Archiware P5 V6.1

With LTFS as native archive format on LTO

A highlight of the new version is a new cross-platform LTFS driver, which provides unparalleled efficiency and convenience with LTFS tapes.

Firm’s new approach removes the need for the open-source FUSE software used by competitors. This allows direct control of the tape media, while maintaining ISO/IEC compatibility. Users wishing to archive data to tape, with indexing, searching, thumbnail gen, and meta-data ingest can now choose between the P5 Native and LTFS format. This is beneficial where interoperability with non-Archiware systems is required.

Archiving to LTFS-formatted tapes using the P5 Archive module is supported on all OSs. The company said it is the only vendor to offer support for FreeBSD of LTFS-formatted LTO tapes for archive.