File services without the appliance.
The NAS Scale turns your Tophan cluster into a full-featured file server. SMB, NFS, iSCSI, and S3-compatible object storage — all backed by the Storage Scale’s deduplication and erasure coding.
| Feature | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SMB Shares | Windows-compatible file sharing with SMB3 encryption and signing. | Planned |
| NFS Exports | NFSv4 with Kerberos authentication and ACL support. | Planned |
| iSCSI | Block-level storage exports for applications that need raw volumes. | Planned |
| S3-Compatible | Object storage with an S3-compatible API. Buckets, versioning, lifecycle policies. | Planned |
| Active Directory | Join AD domains for centralised authentication and authorisation. | Planned |
| Audit Logging | Every file access logged. Who accessed what, when, from where. Immutable audit trail. | Planned |
| Quotas | Per-user, per-group, and per-share storage quotas with alerts. | Planned |
| Snapshots | User-accessible previous versions via shadow copies (SMB) or .snapshot directories (NFS). | Planned |
| Replication | Share-level replication to other Tophan clusters for disaster recovery. | Planned |
| Access Control | POSIX ACLs, Windows ACLs, or both. Fine-grained permission management. | Planned |
The NAS Scale doesn’t implement its own storage layer. It exposes the Storage Scale’s volumes and deduplication through standard file and object protocols. This means:
You’re not adding another storage silo. You’re adding a protocol layer on top of storage you already have.