The integration and use of different storage classes (e.g. disk and tape) in the infrastructure offers economic as well as technical and ecological advantages. Inactive data, i.e. data that is only used very rarely, should not be stored on hard disk-based storage systems, but should instead be automatically transferred to …
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 …
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 …
As data volumes grow, so do storage infrastructures, and this encounters companies with major challenges. Initially, the resources have to be provided and integrated. Cost considerations are usually the first priority here. However, the increasing data volumes and correspondingly larger infrastructures also lead to higher energy requirements and more CO2 …
Data replication in the hybrid cloud More and more companies are relying on a mix of different cloud solutions and on-premises S3 storage for backing up large data volumes. This creates flexibility with optimized costs for the storage infrastructure. In such a hybrid cloud infrastructure, data often has to be …
