Technical Overview
SharePoint® Sync
Cloud-to-Cloud Sync between Office 365 SharePoint Document Library and CloudNAS Share
Morro Data CloudNAS modernizes enterprise storage with a scalable and distributed hybrid cloud architecture. Connected through a global file system, CacheDrive caching gateways are deployed on premises to store and sync office documents and design files while presenting the fast, secure, and familiar NAS interface to users. Applications for CloudNAS include multi-site sync, cloud backup and archive, and collaboration.
SharePoint Sync with CloudNAS enables SharePoint Online users to experience fast NAS access of SharePoint Document Library files with the added benefit of cloud-to-cloud (C2C) backup. Conversely by syncing with SharePoint, CloudNAS users can sync files with the Office 365 environment and its many applications.
Key Benefits
- Cost Reduction: Reduce SharePoint storage cost with SharePoint-to-CloudNAS C2C archive
- Business Continuity: Protect SharePoint files with SharePoint-to-CloudNAS C2C backup
- Better Performance: Add NAS performance and mapped drive access to SharePoint with SharePoint-CloudNAS C2C sync
- Rich Applications: Connect CloudNAS files to SharePoint in Office 365 and its many applications
Office 365 Azure AD Authentication
CloudNAS supports Office 365 Azure AD user authentication. To use SharePoint Sync, CloudNAS must be configured with Azure AD authentication.
SharePoint Document Library
Files are synced between CloudNAS shares and SharePoint Document Libraries. Shares and Document Libraries are mapped on a one-to-one basis. Both share and document library can pre-exist with separate sets of files before syncing as the files will be merged.
Sync with No Delete
“No Delete” sync option is available to protect against inadvertent deletion of SharePoint files. When this option is selected, all SharePoint delete commands will be blocked when syncing to CloudNAS. This provides additional protection when SharePoint Sync is used to backup SharePoint files to CloudNAS.
Share Permissions
A SharePoint Document Library is associated with a Team Site which is a user group with members. When a CloudNAS share is synced with a Document Library, the Team Site group members are given read/write permissions for the share by default. If the purpose of sync is to replicate or archive SharePoint files, it is suggested that permissions for members are modified to read only or no access.
NAS Acceleration
Users can access SharePoint files through the CacheDrive NAS interface at LAN speed with network share name or by mapped network drive letter.
Extend CloudNAS with Office 365
By connecting CloudNAS shares to SharePoint, CloudNAS users can now take advantage of the many applications available in the Office 365 environment. For example, once a CloudNAS share is synced with a SharePoint Document Library and the Document Library is mapped to the user’s OneDrive for Business desktop or mobile app, file changes in either OneDrive or CloudNAS can appear on the other in seconds. This provides additional online and offline access options for CloudNAS users.
Limitations
SharePoint Sync is designed to sync files between CloudNAS and Office 365 and does not provide seamless collaboration such as file locking and real-time document editing by multiple users between CloudNAS and Office 365.
Did You Know
Morro Global File System
The Morro global file system provides multi-site collaborative file services for sync, lock, transfer, and caching. Interfaces supported include SMB (Windows, Mac) and Web with ACL. At each CacheDrive, users complete unlimited file system is presented as a single namespace.
Object Storage
Morro Data supports S3 compatible object storage including AWS S3 and Azure, presenting a single interface to different storage tiers and cloud providers for collaboration/sync (primary), transfer/replication, backup, and archive.
Global File Services
Consolidated Data Management:
- Unlimited cloud capacity
- Primary + Backup in one global namespace
- Multiple cloud providers to save cost
- Deduped and Encrypted
Multi-Site File Sync and Lock:
- NAS Interface for cloud data. No VPN.
