Quantum StorNext AEL Archives
Cost-Effective Tiering for Long-Term Digital Archives
Cost-Effective Tiering for Long-Term Digital ArchivesSTORNEXT SOLUTIONS FOR DEMANDING WORKFLOWSFrom DNA sequencing to hi-definition video editing to seismic exploration, customers across industries are experiencing tremendous growth in unstructured digital assets. This digital content is very high in volume, is growing at high rates, and has great value to the business or institution. Like all Quantum StorNext® Appliances, StorNext AEL Archives are purpose-built for extreme data environments, offering high-performance, highly scalable data management solutions that are also cost effective and easy to manage. When added to a StorNext file system deployment, StorNext AEL Archives provide near-line archiving with built-in data protection and self-healing capabilities to ensure that valuable digital assets are protected and accessible over time. COST-EFFECTIVE, HIGH-CAPACITY TIERED STORAGEStorNext AEL Archives use automated, policy-based tiering and cost-effective tape storage to deliver petabytes of data accessible to users through a simple file system interface. By extending the StorNext file system with the StorNext AEL Archive, you can move seldom-accessed data to inexpensive tape media that requires very little power, cooling, or floor space. The data migration and tiering is all transparent to users—when a user saves a file to the StorNext File System, it remains accessible, regardless of its location. StorNext AEL6 starts at 125TB (50 slots of LTO-6) and can grow to 4.8PB (800 slots of LTO-7). StorNext AEL6000 scales up to 72PB with 12,006 slots of near-line storage using LTO-7. StorNext Vaulting with the Active Vault license for StorNext AEL6 and AEL6000 will store vaulted tapes in an inactive partition of the library for faster access and greater security than vaulting outside the library. SELF-HEALING ARCHIVEStorNext AEL Archives ensure data integrity through policy-based Extended Data Life Management (EDLM). EDLM tests and verifies the media in the archive and provides health reports for all cartridges. If EDLM identifies a suspect tape cartridge, EDLM interacts with StorNext, and the data on the original cartridge is automatically copied to a new cartridge, creating a self-healing archive solution. INVESTMENT PROTECTION WITH SLOT-BASED PRICINGStorNext AEL Archives use slot-based pricing to guarantee investment protection over the lifetime of the archive. As tape media capacities increase from one generation to another, the capacity of a purchased StorNext AEL Archive can increase—with no additional software license fees—making the initial investment affordable and its long-term TCO unbeatable. |
Features + Benefits
Automated tiering
Based on user-defined policies, infrequently accessed files are automatically migrated to economical tape media, reducing costs so more content can be retained and protected.
Capacity-on-demand growth
Simplifies storage growth by scaling quickly, easily, and without disruption.
Slot-based pricing model
Customers significantly increase archive capacities when they migrate already purchased StorNext AEL Archives to a new LTO tape technology (i.e. LTO-6 to LTO-7).
Self-healing
Extended Data Life Management (EDLM) capability automatically copies data on suspect tapes to new tape media.
Active Vault
Secure in-library vaulting saves cost, increases security, and simplifies access to vaulted content.
Reduced management costs
Automated data tiering, tape data integrity checking + self-healing means less management time and optimal utilization.
World-class support from one vendor
All software, hardware, and support come from the experts at Quantum.
Technical Specifications
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