StorageQuest Archive Manager 4.0 Available

StorageQuest
Inc. announced
the public availability of the StorageQuest Archive Manager (SAM).

Formerly known as the Optical Volume Manager (OVM), the StorageQuest Archive
Manager now supports IBM tape libraries and LTFS volume spanning providing a
powerful high capacity archival solution.

StorageQuest Archive Manager 4.0 provides
automated management and archiving of data to IBM tape libraries using volume
spanning across multiple LTO media. The software creates a virtual drive letter
for each of the tape libraries connected to a network allowing users to
create virtual volumes representing one or many tape cartridges in one or
multiple IBM tape libraries. Virtual drive letters allow users to drag
and drop important files and folders from local HDDs or networks to the IBM
tape library. Alternatively, the (SAM) sync feature allows specified folder
locations on the network or a local server to be monitored and new files will
automatically write to the tape library in the background. Software
applications can access this drive letter as the tape library appears as a
regular HDD.

With the use of the SAM, long term
archiving is now possible with the IBM tape library. Search capability
and Off-Line Media tracking lets users know which cartridge contains
data that may have been removed from the library.

The IBM developed LTFS is an open format
file system and the tapes written can be read back in virtually any LTO drive
and without any third-party software regardless of the manufacturer.

"We are
excited to add IBM Tape Library support to our portfolio of supported storage
technologies," says Brendan Lelieveld-Amiro, director product development. "Coupled with our SAM Software, this solution
will be an excellent fit for some of our most demanding installations."

"StorageQuest support for tape library
systems is an add-on to a long list of supported devices to serve a wider
client base. It provides the most economical solution to large corporations
with ever increasing needs of online, near-line and offline storage," says
president and CEO, Marwan Zayed.

StorageQuest Archive Manager Software can
be used with all archive storage technologies such as tape, optical and RDX.