Professional Archive Solutions from QStar and Alliance Storage

P r o f e s s i o n a l A r c h i v e So l u t i o ns from
QStar and Alliance Storage Technologies
Companies are facing new financial and regulatory realities that are having a major impact on storage management
within the data center. Organizations across virtually every industry are now required to comply with government
regulations and meet strict internal policies on the long term preservation of digital information. Increased data
retention periods are being applied to a greater number of data types in a financial climate of reduced IT budgets.
This situation is forcing organizations to store more data for longer periods of time with less money. The solution is
a cost effective data archive strategy designed to meet corporate and regulatory obligations. A well designed archive
integrates appropriate technology to optimize storage resources, reducing cost and legal risk.
QStar Technologies and Alliance Storage Technologies (ASTI) have 50 years of combined industry experience helping
companies manage and retain their digital assets. Using the 3-2-1 Archiving and Data Protection Best Practice, the
QStar management software and ASTIʼs Plasmon UDO (Ultra Density Optical) G-Series libraries provide professional
archive solutions that directly address todayʼs financial and regulatory challenges.
The 3-2-1 Archiving and Data Protection Best Practice
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A 3-2-1 strategy using QStarʼs archive platform
and an Alliance G-Series UDO library can
optimize IT infrastructure by reducing cost and
complexity, while providing the essential tools
for regulatory compliance.
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3-2-1 Archive Benefits
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Delivers robust availability to archive data
Optimizes the use of existing IT infrastructure
Reduces the demand for IT capital acquisition
Improves disaster recovery response time
Eliminates backup overhead for archive data
Extends data and system refresh cycles
Lowers power consumption costs and carbon footprint
Creates a foundation for regulatory compliance
copies
The 3-2-1 Best Practice provides a field proven
framework for the deployment of a professional
archive. Endorsed by leading storage analysts,
the 3-2-1 Best Practice recommends that a
professional archive retain 3 copies of all critical
data, these copies should be archived on 2
different storage technologies, with 1 copy
offsite on removable media. This simple yet
powerful strategy forms a cost effective and
resilient archive foundation that no business can
afford to be without.
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3
Active
Redundancy
Copy of
Record
media
types
2
1
Fast
Access
1
2
Optical / Tape
copy
offsite
RAID and Optical / Tape
Primary Data Center
1
Secondary Site
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http://www.qstar.com/321_bestpractice.html
Q S t a r P r o f e s s i o n a l Archive
QStarʼs archive platform offers enterprise data management functionality with a choice of the SntrySTR network
attached appliance or open system HSM software running on Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OS X operating systems. A
QStar solution enables a 3-2-1 Best Practice through a unique tiered storage model that manages the location,
retention and replication of data throughout its lifecycle.
In combination with an ASTI G-Series library, the QStar solution migrates static data off expensive primary storage to
more cost effective UDO media for long term storage. This architecture maximizes IT resources by releasing space on
expensive primary storage and reducing backup overheads. QStarʼs policy management controls where and for how
long data is retained, providing audit trail accountability for regulatory and legal purposes.
By managing a defined number of data copies on multiple media types, across distributed sites, the QStar platform
meets the redundancy and preservation objectives of the 3-2-1 model. To satisfy the final stage of the 3-2-1 Best
Practice, QStar also provides complete offline UDO media management, delivering a very cost effective and resilient
disaster recovery strategy. The SntrySTR appliance and HSM software consolidate valuable data into a managed archive
environment that makes efficient use of limited IT resources and supports corporate policies for legal and regulatory
compliance.
QStar Prof essional Archive Ben e f i t s
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Optimizes the use of storage infrastructure
Manages the retention and lifecycle of data
Reduces backup overheads
Lowers the cost of disaster recovery
Controls the demand for IT capital acquisition
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Alliance Professional Archive
ASTI is the exclusive manufacturer of Plasmon storage technology, including Libraries, Drives and Media. Allianceʼs GSeries family of automated optical libraries use UDO (Ultra Density Optical) drives and media technology. Designed
specifically for the demands of long term archival storage, UDO delivers unmatched 100 year data life, and
unquestioned WORM (Write Once Read Many) recording. Housed in a robust removable cartridge, UDO is ideally suited
for the 3-2-1 Best Practice including cost effective offline storage. The highly flexible G-Series library family scales to
over 38TB in a single system, providing a powerful combination of archive capacity, data longevity and record
authenticity.
UDO drive and media technology lie at the heart of a G-Series archive. This high capacity blue laser optical technology,
UDO2 media (60GB) and UDO1 media (30GB), provides state-of-the-art storage functionality. UDOʼs true WORM
recording process prevents stored data from being altered in any way which ensures the very highest degree for data
authenticity. The UDO standard simply canʼt be matched by magnetic disk or tape storage, and UDOʼs read after write
verification process for every file is a key requirement for many organizations with sensitive data or records that are
regulated by industry or government agencies. Offline tracking of UDO media is securely administered with unique
barcode labels and media serial numbers for every disk to prevent media loss or tampering.
