Modern data environments require different technologies for different requirements.
Arkicon provides information and expertise around professional SAN, NAS and DAS storage, backup, LTO tape and long-term archiving solutions.
Our objective is to help customers and partners understand the available technologies and identify the right approach for their data protection and storage requirements.
No single storage technology is ideal for every use case. SAN, NAS and DAS systems provide fast and flexible access to online data, while LTO tape offers an efficient option for backup, offline copies and long-term retention. Backup and archive software connects these technologies into manageable workflows.
Arkicon focuses on explaining these options and how they can complement each other.
Professional storage platforms for primary data, shared storage, virtualisation, backup repositories and high-capacity environments.
Depending on the application, solutions can provide block, file or direct-attached access, high availability, snapshots, replication and scalable capacity.
Backup creates independent copies of business-critical data and is a fundamental element of every data protection strategy.
Modern backup infrastructures can combine SAN/NAS storage, software-defined storage, LTO tape and backup software to balance recovery speed, retention and cost.
LTO tape is designed for high-capacity data storage, backup and long-term retention. Tape media can be physically removed from the online environment and be used to create offline copies.
Solutions range from standalone LTO drives to automated tape libraries with multiple drives and hundreds or thousands of cartridges.
Backup and archive serve different purposes. While backup focuses primarily on recovery, archiving is designed to preserve data efficiently over long periods and make it available when required.
Archive environments can use SAN/NAS, LTO/LTFS tape and cloud storage, depending on access frequency, retention requirements and data volume.
An offline copy adds an important independent layer to a data protection strategy. Removable LTO media can be physically separated from production networks, creating a physical air gap.
Combined with appropriate backup policies, encryption, WORM media and off-site storage, tape can strengthen cyber-resilience and recovery preparedness.
A simple way to view modern data protection is as a continuous lifecycle:
Keep data available and accessible.
Reduce risks to online data.
Create independent copies.
Preserve data efficiently for the long term.
Restore data when it is needed.
Qualstar develops standards-based LTO tape libraries for backup, archive and long-term data retention.
The Q Series portfolio ranges from compactentry-level libraries to scalable enterprise automation, including the Q8, Q24, Q40, Q80 and Q1000+ platforms.
UNITEX specializes in LTO solutions with a particular focus on easy-to-use standalone tape systems. Its portfolio includes USB/LTO and USB/SAS LTO drives designed to make tape technology accessible for workstations, servers and environments where a traditional SAS-only tape connection is not practical.
euroNAS develops hardware-independent storage and virtualisation software for standard x86 server platforms. The portfolio includes multi-protocol SAN/NAS storage, high-availability cluster solutions, Ceph-based scale-out storage with eEKAS and the eEVOS virtualisation platform.
Archiware develops the P5 data management platform for backup, archiving and replication. P5 supports storage on disk, LTO tape and cloud and is available across multiple operating systems. Its modular approach includes P5 Backup, P5 Archive, P5 Synchronize and P5 Archive DLM.
Eterio provides powerful servers and computing platforms for demanding business and technical applications.
The portfolio ranges from rack servers and high-density systems to GPU-accelerated platforms for AI, data analytics and High Performance Computing.
Flexible configurations based on industry-standard hardware make it possible to tailor systems to specific performance, capacity and application requirements.
OSNEXUS develops QuantaStor, a unified software-defined storage platform for file, block and object storage.
QuantaStor uses technologies including OpenZFS and Ceph and can scale from individual storage appliances to multi-node storage grids.
The platform is designed for SAN, NAS, scale-outstorage, high availability, backup storage and other enterprise storageworkloads on standard server hardware.
QNAP offers a wide range of network and enterprise storage systems, from compact NAS appliances to rack mount, all-flashand scale-out platforms.
Depending on the product family, QNAP solution ssupport file services, iSCSI storage, snapshots, replication, virtualization and backup applications.
The broad portfolio makes QNAP suitable for SMB, professional and enterprise environments with different capacity and performance requirements.
PoINT Software & Systems develops software for data and storage management, archiving and object storage.
Its portfolio includes PoINT Storage Manager for file tiering and archiving, PoINT Archival Gateway for S3-based object storage on disk and tape, and PoINT Data Replicator for file and object replication.
PoINT solutions are particularly relevant for long-term data retention, storage tiering, S3-to-tape workflows and the optimization of hybrid storage infrastructures.
SYMPLY develops professional storage and LTO solutions with a strong focus on media, creative and data-intensive workflows.
The portfolio includes direct-attached and shared storage, high-performance portable storage, S3/object storage, cloud services and LTO tape systems.
SYMPLY combines online storage and tape technologies for workflows that require high throughput, portability, collaboration, backup and long-term archiving.
QSAN develops enterprise storage systems for SAN and NAS environments.
Its portfolio includes high-availability storage arrays, unified storage platforms and expansion systems designed for virtualization, databases, backup, file services and other business-critical workloads.
QSAN solutions cover different performance and capacity requirements and include both flash and HDD-based enterprise storage architectures.
Arkicon's role is not to present one technologyas the answer to every storage requirement. We help customers and partnersunderstand the differences between SAN, NAS, DAS, LTO and data managementsoftware and how these technologies can be used together.
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