What is GDX Cloud?
Intro
GDX Cloud is a geo-distributed cloud object storage platform. Unlike centralized cloud providers, GDX Cloud runs on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network where each node is connected to multiple others, with a central hub — the Coordinator — optimizing the network and making it increasingly faster and more efficient with time.
The intelligence of the coordinator, combined with the power of distribution, is what makes GDX Cloud one of a kind: a geo-distributed cloud object storage that provides superior security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
Key concepts of GDX Cloud include:
- P2P network: This section explains the foundation of the GDX Cloud network, its benefits, and how it operates to provide increased resilience against node failures and maintain data integrity.
- Architecture: This section delves into the architecture of GDX Cloud, describing its components and their interactions, which enable optimized storage efficiency, scalability, and accessibility.
- Object storage: This section describes the object storage employed by GDX Cloud, which enables the efficient storage and management of data in a scalable and secure manner. It also discusses the advantages of object storage over other storage methods and how it is implemented within the GDX Cloud platform.
- Redundancy: This section discusses the redundancy features of GDX Cloud, explaining how data is fragmented and stored across multiple nodes in the P2P network to ensure high availability.
- Coordinator: This section covers the role and functionality of the Coordinator, the central hub responsible for optimizing the network, enhancing fault tolerance, and ensuring efficient file recovery.
- File recovery: This section outlines the file recovery process in GDX Cloud, detailing how the platform supports seamless file recovery by reconstructing data from the available fragments, even in the event of node failures.