XtreemStore is a scalable object storage software for the archive medium tape
The XtreemStore software allows you to install an on-premise object store that offers an unbeatable total cost of ownership (TCO) by using tape as the archive medium.
Object storage has established itself on the market because of its arbitrary scaling and comparatively low costs per terabyte. AWS has set the market standard with its S3 interface, which many manufacturers follow. The AWS service “Deep Glacier” offers the lowest storage costs per terabyte, as this storage service is based on LTO magnetic tapes. GRAU DATA now has over 30 years of experience with storage solutions based on magnetic tapes. Based on magnetic tapes. Since magnetic tapes will continue to be the most cost-effective way to Since magnetic tapes will remain the most cost-effective way of archiving data in the long term, we decided years ago to implement a new software architecture. This software has now been available for some time under the product name “XtreemStore”.
The XtreemStore software offers many advantages compared to other solutions:
Native S3 implementation incl. AWS Deep Glacier Command Set
HSM Managed Filesystem for Win/Lin available
Open standards with TAR container on LTFS tape format
Vertical and horizontal scalability
High availability through multiple copies
Rest API for third party applications
Metadata driven archiving
Intuitive WebGUI and CLI
7 x 24 support from Germany
Unbeatable total cost of ownership (TCO)
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Nina Mangold
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GRAU DATAFAQ
Which standards does the XtreemStore software support?
XtreemStore writes TAR containers in LTFS format to magnetic tapes. This enables customers to read out the data in the long term even without the XtreemStore software.
What hardware does the XtreemStore software support?
The XtreemStore software supports all common server, disk and tape libraries. Currently, LTO drives and LTO tapes from LTO 6 to LTO 9 are supported.
Long-term hardware independence is an essential product criterion.
Which interfaces does the XtreemStore software support?
The XtreemStore software supports the S3 interface according to the AWS specification.
The S3 AWS Glacier Command Set is also supported. This means that all applications that support this command set can use the XtreemStore software as an alternative.
Optionally or additionally, there is also a Windows- and Linux-based file system interface (XtreemStore Client).
How scalable is the XtreemStore software?
The very highly scalable embedded NoSQL database has no known limitations on objects. In order to increase the data throughput, several parallel servers can be installed, which means that in addition to vertical scalability, horizontal scalability is also possible.
In practical tests, 1.5 billion files were written to a bucket without any impairment of performance being measured. If necessary, the number of buckets can be expanded almost at will.
With the XtreemStore software, customers are prepared for the “exabyte age”.