Tuxera's File System Software Selected by Orca Security for their Enterprise Multi-Cloud Security Platform

Orca had a low performance with their initial NTFS file system implementation. In order to improve results, the company turned to Tuxera for storage management expertise.

FREMONT, CA: Tuxera, a world-leader in quality-assured storage management and networking software, has declared that Orca Security, the cloud security innovation leader, has adopted Tuxera's file system implemented as part of their cutting-edge cloud security platform. Orca Security is a cloud-wide, workload-deep security and enforcement solution that works across many cloud platforms. Orca Security chose Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera because of its consistent and sustained high performance and demonstrated use in other enterprise storage applications.

To read, install, and build disk snapshots from NTFS volumes, the Orca Security platform initially relied on an alternative NTFS file system implementation. Until storage blocks can be accessed on volumes formed from snapshots, they must be downloaded from the cloud provider and written to the volume. This preliminary action takes time and can result in a large increase in I/O latency the first time each block is accessed. In fact, the first five to ten consecutive read operations on a block can be five to ten times slower. After all, blocks have been downloaded and written to the volume, and the volume performs optimally.

Orca had a low performance with their initial NTFS file system implementation. In order to improve results, the company turned to Tuxera for storage management expertise.

"At Orca, we use cloud disk snapshots and provide forensic-level visibility inside of every virtual machine. Crawling and storage optimizations available in Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera provide the speed we need to deliver customers a complete view of their multi-cloud estate in minutes," stated Gil Geron co-founder and chief product officer at Orca Security. "Tuxera's expertise in high-performing, fail-safe file systems and enterprise-grade storage software help us achieve a competitive edge in the market."