Tape Introduction

Spectrum Archive
The Cognitive Era challenges traditional storage approaches

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I thought Tape was Dead?

Who needs
Tape?

 High growth rate customers

 Customers struggling with cost containment

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The Problem with Big Data

Your Data
 High Speed Random Access
 Minimal response time required
 Frequent access
 I/O intensive

 Rarely, if ever accessed

 Minimal response time required

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IBM Spectrum Archive
Easy-to-use low cost data archive storage

• Use Data stored on tape as easily as disk

• Move files to and from tape without requiring

device-specific software

• Reduce TCO for long-term archive storage up to 90%

• Network attached unstructured data storage with native tape support

using Linear Tape File System (LTFS), delivers the best mix of performance and lowest
cost storage

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IBM Spectrum Archive
New Storage Economics for Archive
Network attached unstructured data storage with native tape support using Linear Tape File System (LTFS), delivers
the best mix of performance and lowest cost storage

Key Capabilities
• Seamless virtualization of storage tiers
• Policy based placement of data
• Single universal namespace for all file data
• Security and protection of assets
• Open, non-proprietary, cross platform interchange

Benefits
• Use data stored on low cost tape as easily as disk
• Optimize data placement for cost and performance
• Enable data file sharing without proprietary software
• Access data anywhere, any place, any time, in any format
• Scalable, low cost

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Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Creates data aware cost optimization
Powerful policy engine
• Information Lifecycle Management
• Fast metadata ‘scanning’ and data movement
• Automated data migration to based on threshold

Users not affected by data migration

• Single namespace
− Example: Online storage reaches 90% full then
move all 1GB or larger files that are 60 days old to
offline to free up space
• Integrated with Spectrum Archive

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Spectrum Archive Value Proposition
 Self-Describing cartridge
‒ Remove requirement to commit long term to tape software application
‒ Content protection in event of database corruption or loss

 Improve content interchange/distribution

‒ Eliminate need for common tape software across enterprise and/or interchange locations
‒ Reduce cost of data interchange vs pro-video

 $/GB, Power
‒ Reduce cost of digital storage – power and $

 Open Standards
‒ Large diverse infrastructure requires open standard
‒ Standard/support of MXF video

 Long Term Content Archive Life

‒ Archive life desire for 50-100 years
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IBM Spectrum Archive: Tape Tier
Spectrum Scale plus Spectrum Archive - Changing the
economics of storage with low cost file system based storage

• Seamlessly incorporates tape storage to keep data online

at much lower costs

• Data still listed in directories

• Once data is accessed it is moved to disk

• Other than longer access times, users have no idea data

is stored on tape

Featuring IBM Tape Drive Technology

• Up to 20TB in single tape cartridge now, 330 TB tape

cartridge in future (Research Demo in 2017)

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Spectrum Storage with Flash, Disk and Tape

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Spectrum Archive – How it works

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Part of Best Practice Discipline: Stay in Shape

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Sample Case Study
Your Data
Customer Analysis

Disk Subsystem Heat Map

High Activity
Elevated Activity
Normal Activity
Low Activity
Inactive
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Sample “Flape” Usage Configuration

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Wikibon “Flape” TCO Case Study

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