StarWind Enables Cloud Storage for IBM i System Line

Beverly, MA, April 06, 2024 – StarWind, a number one supplier of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) for Enterprise ROBO, SMB, & Edge, introduces an inexpensive backup cloud storage for IBM i methods. Seamless integration with an present tape backup infrastructure is achieved by emulating a tape library (VTL), the one IBM i is aware of cope with. StarWind VTL is a complementary, somewhat than aggressive, resolution, the place the digital tape offers an extra native backup copy for higher resiliency and quicker restoration, with an additional copy offloaded to an economical public cloud. This air-gapped “further” copy of the backup information, saved in an immutable cloud, serves yet one more goal – insurance coverage in opposition to ransomware. Amazon AWS, Google GCP, and Microsoft Azure are absolutely supported as backup locations, together with long run storage like AWS Glacier, Google & Azure Archive. In common, any S3-compatible cloud storage will work.

“Love it or hate it, however tapes are right here to remain, and we’re devoted to enhancing life with them. We’re thrilled to offer IBM i methods with a money-saving cloud storage they deserve. As of now extra organizations can obtain better price effectivity, higher resiliency to ransomware, extra of flexibility, and scalability in relation to their backup technique,” mentioned Artem Berman, co-founding companion at StarWind.

Over 40,000 corporations within the U.S. alone proceed to depend on IBM i methods to energy important operations. Various sectors akin to finance, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, logistics, authorities, and others closely depend upon the continuous information processing that IBM i methods present. Traditionally, these environments relied on IBM Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) for tape backup processing. Although tapes are rock-solid, deadly-reliable, and supply greatest bang for the buck, they usually current limitations in backup and restore efficiency. Tapes are evolving over the time, however any StarWind-powered all-flash VTL is all the time quicker in each backup and restore. Cost-efficiency is one other consideration, as whereas tapes are cheap, archival object storage within the cloud is much more budget-friendly for long-term information retention. Air-gapped immutability is a crucial part of ransomware resiliency, an important a part of a complete ransomware prevention and restoration technique.

“Algenol Biotech selected StarWind VTL due to its affordable value and required performance. It was simply built-in into the established backup and archival technique of the corporate with none modifications. In addition, StarWind VTL automated and secured offsite backup and archival by eliminating the human course of, thereby figuring out the reliability of the backup course of. StarWind VTL supplied the much-needed backup resolution for the management community of Algenol Biotech’s manufacturing plant, guaranteeing information safety and integrity,” mentioned Tom Ziegler, Network Systems Administrator at Algenol Biotech.

The seamless integration of StarWind VTL into present BRMS-centric backup infrastructures allows organizations to introduce a disk & flash-based backup tier, which considerably improves backup and, particularly, restore efficiency. Additionally, the built-in cloud storage tier allows the replication of backup and archive information to Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Wasabi, Backblaze B2, and different cloud storage suppliers, permitting to chop down the long-term information retention prices. This strategy not solely boosts efficiency and cuts operational bills but in addition capitalizes on present {hardware} and backup processes, optimizing general IT effectivity with out duplicating efforts.