IBM System Storage Archive Manager

IBM® System Storage Archive Manager facilitates compliance with the most stringent regulatory requirements

It helps manage and simplify retrieval of the increasing amount of data that organizations must retain for strict records retention regulations.

• Flexible retention and expiration policies; changes to policies can be applied to stored data without retrieving the data
• Retention hold facility to ensure data is not deleted during legal proceedings
• Includes built-in data deduplication to help reduce capacity requirements
• Can manage up to 4 billion data objects in a single instance; an object can be a file or a ‘chunk’ of a deduplicated file
• Runs on vendor-neutral storage technology, giving you the ability to retain your data on hundreds of different types of disk, tape, optical and DVD
• Ensure data longevity with automated migration between storage devices and tiers
• Off-site protection of data
• Permits users to archive files from their workstations or file servers
• Managed by an internal IBM DB2 database that is self-tuning and self-maintaining to provide exceptional reliability and performance while minimizing administrative tasks

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Features, advantages and benefits

Features	Advantages	Benefits
Policy Driven	Reduces manual operations	Intelligent integration and management of data based on business needs
100’s of storage devices supported	Flexible protection	Minimizes operation costs by utilizing current infrastructure
Expiration/Deletion Suspension	Data will not be deleted or modified until the deletion hold is released	Meet regulatory requirements
Event-based Retention Management	Data is retained based on a time interval after the occurrence of a retention-initiating event	Meet regulatory requirements
Data Retention Protection	Data will not be deleted until the retention criteria for the object is satisfied	Meet regulatory requirements

• Archive Manager runs on vendor neutral storage technology, giving you the ability to utilize hundreds of different types of disk, tape, optical and DVD to retain your data on

• Hierarchical storage capabilities allows you to create policies so data is stored on the type of media that best meets that data's longevity, access speed and cost needs

• Migration automates the moving of the data from one type of media to another as media needs change, and as new types of media become available in the market. This not only helps ensure data longevity, but also allows for data to be stored on the type of media that best meets its speed of access and cost needs.

• Archive Manager's expiration policies expire the data when it is no longer needed, thus freeing up the storage media, and saving you money

• Off-site protection of the data is standard in Archive Manager. Off-site copies can be created onto any of the hundreds of types of media supported, and like the primary copy is policy managed to allow for expiration.

• The archive client program permits users to archive files from their workstations or file servers to archive retention protected storage, and also retrieve archived copies of files to their local workstations

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