▁N ile , ▁is ▁an ▁object ▁storage ▁software ▁product ▁market ed ▁by ▁E MC ▁Corporation . ▁E CS ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁ad here ▁to ▁several ▁ten ets ▁of ▁object ▁storage , ▁including ▁scal ability , ▁data ▁res il iency ▁and ▁to ▁take ▁advantage ▁of ▁existing ▁or ▁new ▁comm od ity ▁server ▁hardware ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁manage ▁costs . ▁It ▁is ▁market ed ▁as ▁software - defined ▁storage . ▁ ▁App lications ▁ ▁E MC ▁El astic ▁Cloud ▁Storage ▁has ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁applications , ▁including ▁the ▁Internet ▁of ▁things ▁and ▁financial ▁services , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁determined ▁by ▁C oh asset ▁Associ ates ▁Inc . ▁to ▁meet ▁“ the ▁relevant ▁storage ▁requirements ▁of ▁SE C ▁Rule ▁ 1 7 a - 4 ( f ) ▁and ▁C FT C ▁Rule ▁ 1 . 3 1 ( b )- ( c ) ” ▁when ▁“ Comp liance ▁is ▁enabled ▁for ▁a ▁Names pace ▁and ▁when ▁properly ▁configured ▁and ▁util ized ▁to ▁store ▁and ▁retain ▁records ▁in ▁non - eras able ▁and ▁non - rewrite able ▁format .” ▁Its ▁use ▁of ▁object ▁storage ▁and ▁flat ▁namespace , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Ed ison ▁Group , ▁“ all ows ▁for ▁multiple ▁types ▁of ▁data ▁to ▁be ▁stored ▁side ▁by ▁side . ▁Reg ard less ▁of ▁the ▁data , ▁it ▁is ▁all ▁viewed ▁as ▁object , ▁their ▁glob ally ▁unique ▁IDs , ▁and ▁metadata .” ▁This ▁approach ▁allows ▁multiple ▁data ▁types ▁from ▁multiple ▁sources ▁to ▁be ▁stored ▁alongside ▁one ▁another , ▁including : ▁ ▁Lar ge ▁data ▁sets