ESG Lab Testing Affirms Unique Abilities of Quantum Artico Active Archive Appliance

Quantum Corp. announced the results of industry analyst firm The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc.’s evaluation of Quantum’s Artico active archive appliance.

 ESG Lab’s testing confirmed that Artico, which is powered by the company’s StorNext data management technology, offers a tiered archive that is integrated into existing workflows. Artico was shown to work with tape, object storage and cloud repositories while its policy-based data management enables data movement, protection and resiliency, retention and encryption. ESG affirmed that Artico’s NAS connectivity makes it easy to integrate, and its automated tiered storage engine makes it transparent to archive data on demand. Artico offers savings in time and effort while delivering fast access to data and lowering the cost of storing large amounts of data.

ESG Lab Validation Highlights
ESG Lab performed evaluation and testing of Artico in the areas of data access, protection and archive as part of the orchestrated and repeatable pattern of business activity that constitutes a critical user workflow.

Key findings included:

• Easy Configuration: ESG Lab configured Artico to provide a multi-tiered target accessible by users and applications to archive data using standard NAS protocols. Configuration via the Artico dashboard was fast and simple because integration with tape, object storage and the cloud are built in. Artico can be configured as a data store for user workflows and applications and can be integrated with archive solutions such as Veritas Enterprise Vault.
• Management: ESG Lab used StorNext Connect to access Artico from the desktop via a browser and from mobile devices via an app, with StorNext Connect providing guided installation, insight into system status, single-screen management, control and visibility.
• Policy Creation: Artico’s policy engine was used to configure granular control over the behavior, protection and security of data.
• Performance: Artico automatically executed tiering policies to copy data to secondary storage and truncate data on Artico internal disk. Frequently accessed data can be stored on faster media while less active data occupies slower, less costly media. Data was transparently and automatically retrieved as required, regardless of where it was stored.
  

Tony Palmer, senior lab analyst, ESG, said: “Artico’s standard NAS interface makes it easy for users and applications to archive and retrieve data on demand, while providing significant savings in time, effort and cost by automatically integrating a self-protecting archive into existing workflows.“

Stuart Brewton, director of technology management, BET Networks, a Viacom, Inc. company, said: “The rapid increase of data and the need to preserve it for future possible use created a serious strain on our budget. With Artico, we now have a solution that serves as a private cloud resource across departments, enabling us to cost-effectively manage our valuable data assets while keeping them available and secure.“

Geoff Stedman, SVP, marketing and scale-out storage solutions, Quantum, said: “Organizations of all sizes see managing data growth as an increasing priority, and traditional archive approaches often fall short. With Artico’s automated multi-tier approach to archive, data is stored and retained in a system that intelligently places it on the right technology at the right time.“

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