GHOST — Cut over before you copy.
GHOST (Global Hands-Off Storage Transfer) inverts the order of NAS migration. Users move to BrickStor SP first — in hours — and data migrates in the background. Cyberstorage protections engage at cutover. The silent window of exposure between legacy NAS and a fully-protected platform is gone.
Sounds wrong. It isn't.
If you're refreshing NAS — any NAS — you know the drill: copy data first, cut over last. That's why migration takes weeks. Why your data sits exposed on aging infrastructure. Why every cutover consumes a weekend.
GHOST inverts the order.
Users move to BrickStor SP first — in hours — then data migrates in the background. Cyberstorage protections engage at cutover. Users keep working. Files not yet migrated are fetched from the source invisibly.
It's not faster migration. It's a different architecture.
What GHOST delivers on day one
Down from days or weeks. The maintenance window shrinks from a weekend marathon to a coffee break.
Active Defense, immutable snapshots, ABAC, and audit engage the moment users redirect — not after the last byte arrives.
Reads and writes land on BrickStor SP from the cutover moment. Files not yet migrated are fetched from the source invisibly.
Migrate from any NAS, file server, or file share — no source-vendor lock-in, no special agents on the source.
Move faster. Protect sooner. Modernize as you go.
Four shifts that change what a NAS migration actually costs — in time, in exposure, and in opportunity to modernize the way you access data.
Cut over in hours, not weeks.
BrickStor SP builds a complete namespace — every folder, file stub, and permission — before any content moves. You redirect users to it. They see their data immediately. Maintenance windows shrink from days to minutes.
No frozen data, no extended outage.
Live reads and writes land on BrickStor SP from the moment of cutover. Files not yet migrated are fetched from the source on demand — invisibly to the user. The migration runs in the background while production keeps running.
Cyberstorage protections engage at cutover.
Active Defense, immutable snapshots, ABAC, and audit logging activate the moment users redirect — not after the last byte arrives. The silent window of exposure between legacy NAS and a fully-protected new platform is gone.
Gain modern protocols without rewriting apps.
GHOST doesn't just move data — it modernizes how you access it. Alongside NFS and SMB, BrickStor SP delivers S3 and secure browser access via BrickStor Web Drive (ABAC-enforced) — without rewriting a single application.
A six-step method that compresses months of exposure into hours
Create
Provision the destination dataset on BrickStor SP — capacity, replication topology, encryption policy, and Active Defense baseline.
Assess
Analyze the source share — capacity, file count, folder count, and ACL structure — so the cutover plan reflects the real state of the data, not assumptions.
Prepare Destination
Create GHOST file stubs and directories that mirror source metadata and access controls. The namespace is complete. No content has moved yet.
Cut OverValue transfers here
Redirect users and applications to BrickStor SP. Cyberstorage protections engage — Active Defense inline, ABAC enforced, immutable snapshots scheduled. This is the moment value transfers.
Copy Data
Move file content in the background at full rate. Files opened before they arrive are pulled from the source on demand and served transparently. Users see no difference.
Reconcile and Report
Validate completion. Generate a migration report with file hashes, timestamps, and full provenance — the evidence your auditors, stakeholders and management will ask for.
Step 4 is the moment value transfers. Everything after is invisible to users.
Cyberstorage protections on day one — not day ninety
The moment users redirect to BrickStor SP, your data is protected by capabilities legacy NAS cannot match. The traditional gap between “old platform, decommissioning” and “new platform, fully active” is closed.
Active Defense
Real-time detection and inline stop of ransomware, insider misuse, and data exfiltration at the storage layer — the moment users land on BrickStor SP.
Learn more →Immutable Snapshots
Recovery points designed to resist encryption and deletion by ransomware, scheduled automatically from cutover forward.
ABAC & Label Inheritance
Fine-grained access controls inherited from the source and enforceable across NFS, SMB, S3, and Web Drive — one policy framework for every protocol.
