Overview

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Modern enterprises rely on high-performance file storage, but traditional on-premises solutions are costly, rigid, and difficult to scale. Cloud alternatives often lack critical enterprise features, forcing compromises on performance, scalability, or cost.
Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) is a fully cloud-native file data platform, purpose-built for unstructured data workloads in AWS. CNQ delivers scalable, multi-protocol file storage with enterprise-grade performance, backed by cost-efficient Amazon S3 storage. It is ideal for media production, healthcare imaging, seismic data analysis, financial modeling, and research applications - all without hardware dependencies.
Flexible Storage Modes & Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
CNQ offers two distinct operating modes to match workload needs:
- Hot Mode: Backed by S3-Standard or S3-Intelligent Tiering for low-latency workloads (e.g., video editing, AI/ML, seismic analysis).
- Cold Mode: Optimized for cost-effective storage using colder S3 tiers, ideal for archives and secondary data.
Customers can deploy multiple clusters in either hot or cold mode1, with transparent pay-as-you-go pricing.
Usage-Based Pricing Model
CNQ eliminates upfront costs, with minute-by-minute metering based on:
- Data Stored on System: Billed per GB-month2, like S3, EFS, and FSx.
- Throughput & IOPS Consumption: Most customers stay comfortably within the included 5 GB/s and 50,000 IOPS, with no additional charge. If your workload pushes beyond those thresholds, a modest fee applies based on actual usage per-minute (not provisioned capacity), ensuring cost efficiency.
- Cloud Data Fabric Usage: Charges apply for data exported via the Qumulo Cloud Data Fabric, with distinct pricing for hot and cold storage modes.
Key Features & Benefits
- High-Performance File Storage in AWS: Powered by NVMe caching, predictive read-ahead, and scalable performance for demanding workloads.
- Multi-Protocol Enterprise Compatibility: Full support for NFSv3, NFSv4.1, SMBv2, SMBv3, S3-Compatible API, FTP, and HTTP REST API.
- Seamless Identity & Security Integration: Works with Active Directory, identity mapping, cross-protocol permission enforcement, quotas, snapshots, and compliance-grade audit logging.
- Elastic Scaling: Scale instance count up and down dynamically while keeping data persistently stored on cost-efficient S3 storage classes.
- Multi-AZ & Hybrid Cloud Capabilities: Supports regional redundancy, replication across AWS regions, and hybrid data movement with Qumulo Cloud Data Fabric.
Simple, Automated Deployment
CNQ deploys automatically via Qumulo Nexus, provisioning a cluster in your AWS account in minutes. Customers can start with no upfront commitment and only pay for what they use, ensuring full flexibility in cloud storage consumption.
For organizations looking to modernize their file-based workflows in AWS, Cloud Native Qumulo delivers unmatched scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency.
1 While this product is listed as SaaS, CNQ deploys EC2 instances and S3 storage within the customer's AWS account, ensuring full customer control over infrastructure. Qumulo Nexus, the control plane, operates as a SaaS managed by Qumulo. Customers are responsible for all AWS infrastructure costs incurred in their account.
2 CNQ data storage usage is calculated identically to other AWS storage services in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 230 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB), defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Highlights
- High-Performance File Storage for AWS: Unlock rapid read-write speeds and ultra-low latency with direct-attached NVMe caching. Scale instance counts on demand while data resides on cost-efficient Amazon S3. Ideal for media production, seismic analysis, and healthcare imaging.
- Flexible Hot & Cold Modes: Choose high-performance "hot" storage for active workloads or cost-optimized "cold" storage for archival needs. Seamlessly deploy multiple clusters with multi-protocol support (NFS, SMB, S3, FTP, REST) and enterprise-grade security features.
- Transparent Usage-Based Pricing: Pay only for what you use - capacity is billed per GB-month, with throughput and IOPS metered per minute. Eliminate overprovisioning costs and take advantage of Qumulo Cloud Data Fabric for hybrid and multi-region data access.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/unit |
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Data Storage (Hot Clusters) | Hot cluster storage on S3-INT or S3-Standard (per GB-month) | $0.026 |
Data Storage (Cold Clusters) | Cold cluster storage on S3-GIR or S3-IA (per GB-month) | $0.009 |
Global Namespace Hub Data (Hot Clusters) | Hub data exported from hot clusters (per GB-month) | $0.0065 |
Global Namespace Hub Data (Cold Clusters) | Hub data exported from cold clusters (per GB-month) | $0.0022 |
IOPS | Measured IOPS over 50,000 (per 1000 IOPS/min) | $0.002 |
Throughput | Measured throughput over 5GB/s (per GB/s/min) | $0.02 |
Vendor refund policy
All charges are based on metered usage and are generally non-refundable. Refunds are only considered in extreme cases on a case-by-case basis. Customers are responsible for all AWS infrastructure costs, and Qumulo cannot and will not refund any AWS-related charges incurred by the customer. For billing disputes or to request a refund, contact our support team at care@qumulo.com for review.
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For general support inquiries, customers may email care@qumulo.com or visit our support website .
For purchasing, sales support, bulk discounts, or enterprise licensing inquiries, please contact aws@qumulo.com .
Existing Qumulo customers with an active support contract can continue to leverage their existing support agreements and Customer Success Manager (CSM) relationships for assistance with Cloud Native Qumulo.
Comprehensive product documentation is available at: Cloud Native Qumulo Administrator Guide
For further details on support plans and enterprise engagement options, please reach out to our team.
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