Integrating IBM Storage Ceph with PoINT Archival Gateway for Policy-Based S3-to-Tape Archiving

Introduction Overview of Archival and Tiered Storage Challenges As data growth accelerates, organizations increasingly rely on archival and tiered storage to manage capacity, cost, performance and compliance efficiently. These storage models aim to balance frequently accessed “hot” data with rarely used “cold” data by placing them on appropriate storage tiers. …

Cloud Repatriation: How to Retrieve Data from the Cloud to your own Data Center

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, …