While the VAST Element Store manages a VAST Cluster’s media and data, there’s more to a storage system than just storing data. The system also needs to make that data available to users and applications, define and enforce access security and enable cluster administration.
Just as The VAST Element Store is a namespace abstraction that combines the best parts of a file system with the scale and extended metadata of an object store; it also provides a protocol-independent interface to all individual data elements in the VAST cluster.
Multi-protocol Namespace enables data access via the customer’s protocol of choice essentially future proofing data without the need.
