Cloudian HyperStore

Spec sheet

What it does

Cloudian HyperStore is enterprise S3-compatible object-storage software for large unstructured-data repositories across on-premises, hybrid-cloud and edge environments.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Purpose

HyperStore is enterprise-scale object storage software for capacity-intensive workflows and large volumes of unstructured data.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Intended users

The company describes use cases including AI and machine learning, data analytics, backup and archive, media and entertainment, bioinformatics, and IoT and edge computing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Deployment

HyperStore runs on industry-standard hardware, including Cloudian appliances or a server selected by the customer.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Trial

The free trial includes HyperStore and HyperIQ and runs in a data center on physical hardware or a virtual machine; listed minimum requirements are 16 GB RAM and a 1 Gigabit network interface.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Integrations

The maker lists technology partners including AWS, Commvault, Cribl, CTERA, Dremio, HPE, Kasten by Veeam, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Rubrik, Snowflake, Splunk, Teradata, Veeam, Veritas, VMware, and others.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Security

Listed security features include encryption in transit and at rest, secure multitenancy, KMIP, role-based access controls, IAM, SAML, MFA, Secure Shell, and Object Lock.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Compliance

Cloudian states that HyperStore uses a FIPS 140-3 Level 1 validated cryptographic module and supports compliance assessments for SEC 17a-4(f), FINRA 4511, CFTC 1.31 and IDW PS 880.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Support

Cloudian describes four service levels—HyperCare, Premier, Standard Support, and Basic Support—and says its global support and professional services teams are available 24×7.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Headquarters

San Mateo, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · cloudian.com

Founded

2011Read 28 Sep 2026 · cloudian.com

Admin API

The documentation set includes a dedicated HyperStore Administrator API Reference in PDF form.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

AI performance

The distributed architecture supports parallel access through its S3 API, NVIDIA GPUDirect, data locality optimization, and all-flash configurations for AI workloads.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Alliance ecosystem

Cloudian’s partner page lists AWS, Commvault, Cribl, CTERA, Dremio, HPE, Kasten, Lenovo, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Rubrik, Snowflake, Splunk, Teradata, Veeam, Veritas, Vertica and VMware.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

API compatibility

HyperStore supports most AWS S3 REST API operations and documents supported parameters, headers, responses and Cloudian-specific extensions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Backup integrations

The platform lists integrations or workload optimizations for Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Veritas, Cohesity, NetBackup, Actifio and Nasuni.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Cloud integrations

Cloudian documents common S3-based access across AWS, Microsoft Azure Blob and Google Cloud, including replication and policy-based tiering.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Company profile

LinkedIn lists Cloudian as a privately held software-development company with 201–500 employees, headquarters in San Mateo, California, and a 2011 founding year.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Data protection

Storage policies can use replication or erasure coding and can protect against drive, node, rack and complete-site failures.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Documentation depth

Documentation includes searchable HTML help plus administrator, installation, admin-API and AWS-API support guides, with copies available on the configuration controller.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

File and object

HyperStore provides unified management for file and object storage.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

File and object access

HyperStore can provide object storage together with SMB and NFS file access through the HyperFile NAS Controller.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Founders

Crunchbase identifies Hiroshi Ohta and Michael Tso as founders and lists Michael Tso as CEO and co-founder.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Gartner pricing information

Gartner says pricing is generally capacity or node based, with perpetual or subscription licensing and optional support depending on deployment.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Global namespace

Multiple sites and public clouds can be presented through one S3 namespace, management plane and credential set.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Kubernetes integration

A Cloudian press release dated October 21, 2021 describes HyperStore integration with Kasten K10 for Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Legal company name

Crunchbase lists the legal name as Cloudian, Inc. and also identifies Cloudian Holdings, Inc. as an alternate name.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Licence model

HyperStore is proprietary commercial software offered as software-only deployment or as Cloudian appliances; the reviewed pages do not present it as open source.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Limit: G2 administration

G2 comments mention limited plugins, synchronization problems, dependence on internet connectivity and occasional stability issues.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Limit: G2 usability

G2 reviewers repeatedly describe the interface, monitoring and reporting navigation as difficult or dated, especially for new users.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Limit: independent complexity and support

PeerSpot reviewers say HyperStore is complex enough to require skilled IT staff, better training and stronger support; one reports upgrades and bulk operations as difficult.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Limit: independent performance complaints

A PeerSpot reviewer reports Cassandra-related performance problems during bulk deletes and requests, lengthy expansion work and poor support in an enterprise use case.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Multi-tenancy

A cluster supports separate tenants with independent users, groups, IAM policies, QoS limits, encryption and metering.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Praise: G2 scalability and deployment

G2 reviewers repeatedly praise scalability, hybrid or multicloud deployment flexibility, S3 compatibility and integration with existing systems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Praise: independent cost and security value

AWS Marketplace and PeerSpot reviewers praise lower cost than public-cloud storage, controlled on-premises operation, large-scale backup and security.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Production host guidance

The installation guide recommends 128GB RAM, dual 480GB-or-larger NVMe OS drives, metadata flash, four to 45 data drives and dual-port 10/25GbE per server node.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Ransomware defense

The security page describes overwrite-encryption protection, immutable Object Lock retention and dedicated WORM audit logs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Rating on AWS Marketplace

4.4 out of 5 from 23 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Rating on G2

4.7 out of 5 from 13 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

4.7 out of 5 from 280 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Resilience

Erasure coding can protect data across nodes, racks, and data centers, and replication is also available.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

S3 compatibility

Cloudian says HyperStore supports AWS S3 features and operations for interoperability with cloud-native applications and hybrid or multicloud environments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Scale

Its modular architecture supports non-disruptive expansion and management of storage across multiple sites as one system.Read 9 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Scale architecture

The peer-to-peer, shared-nothing design adds capacity, CPU, memory, network and throughput together, with no central metadata or head node.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

SDK approach

Cloudian states that the AWS S3 SDK is its SDK, so applications can use AWS-compatible libraries and tools.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Security controls

Security features include encryption in transit and at rest, IAM, RBAC, SAML, MFA, KMIP, Secure Shell and S3 Object Lock.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Trial system requirements

The trial requires physical hardware or a VM, at least 32GB RAM and a 1Gbps network interface, with 10/25Gbps recommended.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloudian.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Software-Defined Storage Software#3 of 308.8
• Storage Replication Software#3 of 248.7