Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Rubrik NAS Cloud Direct (NAS CD) is a modern data protection solution designed to efficiently back up and recover petabyte-scale unstructured data across on-premises and cloud environments. This paper provides a technical overview of the NAS CD architecture and its backup workflow. We describe how NAS CD combines a cloud-based control plane with stateless connector virtual machines to deliver high-throughput, scalable backups for network-attached storage (NAS) and object data. Key mechanisms such as advanced parallel scanning, an incremental-forever backup model, data chunking, and inline compression are detailed. We also discuss how the system ensures data integrity, security (through immutability and zero-trust access controls), and rapid recovery capabilities. Through an in-depth examination of the architecture and backup process, the paper illustrates how Rubrik NAS Cloud Direct addresses the challenges of protecting massive unstructured datasets with high performance and reliability. Keywords: Rubrik NAS Cloud Direct, Unstructured Data Backup, Cloud Data Protection, Incremental Forever Backup, Data Chunking, Parallel File Indexing, Zero-Trust Security, NAS Backup Architecture
DOI: 10.55041/ijsrem46693
Authors: Infrastructure Architect, Raleigh, North Carolina, Venkata Raman Immidisetti
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411021171