Active Circle Releasing Active Data Mover

Active Circle SA announced Active Data Mover, a tool for automating the movement of data from primary to secondary storage.

It is designed to move data off the expensive primary storage devices such as SANs, scale-out NAS or high-speed disk arrays, and to provide an integration with Active Circle as the secondary storage.

As secondary storage, the company provides a disk or tape-based secure storage space with unlimited scalability and infinite data retention. It keeps the directory structure unchanged to let the users find their data.

The Active Data Mover offers copy, sync or move policies, data filters, a scheduler and a monitoring interface. The engine is a web-based application running on a standard server. It integrates with the rest of the Active Circle software suite using the AMC, the Active Circle web services API.

"Our customers store huge collections of bulky files such as video, images or technical data. They realize that only a few percent of this data really needs to sit on primary storage, while secondary storage can be ten times more affordable per terabyte. With our Active Data Mover, they will be able to optimize their storage infrastructure," says Philippe Boyon, VP marketing Active Circle