Peer Global File Service

Peer Global File Service is ranked #14 of 24 in cloud storage gateway software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.

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Deployment model: hybrid
Global namespace: Yes
Local caching: Yes
Supported protocols: SMB, NFS v3, NFS v4
Cloud storage targets: Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Nutanix Objects
Edge synchronization: Yes

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Peer Global File Service

Purpose: PeerGFS is software for real-time file replication, management, and synchronization across sites, platforms, clouds, and storage systems.
Active-active sharing: It replicates file changes in real time across locations to support active-active file sharing.
Conflict prevention: Distributed file locking is designed to prevent version conflicts across mirrored storage systems.
Efficient replication: Delta-level replication sends file changes rather than entire files.
Protocols: PeerGFS supports SMB and NFS workloads, while some job types are unavailable for NFS workloads.
Storage integrations: Listed supported environments include Windows and Linux file servers, NetApp, Nutanix Files, Dell storage systems, and major cloud storage services.
Object storage: The object connector supports systems including S3 and Azure Blob, and the product page also lists cloud backup for NetApp StorageGrid and Nutanix Objects.
Namespace integration: PeerGFS integrates with Microsoft DFS Namespaces to unify SMB access across sites and support failover and failback.
Security: The product page says traffic is SSL-encrypted up to AES-256 and describes role-based access control through Active Directory integration.
Threat monitoring: Malicious Event Detection monitors file activity for suspicious behavior and patterns.
Edge caching limit: Edge caching is currently supported only for Windows file servers.
NFS limits: NFS is supported only for file replication and file synchronization jobs; file collaboration, DFS Namespace Management, cloud backup and replication, and edge caching are not supported with NFS.
Trial: Peer Software offers a trial request and describes the proof of concept as a guided installation with its pre-sales team.
Support: Peer Software provides regional technical support phone numbers, an online knowledge base, a resource library, and a service desk portal.

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Cloud Storage Gateway Software in 2026#14 of 24
Best Storage Replication Software in 2026#19 of 23
Best Storage Migration Software in 2026#15 of 22

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Sources

peersoftware.com/products/peergfs/· checked 4 Oct 2026
kb.peersoftware.com/kb/peergfs-environmental-requirements· checked 4 Oct 2026
peersoftware.com/support/· checked 4 Oct 2026