RClone

Inspiration

While searching for data storage backup repositories, we came across RClone, which is one of the most popular backup open source repos on GitHub.

What it does

Allow for cloud-to-cloud backup synchronising with a simple-to-use API

Challenges we ran into

There was authentication issues with CORTX endpoints that was settled in the Slack channel, many thanks to the organisers!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

After handling the errors and utilising the S3 API layer to integrate the CORTX to RClone, we are able to sync repositories and data over across local/cloud or cloud/cloud systems.

What we learned

The underlying architecture of storage is very complicated, unlike our general understanding of normal storage (e.g. normal hard disk drives). Our team attempted Motr, but could not use Motr, and relied on the S3 API layer instead.