XenData Announces Support for ALTO Disk-Based Archives

XenData Inc., a provider of cutting-edge data storage solutions, announces that it is adding support for ALTO disk-based archives from Disk Archive Corporation. ALTO support will be available for XenData X20-S and X40-S appliances which currently support LTO libraries and cloud object storage only. The appliances will deliver a single file system interface that is capable of automatically replicating file instances across LTO libraries, ALTO archives and cloud object storage.The XenData appliances present a single file system that scales to 100+ PB and may be accessed as a standard network share via SMB, NFS and FTP. The appliances adhere to the standard Microsoft security model based on Active Directory. This means that ALTO archives can be easily added to existing Windows domains or workgroups and accessed by standard applications without need for any special APIs.

“Customers will be able to archive their files on ALTO disks, LTO cartridges and public cloud for the ultimate in redundancy across storage types. For those that want to simply archive their content to ALTO, our appliances offer a high-performance storage solution suitable for a range of applications. These include video production, post-production, medical imaging, video surveillance and in science and engineering when there is a need for high-capacity active archives,” said Dr Phil Storey, CEO, XenData.

Compared to other disk-based systems, ALTO provides significant power savings and greatly extended disk lifetimes because any disk that is not being accessed is spun down and switched off. And compared to LTO, ALTO enabled XenData appliances are especially attractive for active archives with a lot of concurrent restores, as multiple disks may be spun up and accessed simultaneously.

The XenData-ALTO systems may be enhanced by adding XenData Media Portal, a web interface for managing video and image files. It allows authorized users to browse the archived file system, view previews of archived video and image files and then download selected content.

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ALTO support for the X20-S and X40-S appliances will be available in late October 2025.

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