Supercharge Your Media Workflow with cunoFS

Tyrell empowers media professionals with cutting-edge solutions like cunoFS. In this blog, MD Bryan Malone explains how cunoFS revolutionises collaborative editing by bridging the gap between on-premise speed and cloud efficiency. Solving many of the challenges creative teams face.

What is cunoFS?

BM: cunoFS is the latest advancement in enabling fast and secure collaboration for editorial teams worldwide. It allows your preferred NLE (Non-Linear Editor), such as Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, to access the largest, most cost-effective shared storage pool on the planet while providing on premise level performance.

Why should media professionals use cunoFS?

BM: cunoFS liberates the creative process from the traditional limitations of local hardware, networks, storage capacity, and network complexities. cunoFS enables productions to collaborate seamlessly without needing to move, manage, or download content. You pay only for the storage you use, not for potential capacity. Enabling users to work together from anywhere, on any type of computer.

How does cunoFS work?

BM: Cloud storage offers significant cost savings over traditional on premise storage. cunoFS allows macOS, Windows, and Linux workstations to seamlessly access cloud storage with local drive performance. Users simply log into the cunoFS client, mount the storage, open their NLE, and begin working. Files uploaded through cunoFS are immediately available to all users—no hassle, no complications. As well as being OS agnostic, cunoFS is as happy on a physical on premise workstation as it is running on a virtualised cloud computing platform like Tyrell Cloud, allowing both to utilise the same storage without complicated file sharing or network orchestration.

How is cunoFS different?

BM: cunoFS interfaces very tightly with the operating system, resulting in highly optimised storage performance. Unlike other similar applications, cunoFS leaves the asset complete, exactly as created by the NLE. This allows other technologies, such as SaaS platforms or archives, to also use the asset without any compatibility issues. This “no scrambling” design was a core principle of cunoFS, ensuring uncomplicated and unconditional access to your data.

cunoFS uses intelligent fetching and pre-fetching mechanisms to minimise egress costs, latency, and API calls. It doesn’t require downloading an entire asset; when a cursor is placed on the timeline, it requests only the necessary video frames. This makes editing much more responsive and keeps egress costs under control.

Originally developed for the life sciences sector, where data security is paramount, cunoFS adds POSIX Access Control metadata to assets, enabling granular object-level access control and enhancing enterprise security. It also utilises cloud storage IAM (Identity Access Management) control, deployable on a user-by-user basis, with user access based on cloud security keys. SSO and specific folder permissions are planned for Q2 2025-so  watch this space!

How does cunoFS work with different cloud storage providers, and what makes Storj a particularly good choice?

BM: The cunoFS client is compatible with any public or private object storage provider, and it can even access storage on multiple vendors simultaneously, providing you with maximum workflow and commercial flexibility.

When paired with Storj, the powerful technology of cunoFS becomes an incredible workflow opportunity. Storj is 90% cheaper than the largest cloud providers, greener than any provider, and, most importantly, regionless—a file stored on Storj is instantly available worldwide. A user uploading a file in LA using cunoFS and Storj makes it immediately available for editing by a user in London. Cheaper, faster—a powerful combination!

Storj has turned the world of cloud storage on its head. Find out more by reading our recent Storj blog or attend our upcoming cunoFS and Storj webinar. Click here to find out more and register. 

Want to find out more?

Contact us sales@tyrellcct.com or call 0207 148 6201 or +353 (1) 888 1118.