PanFS vs Tahoe-LAFS
PanFS
vdura.comTahoe-LAFS
tahoe-lafs.orgSide by side
| Figure | PanFS | Tahoe-LAFS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Distributed File System Software | 7.2 (#21) | 8.3 (#6) |
| Encryption | VDURA states that AES-256 encryption protects data at rest and in flight across every tenant data path. | The client encrypts each file with a unique key before uploading it to storage servers. |
| Founded | 2001 | 2007 |
| Interfaces | The platform provides REST, Kubernetes CSI, and CLI interfaces, plus an S3-compatible object storage interface. | A gateway provides access to a storage grid through HTTP(S) and SFTP. |
| Support | VDURA advertises global technical support available 24/7/365. | The installation guide directs users who need help with deployment to the tahoe-dev mailing list or Libera.Chat IRC. |
Plans
In their own words
Tahoe-LAFS
Tahoe-LAFS is free, open-source software for storing files across multiple servers. Before upload, a client encrypts each file with a unique key. Erasure coding distributes each file as shares, allowing recovery when some storage servers fail; the documented default uses 10 shares across at least 7 servers and can recover from any 3. A gateway checks integrity and ignores corrupted shares. Files can be immutable or mutable, with read-only or read-write access for mutable files and directories. The gateway gives access through HTTP(S) and SFTP, and a REST-style Web API supports programmatic operations. Users can run a gateway or operate a full grid of storage nodes and an introducer. Installation is documented for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD. The software is available under GNU GPL version 2 or later, or the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence version 1.0 or later. It is free at free. The public test grid is for experimentation, not reliable or large-scale storage.