amp; Recovery

Caringo Drive is a virtual drive for convenient, drag-and-drop access to Caringo Swarm Object Storage from macOS® and Windows® operating system.

Caringo Drive

Object-based storage (e.g., Amazon S3-compliant Caringo Swarm Object Storage) is the basis for all Cloud Storage⏤private, public or hybrid).

Cloud Storage

With Caringo Swarm Object Storage, you get continuous, built-in data protection along with exceptional resilience, recovery, and content integrity. 

Data Protection

Network attached storage (NAS) is a high-performance file-level data storage device connected to a computer network that provides data access.

Object storage (object-based storage) is computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to file storage & block storage.

Object Storage

Chronosynch

Econ

Sync Mac Files with Mobile, PCs, Cloud NAS & Swarm

Backup & Recovery

<img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Caringo-Drive.jpg?resize=408%2C259&ssl=1" alt="Caringo Drive" width="408" height="259" class="alignright wp-image-10402 " srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Caringo-Drive.jpg?zoom=2&resize=408%2C259&ssl=1 816w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Caringo-Drive.jpg?zoom=3&resize=408%2C259&ssl=1 1224w" sizes="(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px" data-recalc-dims="1" />At Caringo, our content-aware strategy for scale-out storage continues to be a key driver for us. Offering a storage environment that is content aware means going beyond the typical administrative tools that manage hardware resources and monitor the performance of the underlying system. Our tools allow data scientists to visualize the relationships across objects, search and create collections on object metadata data  (<a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/power-metadata-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">watch this on-demand webinar</a> to learn more), as well as <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/storage-silos-namespace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">raise the bar on universal access via a single namespace</a>.
Until today, this access was through our web-based content portal, NFS or programmatically for devops. With the launch of Caringo Drive, our customers can now manage the content on their Swarm clusters directly via their macOS® and Windows® personal computers (PCs). Caringo Drive acts just like a USB drive plugged into your computer with limitless storage enabled by Swarm. This makes it easy to open, edit, and save files to Swarm from any application on your computer.
Once Caringo Drive is installed on macOS and Windows systems, you have convenient access and can easily drag and drop files to Swarm with background parallel transfer. Caringo Drive’s multi-threaded connection engine is up to 500 times faster than single-threaded connections. Transfers are moved into the background so you can keep working without having to wait for transfers to complete. Administrators can assign Swarm buckets for each virtual drive, setting storage capacity and access limits. Usage can be viewed from the Swarm control panel or programmatically accessed via the Swarm API.
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Caringo Drive is available now, so get yourself an Easy button today. For more information, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/product-briefs/caringo-drive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">download the Caringo Drive product brief</a>. If you are already a Swarm customer, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact your rep</a> today for more information.

Content-aware strategy for scale-out storage continues to be a key driver for Caringo. Learn how Caringo Drive provides an "Easy button" for Swarm Storage.

Throughout his 30-year career, Tony Barbagallo has leveraged his extensive experience to establish and grow hardware, software and service organizations. He has held a mix of leadership roles at small and large companies, including VP of Marketing and Product Management at Skyera, WildPackets (now Savvius), and EVault, VP of Marketing and Sales at Dantz (acquired by EMC), and senior management positions at Microsoft, Mentor Graphics, Sun, and GE. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University and has also completed the Stanford University Executive Program.

Tony Barbagallo

Scaling from small to 100s of PBs is one of the hallmarks of the Swarm pure object storage approach and a testament to our longstanding installations.

Scalability

Scale-out storage allows for expansion of data capacity through addition of devices that can be plugged in and configured as the need arises. 

Scale-Out Storage

Swarm Storage provides a complete S3-compliant platform for data protection, management, organization & search at massive scale for unstructured data.

