The Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is an ISO/IEC standardized file system format for tape media. LTFS drivers are available for all major operating system environments and provide read and write access to LTFS-formatted tapes. Some object storage systems, which can also store data on tape media, use LTFS as …
There are many advantages to storing data in the cloud. It offers flexibility, scalability, and reduces the maintenance burden on in-house IT staff. However, more and more organizations are choosing to move back from the cloud to their own data centers: “Cloud repatriation” is the process of bringing data, applications, …
PoINT Archival Gateway (PAG) 4.0 is a tape-based S3 object storage and provides Glacier compatible functionality. This on-prem Glacier solution with tape integration can be used by all applications which support object storage as target based on Amazon S3 Glacier. Exactly this functionality is added in Veeam Backup & Replication …
Object storage on tape using the S3 interface is a convincing answer to the unabated data growth. In the object storage sector, hard disks are predominantly used. However, with increasing data volumes, there is a need for more cost efficient alternatives – especially for data that does not need to …
Before an S3 application can store objects on a tape storage system with PoINT Archival Gateway (PAG), a so-called object repository has to be created in PoINT Archival Gateway. An object repository is a kind of container for objects with overall configuration options. PoINT Archival Gateway does not limit the …
As the range of applications for object storage systems continues to expand, two issues come to the fore: Advantages and disadvantages of different storage classes One solution approach is to combine different storage classes within the storage infrastructure. The storage classes differ in their characteristics – and thus also in …
