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Archiware P5 & Actidata

Make Space, Take Control, Preserve Data

Actidata offers a broad range of Tape devices and Libraries for companies to protect and preserve their data. The range reaches from single drives to all-in-one solutions with RAID and LTO drive to libraries with up to 560 slots.

Advantages of the Solution

A tape based Backup provides excellent protection against malware, cyber attacks and ransomware. The built-in air gap of LTO tape offers maximum security and an additional option for off-site storage. Together with P5 Backup, an automatic Backup for production data is a major pillar for professional data security and business continuity. Moving completed projects to a tape based archive preserves them for the long-term at unbeatable low cost.

Additionally, investment in constant expansion of production storage can be saved because archiving is the best method to create space on high performance storage. It keeps all important data accessible in one place and reduces the risk of data loss. Archiving also reduces the cost of storage, since tape offers the lowest cost per TB of any medium. Actidata’s libraries can be expanded to hold up to 560 slots for 6.7 PB.

To offer maximum data security, P5 Archive includes a cloning option, creating duplicate sets of tapes for off-site storage. For LTO tape, the parallelization feature provides scalability regarding performance. Multiple drives expand the number of backup/archive/restore jobs running simultaneously.

Actidata offers tape libraries for a broad range of requirements. Combined with Archiware P5 Archive and P5 Backup, the result is an easy-to-use, robust and scalable solution. Access and configuration via browser make it flexible and offer insight from anywhere. P5 supports all Actidata libraries making it the ideal combination for protecting and preserving data at reasonable cost.

Enhanced LTFS Support with P5 Archive

Archiware developed its own LTFS driver to provide an optimized, efficient and robust LTFS service.

What is LTO-9?

LTO tape was created to combine the strong features of some predecessor tape technologies, avoid the weaknesses and create a standard with multiple vendors.

P5 Desktop LTO Edition

Archiware P5 is available in a special P5 Desktop LTO Edition for use with up to two LTO drives. Automatic Backups and long-term Archive on LTO, store production data and protect for the long-term. Now both are available in this special license bundle.

Profit from proven longevity and affordability of LTO media. Extremely easy archiving and backup with P5.

S3 Object Archive

The S3 Object Archive allows external products to access the power and flexibility of archiving to LTO and LTFS storage with the P5 Archive module. Compatible with Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible and Deep Archive storage classes, objects received via the S3 interface are archived with full management of tapes, drives, and libraries. Third-party software, including MAM, DAM, and PAM systems, can now effortlessly archive data, also to LTO tape, using their own S3 client interface.

P5 Archive DLM

P5 Archive DLM enables intelligent, policy driven data management throughout the archive lifecycle. With automated data lifecycle management, volume verification, project based storage monitoring, and flexible retention rules, it ensures that archived data remains organized, compliant, and easy to manage over time.

The LTO Roadmap

New LTO generations are introduced regularly with higher capacity and transfer rates, along with new features to further protect your data and content. LTO specifications for backward compatibility up to generation seven of the technology is to write back one generation and read back two generations. The LTO Program regularly publishes and updates an LTO roadmap with information on new generations.

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