Swarm Storage

scale-out storage

Caringo Drive: An Easy Button for Swarm

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<blockquote>“The best investment is in the tools of one’s own trade.”
<footer>Benjamin Franklin</footer>
</blockquote>
In today’s fast-paced world, the data storage landscape changes at a blindingly fast pace. It seems that every day there is a new start-up claiming they have “invented a revolutionary new way to store and manage your data.” But, when it comes down to it, many are just re-inventions building on an existing archetype (that is, someone else’s ideas with a bit of a “twist”).
<h2 style="margin: 1.75em 0 1em;">What are the Different Types of Storage?</h2>
There are three primary ways to store data. File, Block and Object storage. For more information on this topic, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/back-basics-object-storage">read our Back-to-Basics blog</a>.
Once you understand the different types of storage, it may become obvious which type of storage you need to add to your existing infrastructure or deploy for your use case.
<h2 style="margin: 1.75em 0 1em;">How Does Object Storage Fit Into Your IT Infrastructure?</h2>
Often, object storage is used to augment your existing storage, whether that be SAN or NAS. In our on-demand webinar <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/how-does-object-storage-fit-your-infra/">How Does Object Storage Fit into Your IT Infrastructure?</a>, our CEO Tony Barbagallo and Sr. Consultant John Bell take on this topic. They review common use cases for object storage and talk about how it fits into your existing storage network.
<h2 style="margin: 1.75em 0 1em;">Should I use Object Storage Instead of SAN, NAS or Tape Storage?</h2>
Object storage is ideal when content will be accessed again or reused, especially over the web (e.g., digital video or digital evidence). Object storage is also useful when you need a cold archive but want the data to be more secure and simpler than to retrieve than tape.
However, if you are running a highly transactional workload, you will want to use SAN or NAS as your primary (or tier 1) storage.
The type of storage you need varies by use cases. Data storage is never a one type and size fits all proposition (and beware if a vendor tells you that their data storage is a good fit for every scenario).
In the chart below, we show which type of storage suits various use cases.
<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/use-case-examples-for-san-nas-tape-object-storage.png?resize=673%2C380&ssl=1" alt="use-case-examples-for-san-nas-tape-object-storage" width="673" height="380" class="size-full wp-image-13892 aligncenter" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/use-case-examples-for-san-nas-tape-object-storage.png?w=673&ssl=1 673w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/use-case-examples-for-san-nas-tape-object-storage.png?resize=320%2C181&ssl=1 320w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/use-case-examples-for-san-nas-tape-object-storage.png?resize=480%2C271&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px" data-recalc-dims="1" />
<h2 style="margin: 1.75em 0 1em;">5 Signs You Need Object Storage</h2>
In my blog <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/nas-vs-object-2019">NAS vs. Object 2019: If Not Now, When?</a>, I outlined the telltale signs that you need to add Object Storage into your existing infrastructure. Here is a high-level recap:
<ol>
<li>You have lots of unstructured data to store that may be accessed again</li>
<li>Your primary storage devices are overloaded and slow</li>
<li>It is difficult to locate data</li>
<li>You want to intelligently mine your data for insights</li>
<li>Your IT budget is tight and your storage needs are high</li>
</ol>
<h2 style="margin: 1.75em 0 1em;">Twists in Object Storage: What Makes Swarm Object Storage Different?</h2>
In the data storage industry, tools can be quite nuanced. So, understanding the twists (aka, the features and functionality) of various products is critical in making your product selection. Here’s just a few of the things that set Caringo Swarm apart:
Stability: Having launched our first product in 2006, our Swarm Object Storage is field-hardened and highly reliable.
Scalability: Scaling from small to 100s of Petabytes is one of the hallmarks of our pure object storage approach as well as a testament to our long-standing relationships with some of our earliest customers.
Metadata: By storing metadata with the object rather than in a separate database (a method employed by most object storage vendors), we unleash the full potential of metadata. To learn more, hear what Ryan Meek, our Chief Solutions Architect has to say on the topic in our <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/tech-tuesday-using-metadata-object-storage">Using Metadata with Object Storage webinar</a>.
Support: Our Support team has some of the most experienced storage engineers in the business and with a global presence, help is never far away.
Resilience & Recovery: Undoubtedly, this is one of the most important factors in choosing a data storage solution. Register now to attend our August 20 Tech Tuesday webinar live as VP of Engineering T.W. Cook joins Sr. Consultant John Bell to review just how Swarm <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/tech-tuesday-data-resilience-recovery-swarm-object-storage">keeps your data safe and recovers it when needed</a>. They will be taking questions throughout the broadcast.
<a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/tech-tuesday-data-resilience-recovery-swarm-object-storage"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tech-tuesday-data-resilience-recovery-swarm-object-storage.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="Data Resilience & Recovery in Swarm Object Storage" width="640" height="360" class="wp-image-14609 size-full aligncenter" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tech-tuesday-data-resilience-recovery-swarm-object-storage.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tech-tuesday-data-resilience-recovery-swarm-object-storage.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tech-tuesday-data-resilience-recovery-swarm-object-storage.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a>
(Note: All of our webinars are recorded and <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars">available on demand</a> after the broadcast concludes.)
<h2 style="text-align: left;">How Can Caringo Help?</h2>
<blockquote>“There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.”
<footer>Freeman Dyson</footer>
</blockquote>
We love what we do because we see the benefit that our Caringo Swarm Object Storage and accompanying products such as SwarmNFS, FileFly, Caringo Drive and Single Server bring to organizations. We know that not every organization has a storage architect on staff, so at Caringo, we have a number of highly qualified storage architects, consultants and engineers that are happy to help you. Just visit our <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">contact page</a>.

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Sarah Cook is Caringo's Director of Marketing and brings deep expertise in Product Marketing and Technical/Marketing/Corporate Communications. Sarah has worked for some of the biggest names in technology including Dell and Cisco and holds a B.A. in English Composition with a minor in Music from the University of North Texas. She sings with and serves on the Board of Directors for Panoramic Voices, a 501(c)3 choral collaborative in Austin, TX.

Sarah Cook

Caringo FileFly provides complete, automated lifecycle management for unstructured data—from creation to preservation, on premises and in the cloud.

FileFly

Caringo® SwarmNFS lightweight file protocol converter brings S3-compliant object storage benefits to NFS & SMB, seamlessly integrating file & object.

SwarmNFS

Tape storage refers to storage medium that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, typically for an inexpensive offline, archival data store. 

Tape Storage

Unstructured data refers to digital files with no pre-defined data model or organizational structure (e.g., video, medical imaging & photos).

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