Provides a distributed cloud storage solution that encrypts and splits data into erasure-coded fragments, which are then stored across a global network of 20,000+ independent storage providers. This approach ensures 99.999999999999999999% durability, reduces storage costs by up to 90% compared to traditional providers, and offers robust protection against data loss, corruption, and ransomware attacks.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional cloud storage solutions can be expensive and lack sufficient data redundancy, making businesses vulnerable to data loss, corruption, and ransomware attacks. Centralized infrastructure creates single points of failure, while reliance on a limited number of providers can lead to vendor lock-in and unpredictable pricing.
Solution
Bifrost Cloud provides a distributed cloud storage solution that addresses these issues by encrypting and splitting data into erasure-coded fragments, which are then stored across a global network of over 20,000 independent storage providers. This approach ensures high data durability and availability, while also reducing storage costs. The distributed architecture eliminates single points of failure and provides robust protection against data loss, corruption, and ransomware. Data is automatically monitored for consistency, and repairs are triggered immediately if the number of available file pieces falls below a certain threshold.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes businesses of all sizes that require affordable, secure, and highly durable cloud storage for video surveillance, backup, archival, and general-purpose data storage.
Features
- Geo-redundancy: Each uploaded file is distributed across numerous storage providers worldwide.
- Data privacy: Storage nodes only store a fraction of the encrypted file, preventing any single party from accessing user data in full.
- End-to-end encryption: Data is always encrypted during transit and at rest.
- Bitrot protection: Prevents data corruption on traditional storage hardware.
- Real-time fire drilling: Stored data is constantly monitored and replicated for consistency.
- Byzantine fault tolerance: The network continues to operate even if some nodes fail or go offline.
- S3 compatibility: Supports any backup software that supports an S3 backup destination.