Object Mount for Media

Reinventing media workflows.

Finally, a way for creative teams to collaborate remotely, in real time. Transform your object storage into a single source of truth.

Mount object storage like a local drive for high-throughput access. Enjoy the simplicity of local files with the scalability and cost-efficiency of object storage.

Streaming data at up to 57 Gbps, large media files are edited, rendered, and played back with minimal delays.

Work with native objects directly—no conversions, no gateways, no servers. Enjoy faster access, zero points of failure, and no vendor lock-in.

Allows seamless integration with applications that expect a local file system interface, inclusive of your metadata with POSIX support.

Powerful solutions with Object Mount.

Object Mount helps media and entertainment teams accelerate projects.

Data at the speed of thought.

Seamless, high-speed data access built for AI, VFX, and real-time collaboration.

Performance overview

Work with anyone anywhere.

Cloud-centric workflows that empower media production talent all over the world.

Global collaboration

Blazing-fast access everywhere.

Archival storage with interoperability and global resilience at single-region pricing.

Active archive

Tyrell achieves faster media workflows with Object Mount.

“I’ve never seen anything like this. Object Mount has completely redefined how media is stored, accessed, and edited—globally, instantly, and without the usual complexity. This is a game-changer for object storage workflows."

Nick Soper, Cloud Solutions Architect at Tyrell

Simple pricing.

Distributing data across tens of thousands of underutilized storage nodes costs less and eliminates the need for multi-region replication.

Bring your own storage.

Works with any S3-like storage. Cloud, on-prem, hybrid, multi-cloud.

Bring your own tools.

Dramatically improve your production workflow with the tools you already use.

Frequently asked questions.

Find answers to commonly asked questions regarding Object Mount for media and entertainment.

Does Object Mount compress or deduplicate the data?

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No, Object Mount does not compress or deduplicate data. This is an explicit design goal. Scrambling data–which is needed for compression/dedupe or requiring an S3-to-S3 gateway to translate between scrambled and unscrambled formats–produces unacceptably low performance and scalability. Instead, Storj maps files to objects in a 1-to-1 fashion that is both POSIX compatible and directly accessible on the S3 interface, delivering ultra-high performance.

Is Object Mount just a special shell?

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No, the Object Mount command merely enables its direct mode to intercept the user’s preferred shell, whether that is bash, zsh, csh, or something else. Tab completion and other actions are due to the support within the existing shell, rather than because of Object Mount doing something. Running commands like ls actually launches the unmodified ls binary installed on the system.   

Does Object Mount work with software written in C/C++, Java, Python, Go, etc?

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Yes, Object Mount is designed to work with any software, including software that Storj customers have written. Note that some applications may parse URIs and treat them separately. In those cases, Storj recommends the use of path-style access. Alternatively, add the application to the uricompat option in Object Mount direct mode to intercept command line URI arguments.   

Does Object Mount support Windows and Mac?

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Yes, Object Mount supports Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Does Object Mount work inside Docker, Kubernetes and Singularity containers?

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Yes, Object Mount can be used with containers in multiple ways:

(i) by mounting on the host and bind-mounting into the container,
(ii) by injecting the Object Mount library into an unmodified container Storj provides a seamless way to do this),
(iii) or by installing Object Mount inside the container.

For instructions specific to Docker and Singularity, please see the user guide. The CSI driver for Kubernetes is now available on request. Note that Object Mount does not require any special privileges to run inside a container.

Turn any object storage into your editing power house.

Blazing-fast ingest.

High-performance edit.

Cloud collaboration.

Affordable access.

Reinventing media workflows.

Powerful solutions with Object Mount.

Data at the speed of thought.

Work with anyone anywhere.

Blazing-fast access everywhere.

Tyrell achieves faster media workflows with Object Mount.

Simple pricing.

Bring your own storage.

Bring your own tools.

Frequently asked questions.

Does Object Mount compress or deduplicate the data?

Is Object Mount just a special shell?

Does Object Mount work with software written in C/C++, Java, Python, Go, etc?

Does Object Mount support Windows and Mac?

Does Object Mount work inside Docker, Kubernetes and Singularity containers?

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