- Global file locking
- Add CacheDrive for fast Disaster Recovery
- Large File Transfer
Cloud-to-Cloud Sync:
- Sync with SharePoint
- Backup to economic cloud storage
- Business Continuity
- User error recovery
Morro Data Features
| File Services | |
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Consolidated Data Management |
NAS access with cloud reliability for primary and secondary data |
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Multi-Site Sync |
Store files in cloud and sync files locally with cache. Add CacheDrive for easy expansion and instant disaster recovery. |
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Cloud-to-Cloud Sync |
Sync and backup SharePoint and other cloud files |
| Global File System | |
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Global Namespace |
Data in cloud and synced across gateways in a single namespace. Gateway cache enables high performance access to unlimited file system. |
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Unlimited Storage |
Choice of Cloud Storage providers for primary and secondary data. |
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Storage Pool |
Pool specifies where and how data is stored and synced. A pool contains multiple shares. Pool types include Sync, Replicate, and Gateway. |
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Share Access |
Network share with user access and gateway access controls |
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Global File Locking |
Lock Office and other application files across gateways for remote collaboration. |
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Disaster Recovery |
Fast metadata sync for replacement gateway for full file system access. |
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File Versioning |
Version control of 1, 30, 300, or unlimited versions. |
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Prefetch |
Automatic download to destination gateway vs. on-demand download. |
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Deduplication |
Files are de-duplicated to save cloud storage and upload bandwidth |
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Compression |
Files are compressed to save cloud storage and upload bandwidth |
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Bandwidth Limiting |
Control sync window and sync bandwidth per share |
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Share Mapping |
Shares can be optionally mapped to gateways for security |
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Advanced SMB Share Controls |
Options to enable oplocks and to use Extended Attributes to save streams |
| Security | |
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Encryption |
Files are encrypted both in transit and at rest in cloud |
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Access Based Enumeration |
Hidden shares |
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Web Access Security |
ACL-based file access permission |
| User Management | |
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Users and Groups |
User and Group access permissions |
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Active Directory |
Supports Microsoft Active Directory and Azure AD |
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User Permissions |
Access permission per user/group/location (read only / RW / no access) |
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Location Based Permissions |
File access based on Gateway (location) and on/off premises |
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Share Folder Security |
Manage shared folder’s ownership and access control list |
| System Interface | |
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NAS Interface |
Present shares the same as NAS, with unlimited capacity |
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Local Network Interface |
Support SMB protocol version 2.0/2.1/3.0/3.1 working with Windows and MacOS clients |
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Client OS Support |
Windows, MAC OSX, Linux, Major Browser |
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Web Interface |
Team Portal for ACL-based file access and management. Upload files and create folders to shares. Manage file versions, download, rename, copy, move, delete, purge files, create share link for files. |
| Morro Cloud Manager | |
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Gateway Management |
Globally manage all gateways on MCM |
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File System Management |
Globally manage all shares in a Global Namespace |
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Dashboard |
Usage analytics and system diagram |
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Analytics |
Storage usage, User activities, and Data transfer activities |
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Role Based Management |
Business Admin, Global Admin, Regular User |
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Users and Groups |
Users, Primary Group, Secondary Groups |
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Logs |
By category – team/device/file system. By severity – information/warning/error |
| Apps | |
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Cloud-to-Cloud Sync |
Sync shares with SharePoint document library, Dropbox or OneDrive |
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Morro Audit |
Access history for retrospective investigation |
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Morro Migrate |
Managed data migration to cloud |
| Gateway | |
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CacheDrive Models |
Desktop G80, G80 Pro, Tower T600, Rackmount R1100. Virtual Machine V200 (VMware) V201 (Hyper-V) |
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Device Information |
CacheDrive Model number, serial number, firmware version, IP address, UUID and cache size |
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Cloud Caching |
Files are uploaded to cloud through cache, presenting access window to unlimited file system size |
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Backup Target |
Unlimited backup target through cache |
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NAS Interface |
SMB network share interface same as NAS |
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Deduplication |
Files are de-duplicated on gateway to save upload bandwidth |
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Compression |
Files are compressed on gateway to save upload bandwidth and storage |
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Encryption |
Files are encrypted on gateway before upload |
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Upload Status |
Monitor upload status, speed, remaining upload and files |
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Prefetch Status |
Monitoring prefetch files, status, speed etc. |
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Advanced Device Option |
Hostname and SMB version selection |
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Device Clock |
Global time zone based device clock |
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Device Management |
Shutdown, reboot, and scheduled firmware update from centralized cloud management UI |
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Green Computing |
Low power consumption gateway replacing traditional NAS or file server |
| Cloud Storage | |
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Amazon S3 |
US (OR, VA, OH, CA), UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Australia, Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, China (Beijing), China (Ningxia) |
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Azure |
BYOS All Regions |
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Wasabi |
US (East), US (West) |
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Backblaze B2 |
US |
| Morro Connect Desktop App | |
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Supported OS |
Windows, MacOS |
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Simple Connect |
Auto start and login for persistent network share connection |
