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 …
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 …
PoINT Storage Manager (PSM) is a file-based tiering and archiving solution. It works with the standard protocols SMB and NFS. In certain application scenarios it can be interesting to provide all advantages of PSM also via an S3 API. Thus, for example, tape libraries or optical systems can be accessed …
Object storage systems are enjoying increasing popularity – and not without reason. An S3 API is a particularly highly valued characteristic: the Simple Storage Service, S3 for short, lives up to its name by making application development much easier. Object storage is ideal for storing large volumes of data. This …
Storage tiering has been a well-known concept in IT for decades. It uses prespecified criteria to store data on one of various different classes of storage system. A storage management system which uses the principles of information lifecycle management (ILM), for example, will move files that have not been accessed for a …
Amazon S3 customers have a range of different storage classes to choose from. Six are currently available. At the top of the hierarchy is “S3 Standard”, a class for frequently accessed data. “S3 Glacier” is designed for long-term archiving. And since early 2019, “S3 Glacier Deep Archive” has been available, …
