Hammerspace Expands Global Data Environment to Include Data on Tape

Hammerspace, Inc. announced that its Data Environment software now incorporates data on any storage option – from flash, NAS, object, cloud and now tape.

The expansion of the firm’s 3rd-party storage support to include tape benefits HPC, M&E, government and enterprises with large data sets stored on large tape systems to meet economic, power efficiency and ransomware protection goals. Now, such data will be accessible via the company, to enable users and applications seamless visibility and standards-based file access across silos to all their data, no matter which storage type or location it is stored. In this way, the vendor delivers the experience of high-performance local access to data that may live on any storage type, in one or multiple storage silos and locations, including on-premises and cloud storage.

When combined with the firm’s software, data on tape is always available and active, with the ability to support high-performance file access with any combination of existing or new storage platforms from any vendor without the need for proprietary clients. Benefits of the integrated tape solution include:

• Global access and control of data across all silos and locations. This increases user efficiency and reduces IT operational complexity, providing the experience of a single globally available dataset even across otherwise incompatible storage silos.
• Scalable storage for large datasets. With datasets growing to multiple petabytes, the addition of tape support enhances the ability of organizations to cost-effectively scale storage for long-term archive.
• Strengthened governance, security and compliance. Tape enables organizations to retain control over their archive data and its security by storing it ‘in-house.’ Further, the air gap characteristic of tape provides resilience vs. cyberattacks.
• Cost-effective solution. Bringing tape into an organization’s environment for specific datasets can lower operating and energy costs.
• Support for corporate ESG initiatives with ‘Green’ Storage. For organizations with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives, storing inactive data on tape helps to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint.