State that survives the machine.
Cinch gives each ephemeral workload a fast, local, versioned environment that comes back with the same files and database every time they start. Run it in your cloud, in your data center, or in Cinch Cloud.
ephemeral workload
temporary compute
attach
cinch data environment
sdk
filesystem
sql
checkpoint
hot
local disk
durable
cloud storage
interfaces
One state engine. The right handle for each workload.
Different workloads touch state in different ways. Some need an API, some need normal paths, and some need a database query engine. Cinch keeps one data environment underneath all three.
SDK
Use it when your app owns the workflow.
Read, write, list, snapshot, restore without a mount.
Filesystem
Use it when tools expect a computer.
grep, tar, package managers, shells, build tools.
SQL
Use it when the workload needs fast queries.
Run embedded SQLite locally; checkpoint to cloud storage at the boundary you choose.