Create massive online media archives Eliminate tape economically Reduce space and power requirements

The requirement to keep storage online for 5-10+ years is being compounded by the digital revolution. Information generated by individual consumer electronics devices, compliance data, and de-duplicated data stores are responsible for the substantial increase in the deployment of disk-based data archive systems across a broad set of vertical markets and applications.

Once the exclusive domain of magnetic tape - the evolution of cost-effective high-capacity SATA storage is making online, disk-based data archiving possible and cost-effective. The storage industry has now reached a storage cost inflection point, whereby SATA-based disk archives are a suitable alternative to tape archives.

S2A Capacity Optimized Storage Systems feature many key advantages over tape-based archive systems, including:

• High speed data search and retrieval capabilities which rival or exceed tape
• Superior density compared to large tape silos
• Long-term data integrity protections, featuring SATAssure technology, support multi-year data retention requirements
  • Spinning media is not prone to the type of wear & tear that a tape cartridge endures after long-term use which results in tape stretching and tape breakage.
  • Any system's inability to read a broken tape cartridge renders data retrieval operations useless.
  • Because spinning media is not infallible, innovative DirectOS and SATAssure technology technology ensures that while a disk may fail, applications are protected at the S2A appliance-level from data unavailability or performance degradation.

Our S2A technology bridges the gap between primary storage and offline storage by providing much faster data access than offline storage at a cost much lower than primary storage. This makes the S2A Active Archive storage system ideal for data protection and retention applications such as disk-to-disk archival and Information Lifecycle Management.

Archival applications used with S2A Capacity Optimized Storage Systems include:

• High-Performance Storage System
• Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
• Shared File System & Storage Manager 

Capacity: S2A Capcity Optimized Storage Systems are packaged with 48-drive 4U storage enclosuress, populated with 1TB SATA drives. Users can deploy as much as 80.7TB per sq. foot. With simple cabling configurations and easy-to-service features, it's easy to deploy nearly a petabyte in only 2 datacenter racks.