TwinStrata CloudArray™ Sample Data Set

We've created a small sample volume to illustrate what the data that CloudArray stores on a cloud provider looks like.

CloudArray virtualizes block devices into a large number of relatively small files: the data in this bucket represents the contents of a single 100 gigabyte volume. If you look at all of the files, you'll notice that the total size is much less than 100 gigabytes: that's because CloudArray volumes are thin-provisioned, only allocating space once data has been actually written to the volume. This data set has also been compressed as well as encrypted, reducing the overall size substantially.

This volume contents are as follows:

• it is formatted as FAT,
• it contains a plain text file called "README.txt",
• it contains a plain text file called "sample1.txt",
• it contains a lovely picture of my daughter.

CloudArray encrypts the data using the IEEE1619.1 tape encryption standard. In an interesting twist, due to the way virtualization is done, CloudArray actually encrypts the structure and the content of a volume separately, using different keys.

You're welcome to look at any of these files: you'll see that it is hard to extract any meaning from them. Or if you'd like, you can download the entire data set.

More information about CloudArray can be found at the TwinStrata web site.