Learn more →Audit & Compliance Reporting
Continuous, queryable visibility into who accessed what, when — built into the platform from the cutover moment, not bolted on after migration completes.
What GHOST brings to every migration
Broad source compatibility
Any SMB or NFS share, any NAS, any file server. No source-vendor lock-in, no special agents on the legacy platform.
Pre-migration assessment
Capacity, file count, folder count, and ACL analysis before a single byte moves — so the cutover plan is grounded in real data.
Metadata-preserving namespace
Stubs match source metadata so cutover is invisible to users. Permissions, timestamps, and ownership all carry over.
Active access during migration
Reads and writes continue on BrickStor SP throughout the background copy. No frozen data, no extended maintenance window.
Access controls preserved
Source ACLs and attributes carry over intact; ABAC is layered on at the destination — so legacy permissions and modern policy coexist.
Validation and reporting
Reconciliation report with file hashes, timestamps, and full provenance — auditor-ready and incident-response-ready.
Where GHOST earns its keep
Tech refresh
Retire aging NAS without weekend cutover marathons. Users redirect in hours; the legacy platform stays online only long enough for background fetches, then comes out of service cleanly.
NAS consolidation
Collapse multiple file shares onto one secured platform. Migrate sources sequentially or in parallel; every share inherits the same Cyberstorage protections at cutover.
Modernization
Gain data-centric zero trust protections and cross-protocol access (SMB, NFS, S3, Web Drive) on the data you already have — without rewriting applications.
Post-incident replatforming
Move off compromised infrastructure onto a zero-trust data layer — fast. Cutover is the moment exposure ends; background migration is the cleanup.
Built for environments where the audit matters
GHOST runs on BrickStor SP — engineered for the missions where the cost of being wrong is highest. The migration evidence package is what your accreditation team and your auditors actually ask for.
IT and security teams replatforming file data
IT infrastructure leaders, storage administrators, CIOs, and security teams replatforming file data from legacy NAS or file servers — in public sector, defense, and regulated commercial environments.
GHOST, answered
- GHOST stands for Global Hands-Off Storage Transfer. It is the migration capability built into BrickStor OS 23.9 that cuts users over to BrickStor SP in hours and moves the underlying data in the background.
- Traditional migrations follow the order copy first, cut over last — which is why they take weeks and produce a long window where data is exposed on aging infrastructure. GHOST inverts that order. Users redirect to BrickStor SP first, in hours, and Cyberstorage protections engage at the cutover line. Data then migrates in the background while production keeps running.
- BrickStor SP fetches the file from the source on demand and serves it transparently — the user sees no difference. The fetched file is then migrated and protected on BrickStor SP going forward.
- Any source that presents SMB or NFS — including NetApp, Dell, Windows file servers, Linux NFS servers, and the dozens of other NAS and file-server platforms in the field. GHOST does not require an agent on the source.
- Yes. Source ACLs and file attributes are inherited by the BrickStor SP namespace at cutover. ABAC is layered on at the destination, so legacy POSIX/AD permissions and modern attribute-based policy coexist — no mass re-permissioning project required.
- At cutover — not after migration completes. Active Defense, immutable snapshots, ABAC enforcement, and audit logging are active from the moment users redirect to BrickStor SP. The traditional silent window of exposure between the legacy platform and a fully-protected new platform is eliminated.
- Yes. GHOST runs on BrickStor SP, which uses FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography, aligns to NIST 800-53, supports CMMC controls, and is NDAA Section 889 compliant. The reconciliation report includes file hashes and timestamps suitable for accreditation evidence.
- GHOST is coming in Q3 2026 as part of BrickStor OS 23.9. Contact RackTop to schedule a technical briefing or arrange an early-access conversation.
Availability
GHOST is coming June 2026 as part of BrickStor OS 23.9.
See a Live GHOST Cutover
Schedule a technical briefing with the RackTop team. We'll walk through the architecture, the cutover sequence, and how Cyberstorage protections come online the moment users redirect.