[DataCap Application] - CognoCloud

[jessie8o8]

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Large Dataset Notary Application

To apply for DataCap to onboard your dataset to Filecoin, please fill out the following.

Core Information

• Organization Name: CognoCloud
• Website / Social Media: www.cognocloud.ca
• Total amount of DataCap being requested (between 500 TiB and 5 PiB): 2 PiB
• Weekly allocation of DataCap requested (usually between 1-100TiB): 100 TiB
• On-chain address for first allocation: f1e577krmeli4iuclarvl37pbxtthv66ceuuk4hii
• Type: Custom Notary

Please respond to the questions below by replacing the text saying "Please answer here". Include as much detail as you can in your answer.

Project details

Share a brief history of your project and organization. Cloud services company offering iaas and dramas for our customers. We wish to have an archived backup copy of the data

What is the primary source of funding for this project? N/A

What other projects/ecosystem stakeholders is this project associated with? Moose Mining and other reputable North American SPs

Use-case details

Describe the data being stored onto Filecoin VMDKs, VHDs, files, etc of our customers

Where was the data in this dataset sourced from? Our servers and storage in Toronto

Can you share a sample of the data? A link to a file, an image, a table, etc., are good ways to do this. cannot be shared

Confirm that this is a public dataset that can be retrieved by anyone on the Network (i.e., no specific permissions or access rights are required to view the data). Data will be encrypted

What is the expected retrieval frequency for this data? Very rare

For how long do you plan to keep this dataset stored on Filecoin? As long as possible for longer term archiving

DataCap allocation plan

In which geographies (countries, regions) do you plan on making storage deals? United States and Canada

How will you be distributing your data to storage providers? Is there an offline data transfer process? Online over the internet

How do you plan on choosing the storage providers with whom you will be making deals? This should include a plan to ensure the data is retrievable in the future both by you and others. Moose Mining and other reputable North American SPs

How will you be distributing deals across storage providers? There is going to be an offline data transfer process where files are hosted online and other storage providers can download them.

Do you have the resources/funding to start making deals as soon as you receive DataCap? Yes

What support from the community would help you onboard onto Filecoin? ESPA Community

[large-datacap-requests[bot]]

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[dkkapur]

@jessie8o8 - going to need a few things from you for this one:

• based on this https://github.com/filecoin-project/filecoin-plus-large-datasets/issues/414 and your presence in the community, you work for PiKNiK correct?
• given that this application is for a different client, and it is encrypted you will need to meet a higher burden of proof

1. need some form of KYC verification that you are indeed representing CongoCloud. Easiest way to do this is to send an email thread with them and you on it to [email protected] that we can screencap and share with the community.
2. need some proof that the data is actually useful and valuable to bring onto Filecoin for notaries to come onboard with. is there a way for you to share some more details on the nature of the data and why it is being onboarded to Filecoin? Notaries that typically support enterprise use cases include @MegTei @swatchliu @Fenbushi-Filecoin @dannyob @neogeweb3. Others that might be interested: @cryptowhizzard @flyworker.

The default path for encrypted datasets today is what Seal did here: https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/489, however that was with a higher burden of proof that required NDAs to discuss the client and the dataset. If you can garner enough support from at least 5 notaries, we can either proceed the same way or find a better path here.

[cryptowhizzard]

I will support this one, and yes it’s PikNik

[jessie8o8]

Hi @dkkapur,

Correct, I work for PiKNiK! We understand the reasonable doubt you may have and are please to present the following proposal with the support of 5 notaries. The following is the proposal for Cognocloud's dataset. Please let me know if you have any further questions!

Cognocloud LDN Proposal

Project Description We propose the onboarding of 2 PiBs of data to the Filecoin Network to help one of the first ESPA participants onboard their very first customer who provides MSP services to major Canadian and international firms.

Client we are representing : CognoCloud Site: https://cognocloud.ca/ Founded: 2014 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognocloud/about/

ESPA Participant that sourced the client: Moose Mining LLC Cohort: #1 ESPA Cohort #1 Testimonial Video that features Moose Mining: https://youtu.be/dRD0OIxjPeU?t=136

Transparency in KYC CognoCloud is an Ontario-based company and leading provider of disaster recovery as a service, data center design, virtualization & hyperconverged infrastructure. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in modern day enterprise IT infrastructure to allow other companies to grow and scale while protecting the environment from any disasters that may occur. They work to solve problems of modern day data centers at the enterprise scale. The organization serves major companies such as EY, Red River Mutual and AccessSMT.

We are completing a KYC process with CognoCloud with the help of trusted community notaries. Additionally, an email thread has been forward to [email protected] to validate our relationship with senior leadership at CognoCloud.

Data Set CognoCloud protects its significant volume of data in the form of VMDKs and VHDs. Because it is pertinent to the privacy of the customers of CognoCloud, these data should remain private and are considered confidential.

Why is it useful to the Filecoin network? CognoCloud further proves the value of Web2 use cases on our Web3 storage platform. They provide disaster recovery and protect their customers from ransomware, data loss, and hardware failure. Its data is not only useful to CognoCloud, but also their end customers and the data marketplace itself.

