Source: Deutsche Nachrichten
BDT Media Automation, the global market leader in automated data storage systems, presents its new all-in-one system. ORION SPHERE combines the high-performance ORION tape library with a pre-installed S3 gateway. With its specialized features, the solution addresses the challenges posed by rapidly increasing data growth and data security.
ORION SPHERE is the new comprehensive solution for cost-effective long-term storage of large volumes of data. The manufacturer, BDT, focuses on standardization and full compatibility with existing data center standards: The ORION Library is rack-mountable and supports the standardized LTO format. The pre-installed S3 gateway provides an S3 REST API, allowing all S3-compatible applications to use ORION SPHERE as a target storage.
ORION SPHERE delivers maximum scalability in terms of performance and capacity. The integrated software enables the seamless integration of multiple systems into a library cluster with several thousands of tape slots.
The pre-installed S3-to-Tape software provides the standardized S3 interface. Additionally, it offers the key functionality for data and media management, as well as for secure, compliant long-term archiving. The integrated erasure coding increases the system’s throughput and availability.
“Tape and object storage have become indispensable in any data center—which makes it all the more logical to combine the two within a single appliance,” says BDT CEO Marc Steinhilber. “With ORION SPHERE, we are directly responding to our customers’ needs and offering them a future-proof and cost-effective, all-in-one solution from a single source for all data-intensive workloads.”
With this appliance, BDT is targeting providers in both the managed services sector and the AI field. Research institutes, too, are facing growing volumes of data and benefit from this highly scalable and efficient storage solution.
ORION SPHERE will be officially introduced at SC26 in Chicago. Detailed information is available at https://orion-sphere.com/