IBM Aspera Shares on Demand is a multi-node web transfer application that enables
companies to share content in the form of files and directories of any size within their
organization or with external customers and partners. Shares is powered by IBM Aspera Enterprise Server, which features the Aspera Node API, a daemon providing
REST-enabled file operations and a transfer management API. You can deploy Shares on Demand as either of the following:
- A single server solution that enables sharing content from a single content store and
transfer node.
- A separate server that consolidates multiple content nodes into a single view and enables
management of user access and file transfers across all nodes.
Shares is capable of managing one or more transfer nodes, which can be local, remote, or
cloud-based file systems. Shares accesses the transfer nodes using the Aspera Node API, which
is activated by the Aspera Enterprise Server license.
With Shares you can perform the following tasks:
- Navigate across files and folders to locate and initiate a high-speed file transfer.
- Use search, filtering, and sorting to find individual files or folders in content
stores.
- Provide secure authenticated access with support for users, groups, and directory
services.
- Manage access and visibility of nodes and directories.
- Manage user activities at the directory level.
- Set up a real-time activity feed that keeps track of user actions and operations such as
creating, deleting, and renaming files and directories. Also keep track of all
administration and management functions.
- Configure system logging levels.