If It Can Be Mounted, It Can Be Indexed
Diskover helps you find unstructured data wherever it lives.
Filesystems, Object Storage, Storage Platforms, Archive systems – if your infrastructure can access it, Diskover can index it.
Every Storage Type, One Indexing Engine
Most data anaylsis tools only work with certain storage types. Vendor tools index their own products. Cloud tools only analyse cloud storage. Filesystem scanners can’t understand object storage.
Diskover takes a different approach. One indexing engine works universally across your entire data estate, regardless of the type of storage in use.
Filesystems: NFS, SMB, and POSIX Compliant Storage
Network Attached Storage, or NAS, is where most unstructured data lives. Diskover will indexes any NFS or SMB share mounted to its worker nodes, and build a complete picture of the filesystem and its metadata in a single scan.
POSIX compliant filesystems are fully support. Whether that’s NetApp ONTAP, Dell PowerScale, Qumulo, Pure Storage FlashBlade or many more. All vendors at any scale are supported
Diskover Indexing reads filesystem metadata without opening files or impacting storage performance. Production systems stay running while Diskover builds its searchable indexes. [Diskover performance whitepaper]
Object Storage: S3-Compatible and Cloud Native
Object storage presents a different challenge to filesystems. APIs are needed instead of mount points, Billions of objects can live in a single bucket without directories. Retrieval fees mean scanning data can get expensive.
Diskover supports public and private Object Storage:
- AWS S3 all storage classes: Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier, Deep Archive
- Azure Blob Storage: Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers
- Google Cloud Storage: Standard, Nearline, Coldline, and Archive
- S3-Compatible Storage: MinIO, Wasabi, Backblaze B2, Dell ECS and other private object platforms
The Diskover indexing process uses efficient API calls that minise costs when capturing complete object metadata. There are no surprise egress charges or runaway API fees.
Storage Platforms: SaaS Storage Made Searchable
Collaborative storage platforms can become blind spots in enterprise data estates. Creative use LucidLink. Marketing uses Box. Sales chose Dropbox.
Diskover can index SaaS storage platforms alongside traditional IT infrastructure:
- LucidLink: Cloud storage purpose built for creative can be managed
- Box: Enterprise file sharing content becomes searchable
- Dropbox Business: Departmental storage is unified with corporate data
- Google Drive: Cloud-native collaboration storage gets indexed
- Microsoft OneDrive: Visibiltiy into Microsoft 365 storage outside of vendor rools
Visibility of your unstructured data estate needs to include everything, not just IT-sanctioned storage.
Archive Systems: Making Cold Storage Visible
Archive storage often creates the biggest visibility gap. Data is moved to tape or archive tiers and effectively disappears from management systems.
Diskover indexes archive platforms that other tools ignore:
- Tape Systems: Tape libraries with filesystem front-ends can be indexed
- Archive Appliances: Archive platforms like Spectra Logic are fully supported
- Cloud Archive Tiers: S3 Glacier Deep Archive, Azure Archive Blob can be indexed without recall
- Hybrid Archive: Any system that combines disk caches with tape backing get complete indexing
Cold storage doesn’t have to be a black hole. By knowing exactly what’s archived, when it was stored, you can find specific files without needing to mounting tapes and waiting for data retrieval.
High-Speed Indexing at Enterprise Scale
When you’re indexing petabytes of unstructured data, speed matters. Diskover has a parallel scanning architecture that processes data faster than traditional filesystem tree-walks.
Multiple workers can scan different storage locations simultaneously. A single Diskover deployment can index dozens of storage systems at the same time without creating bottlenecks.
Typical performance:
- Millions of files per worker per hour
- Billions of files indexed every hour (rather than days)
- Petabyte-scale data estates get complete visibility quickly
Ready to discover what’s hiding in your storage? Schedule a demo to see Diskover index your complete data estate – filesystems, object storage, platforms, and archives.