Another reason why CognoCloud is useful to the Filecoin network is because they are one of the first private clients willing to work with the ESPA community’s newly trained storage provider participants (Moose Mining, Lucky Strike, etc.), which increases the diversity of SPs willing to support real enterprise and FIL+ data beyond the usual few entities who have recently been dominating LDN requests.

Notaries that Support the Project [person / org / region / Github app]

Kobby Chen / Fenbushi / Greater China / https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/418 Meg Dennis / Holon / Oceania & Global / https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/460 Wijnand / DCENT / Speedium, DCENT BV / Europe / https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/414 Eric / Bytebase / Greater China / https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/419 Julien / Twinquasar/ Europe / https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/468

[s0nik42]

I will support it as well

[Kevin-PiKNiK]

Thanks to @cryptowhizzard and @s0nik42 for the support. Proud to see the progress on this request made with Moose Mining, one of the startups from the very first ESPA Cohort.

[Fenbushi-Filecoin]

We can support the application.

[jessie8o8]

@dkkapur Is this sufficient for approval? Let me know what else is needed.

[Destore2023]

This proposal involves two points we need check: one is whether the actual owner of dataset knows and authorizes Congo Cloud to transfer their data to the public filecoin network (not the same concept with data encryption); The other is that Congo Cloud authorizes PikNik to submit this applications.

We are willing to support this one after these two points are clear.

[raghavrmadya]

Hi @jessie8o8 , can you share more details on how you plan to deploy the 2 PiBs?

[dkkapur]

Confirming that email thread with senior leadership of CognoCloud (Managing Director) was forwarded to the filplus inbox, and specifically suggested they were looking forward to using Filecoin to break into Web3. I think that addresses @swatchliu's comments above.

Two next steps:

• @galen-mcandrew do you think we need a custom LDN multisig for this one given that it is encrypted data? should @jessie8o8 open up an issue in the notary governance repo
• @jessie8o8 can you share any more details about SPs as @raghavrmadya is mentioning - there's MooseMining, PiKNiK, anyone else?

[jessie8o8]

Thanks for the confirmation of the email @dkkapur

@raghavrmadya - We plan to collaborate with other ESPA participants such as HPI3 (Cohort 1 as seen in video), Ideal Storage (Cohort 2).

[Destore2023]

@dkkapur I would like to point out in particular that the first and most important point I mentioned needs to be clarified. The actual owner of private dataset is NOT Congo Cloud. Congo Cloud is only a storage provider.

[raghavrmadya]

We need clarification on @swatchliu's point and support from a 5th notary to proceed @jessie8o8

[kernelogic]

I can support this LDN as well.

[jessie8o8]

Thanks for the support @kernelogic! We are currently reaching out to Cognocloud to answer @swatchliu's question :)

[jessie8o8]

@swatchliu point is addressed by the following comment from Cognocloud:

The customers hired Cogno to protect their data in the event a disaster happens or they lose it. CognoCloud already uses (and have used) 3rd party clouds (such as AWS, Google, Azure etc) for storing customer data for longer term retention as extra failsafe copies. So with Filecoin we have the opportunity to provide our customers a 4th copy of their encrypted data at NO COST, it is simply a win for the customer and it is now part of our service offering moving forward. Assuming storing the data with Filecoin is the same as storing it in any other cloud/data center like AWS, Azure, etc.....this should not be a concern. Should we be concerned about what is happening to the data on Filecoin? AWS/Google/Azure would never be asking us these types of questions as it is not unusual for managed service providers (like Cogno) to use AWS, Azure, etc to store customer backup data. If there's some weird regulation/requirement where each of our customers needs to be onboarded individually, that would be inefficient and complicates things greatly. I hope this helps.

[jessie8o8]

@raghavrmadya Let me know if I'm missing anything to be approved! :)

[glutenfreepolice]

Wait so who exactly is the client here? Why are they hiding? Too many SPs involved. Seems weird.

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[raghavrmadya]

While the client has been satisfied getting support from 5 notaries, all notaries should ensure a high level of confidence before signing this application

[raghavrmadya]

The gov team will create a custom LDN with the notaries who have supported the application.

[galen-mcandrew]

@jessie8o8 Since this is an encrypted dataset, I think it falls under the 'exception' flow for large dataset applications, similar to Antarctic and Beacon.

We are working on a template to make this easier, but in the meantime can you please open an issue in the Notary Goverance Repo similar to these?

Additionally, please add some more explicit information about the distribution of storage providers. It sounds like you are a notary and storage provider, representing (sourcing as bizdev) a web2 org which is willing to perform KYC (not private and undisclosed data owner), the data is encrypted, and you will be distributing deals across storage providers, but not across regions. Is that correct?

[jessie8o8]

Hi @galen-mcandrew . I have opened this application as an issue.

To answer your question (also mentioned in the issue), For this application we are acting as representatives of the Cognocloud (confirmed with an email thread forwarded to [email protected]) . CognoCloud was sourced by MooseMining, an ESPA cohort one participant, and have asked PiKNiK for help with the datacap process. The client has requested the data remain in North America, thus the SP's chosen are all in North America.

Yes, PiKNiK is a notary but we are not acting a notary on this application.

Hope this helps!

[jessie8o8]

@galen-mcandrew @dkkapur @raghavrmadya Please let me know what is needed to move forward with this application :)

[large-datacap-requests[bot]]

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