An impressive list of worldwide customers already benefit from the compelling business proposition offered by a GSeries UDO library and QStar archive platform. These organizations have deployed archive solutions with a much lower
total cost of ownership than a RAID alternative, with dramatically reduced power consumption. A G-Series UDO library
provides a much greener archive solution that optimizes data center resources, and meets the strict compliance
standards for data authenticity.
Alliance Professional Archive B e n e f i t s
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Extends media and data life
Protects and preserves archive data
Ensures record authenticity
Reduces power consumption
Creates a foundation for regulatory compliance
Single Site, Singl e A r c h i ve wi t h O f f l i n e U D O M e d i a
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ASTI
G-Series
QStar
SntrySTR
or HSM
UDO Library
Disk Cache
BEST PRACTICE
Offline
UDO Media
Archive Direct
from Applications
Multiple Site, Redundant Archive with Offline UDO Media
QStar
SntrySTR or HSM
with DDR
Disk Cache
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ASTI
G-Series
BEST PRACTICE
UDO Library
Primary Site
Archive Direct
from Applications
Network
Migrator
WAN
Fast RAID
Archive
using SDJ
Disaster
Recovery Site
Client & Server
File Migration
SntrySTR
Offline
UDO Media
Q S t a r a n d A l l i a n c e J o i n t A r c h i v e S olution
A 3-2-1 strategy using QStarʼs archive platform and an Alliance G-Series UDO library optimizes IT infrastructure
by reducing cost and complexity, while providing the essential foundation for regulatory compliance.
Capacity
Slot Count
ASTI Series
Based on
UDO2
with maximum
no. of drives
38TB
638
G-Series
26TB
438
14TB
No. of UDO
Drives
ASTI Model
Number***
QStar SntrySTR and HSM
Model Number*
2 - 12
G638-W6W6N0
QSS-6000-01
STR-HSM-40U
G-Series
2 - 12
G438-W6W6N0
238
G-Series
2 - 12
G238-W6W6N0
10TB
164
G-Series
2 - 12
G164-W6W6N0
9.5TB
158
G-Series
2-6
G174-W6N0
QSS-6000-01
STR-HSM-10U
HSM-10U-WIN
4.3TB
72
G-Series
2-4
G80-W4N0
QSS-6000-01
HSM-05U-WIN
1.9TB
32
G-Series
1-2
G32-W2N0
QSS-6000-01
HSM-02U-WIN
1.4TB
24
G-Series
1-2
G24-W2N0
QSS-6000-01
HSM-02U-WIN
Solution requires one
of the models below
QStar HSM for Windows
Model Number**
Solution requires one of the models below. If choosing
HSM then an appropriate server is also required.
QSS-6000-01
STR-HSM-26U
QSS-6000-01
STR-HSM-14U
QSS-6000-01
STR-HSM-10U
HSM-40U-WIN
HSM-26U-WIN
HSM-14U-WIN
HSM-10U-WIN
* - SntrySTR also supports SDJ for disk caching of all archived data on UDO
** - HSM is also available for Linux, Apple Mac, Solaris, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX and HP/UX substitute WIN for LNX, MAC, SOL, AIX, SGI or HPX
*** - QStar Solutions can support multiple G-Series libraries
ASTI partcodes Gxxx-AyByCy
Gxxx
A
B
C
y
G series model number
On 1st SCSI BUS (W=UDO2, U=UDO1,
M=9.1GB MO, N=Not Present)
On 2nd SCSI BUS when available (W=UDO2, U=UDO1,
M=9.1GB MO, N=Not Present)
On 3rd SCSI BUS when available (W=UDO2, U=UDO1,
M=9.1GB MO, N=Not Present)
Number of specified drives
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QStar partcodes QSS-6000, STR-XXXX-yyyT, XXXX-yyyT-AAA
QSS-6000
STR
AAA
XXXX
XXXX
XXXX
XXXX
yyy
O
U
2U SntrySTR NAS appliance
Additional software installed on the SntrySTR
Software installed on a server (e.g. WIN = Windows)
HSM = single copy to one library
DDR1 = mirror within one library
DDR2 = mirror to two local libraries
DDR3 = mirror to two remote libraries
Capacity managed
Optical Technology used
UDO Technology
Contact Information
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Phone: 850 - 2 4 3 - 0 9 0 0
Fax: 850-2 4 3 - 4 2 3 4
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Fax: +39 0245101745
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