HSM for Tape and Optical
- HSM Archiving Solution
PoINT Archiver identifies files based upon defined policies, and purges these transparently from Windows NTFS based storage systems and NetApp FAS systems. By replacing files with links, directory entries remain at the primary storage systems while the file contents are written to designated archive storage devices.
By this process the expensive primary storage space is released while the original file system structure remains. Whenever purged files are accessed,
PoINT Archiver delivers these automated from the archive storage to provide transparent access to the application.
As secondary storage, PoINT Archiver provides direct attached support for different device classes (single drives, loaders, libraries) of tape and optical based systems.
More efficient use of primary storage space
Automatic removal (“transparent migration”) of data to be archived provides release for primary storage systems which - as a consequence -can be used more efficiently. Expensive add-ons are required less often and storage capacity available can be used optimally for active data.
Optimized backup process
Backup volumes of the primary storage system will be significantly decreased as only directory entries for archived data need to be saved. E.g., backups and possible retrievals are processed much speedier. In addition, backup media respectively backup space will be reduced considerably.
