The security of Facilis servers is reinforced with HUB version 8.1

The new version 8.1 of HUB Shared Storage, a system included in the servers You are easy dedicated to the transportation and storage of assets audiovisuals, reinforces the security, versatility and management of the system.

Among these developments, the birth of Smart Access Rules, a graphical interface that allows administrators to add custom policies to volume resources to provide or deny access to users or groups. Through this system, you can assign access rules to specific paths, folders, and file names depending on the user and group. Unlike traditional access control lists, this new feature allows access rules on specific file types for protect critical assets; a function of just creation, which secures data after writing it to general ingest locations; and no delete options while maintaining the saved and overwritten ones of the project.

Additionally, version 8.1 of the You are easy enable new features like restore deletions, a function that allows users' deleted files to be restored to their original location or deleted from the system; a enhanced audit of the file system, and new support for macOS Monterey (version 12) and M1 ARM Mac with Ethernet and Fiber Channel connectivity.

Jim McKenna, CMO of Facilis Technology, believes that HUB version 8.1 "introduces great new features that may eliminate certain limitations common to many custom shared file system products. "Even with these new features, Facilis remains as easy to use as a local hard drive. The administrator can decide whether to maintain traditional permissions at the volume level or add the new intelligent access rules per volume for a much more flexible allocation of storage,” he points out.