Amberg Engineering AG has looked for a solution to archive inactive data. According to an internal data analysis approximately 80% of the data volume was inactive. A solution had to be found for off-loading the primary storage and for using it more efficiently. It was important for the company that inactive data was - even after the purging process - still in transparent access for the users. By PoINT Storage Manager a two-tiered HSM architecture could be implemented fulfilling all company requirements.
"We were looking for a solution archiving data transparently according to our data classification. Off-loading our expensive primary storage and meeting our backup-windows again was extremely important for us. All our requirements were fulfilled by PoINT Storage Manager, and in addition the solution is easy to use."
- Susan Amberg, Amberg Engineering AG
Challenges
- Purging and archiving inactive data to secondary storage
- Automated policy-based operations
- Permanent transparent access to archived data via primary storage
- Company internal requirements for archiving (Compliance)
Solution - PoINT Storage Manager
- Policy-based archiving of inactive data from primary storage (EMC VNX 5300) to secondary storage (Crossroads StrongBox with a subsequent tape library)
- “Stubbing” mechanism for transparent file access to archived data
- Read access of archived data without re-storing via „Pass Through“
- Automated re-storing in case of modification
Advantages
- More efficient usage of primary storage by purging inactive data to secondary storage
- Time and cost savings by reduced backup-volume
- Permanent access to inactive data via primary storage system (access by stubs)
- Fulfillment of company internal compliance