The PivotStor AP Series tape libraries provide reliable, automated data protection for organisations that require affordable unattended data protection, and have outgrown the capabilities of entry-level tape autoloaders. Offering cost effectiveness not available in most tape autoloaders, you can more easily free up valuable IT resources, further minimize human error, backup more data quickly, and generate offsite archive copies of your critical data to meet your growing data retention requirements, and reinforce your business continuity plan.

PivotStor's 2U, 4U & 8U rack-mount tape libraries are available in LTO3 or LTO4 models with the flexibility of either Fibre Channel (FC), SAS or SCSI/LVD connectivity. Find out more Here

KISS - Addressing the Archive Challenge

Addressing the Archiving Problem: How do you address the archiving problem? Infrastructure is important, but the key to a successful archive solution is an understanding of the real problems you are trying to solve SO KISS (KEEP IT SIMPLE SILLY).

1) Asses you current Digital Assets The diagram on the right depicts a common data structure among Australian SME's. It is interesting to note that File Data consumes greater then 50% of the  total IT Spending on Storage. 2) Asses the Business Requirements There has to be a business case for archiving There are many benefits to implementing Archiving Strategies, including; - Saving costs in Backup and Disaster Recovery Operations (Archiving Reduces the Need to backup certain data) - Cost Savings through reduced energy consumption and cooling costs for your infrastructure - Reduced costs for data management, by focussing on the most profitable aspects of the Operating Environment - Minimise exposure to Litigation and Compliance, through policy based archiving solutions There is a common theme here; Archiving has a good case if the organisation wants to save money

3) Maximise your existing investments

Many organisations spend considerable amounts of money acquiring the latest technology to deliver efficient operating environment for users to conduct business processes productively. The problem is in many cases 80% of content residing on these highly efficient (and extremely expensive) storage systems/environments is not being used. Thus causing bottlenecks to the overall efficiency of the Operating Environment,

KISS Principle suggests to move these data assets that still have business value to less expensive, easy to manage and maintain Storage, to free up the high availability of the primary operating environment;

4) The TCO is the key

The old adage of Storage Management was to throw more disk (Magnetic Disk $$$$) at the problem.

i.e. The mail server is out of space, we need to go out and quickly buy more expensive magnetic disk to grow this volume. The issue with this scenario is by now you’re probably up to your 4th Disk expansion and every time you add more Disks you have to add more people to manage it, more software to manage the growing volumes and more backup hardware/software to ensure nothing happens to the volatile properties of magnetic disk (Three disk failure in RAID 6).

All these add to the bottom line and further stretch the almighty dollar.

Send me an email if you would like further information on KISS Principal of Archiving (brucem@austor.com.au)

Bruce Macdonald

Aust-STOR Data Storage

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PivotStor AP Series rack-mountable tape libraries are available in LTO3 or LTO4 models with the flexibility of either Fibre Channel (FC), SAS or SCSI/LVD connectivity. They come out of the box ready to be installed and connected to either a server or SAN, and they feature an easy-to-use operator control panel (OCP) and a web browser-based remote management user (RMU) interface to execute setup and diagnostics, check library status, operations and logs, and upgrade firmware.

The AP Series is available in 2U, 4U or 8U rack-mount configurations. 2U models can hold up to 24 tapes in two magazines, with a compressed capacity capability of up to 38.4TB, and is ideal for customers who are moving from direct-attach tape drives or tape autoloaders. 4U models can hold up to 48 tapes in 4 12-slot magazines, with a compressed capacity capability of up to 76.8TB. Finally, the 8U models can hold up to 96 tapes in 8 12-slot magazines, with a compressed capacity capability of up to 153.6TB.

2U rack-mount configuration
2U models can hold up to 24 tapes in two magazines, with a compressed capacity capability of up to 38.4TB, and is ideal for customers who are moving from direct-attach tape drives or tape autoloaders.

4U rack-mount configuration
4U models can hold up to 48 tapes in 4 12-slot magazines, with a compressed capacity capability of up to 76.8TB.

8U rack-mount configuration
8U models can hold up to 96 tapes in 8 12-slot magazines, with a compressed capacity capability of up to 153.6TB.

Over the coming month of February- Aust-STOR are putting together online videos of 'how to' on the NorthSeas Email Archiving Appliance

Customers and Resellers can see the features and 'Search & Replay' in Action