This document discusses using tape-based storage as an S3 object storage class and for cloud backup. It describes how tape storage can provide scalable, high-throughput object storage with native S3 API access. Examples of using tape-based S3 storage include big data analytics, tiering from HDD storage, and backing up data from public cloud services like AWS S3 for added protection against risks like human errors and technology failures.

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Thomas Thalmann
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October 2020

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Source: Blocks & Files article from May 14, 2020 based on numbers from John Rydning, IDC’s Research VP
Storage Media Shares Forecast

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Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO:
“After evaluating various technologies including Blu-ray and
magnetic disk, Microsoft came to the conclusion that tape
was still the way to go for Azure's archival storage tier”
Source: www.itwire.com/business-it-news/storage/82332-tape-is-the-new-tape,-says-azure-cto-for-now.html
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AWS Google Cloud
S3 Standard Multi-Regional /
Regional
S3 Standard-IA Nearline
S3 Glacier Coldline
S3 Glacier Deep
Archive
"Ice cold archive
storage"
Accessfrequency
PriceperTB
Storage classes at AWS, Google Cloud, etc.
Tape !

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Source: Laurent Denel, OpenIO, www.openio.com
Storage System Approaches
Performance Criteria

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Interface Nodes (IFN)
• S3 REST API
• EC, hashing, encryption
• Library Drives Control
• Up to 8 drives
• Multiple active nodes
Database Nodes (DBN)
• Databases and Logs
• HTML admin interface
• Library Robotics Control
• Up to 4 nodes possible
• Up to 100 billion objects
per S3 bucket
Concept &
Architecture
Multi-Node
Deployment

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• DBN and IFN services on one node
• Fast and easy installation
Single-Node Deployment
FC or iSCSI
Concept & Architecture
Tape-based
S3 Object Storage

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8 Tape Libraries
256 Tape Drives
Up to 230 GB/s
throughput
100 Billion objects
per S3 bucket
Scales by Nodes
Native S3 API
Object
Versioning
Erasure Coding
for tape storage
High Availability
High
Redundancy
S3 Object Storage
for Tape Storage
Tape-based S3 Object Storage
Features & Benefits

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Any S3 compatible App
Big Data / Analytics
HDD Object Storage Tiering/ILM
Protection of S3 Cloud Data
File Tiering & Archiving
PoINTArchivalGateway
Use Cases
HDFS S3a
backend
Auto-Tiering, CRR,
CloudMirror, …
S3 API
HSM / ILM
S3-to-S3
FC or iSCSI
S3
S3
S3
S3
S3

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Protection of S3 Cloud Data
Problem
HA and redundancy do not
protect against:
• Human error
• Ransomware
• Malware
• Technology failure
Solution
Backup with Tape-based
Object Storage
• S3 API
• Scalable
• Fast throughput
Benefits
• “Air Gap”
• Native S3 format
• Cost effective
• Fast restore
• Direct access
Backup of Cloud/Object Data is Your Responsibility !
Apps Cloud / Object Storage PoINT Data Replicator PoINTArchival Gateway Tape Library
Direct access to replicated data via S3 API
Replicate
via S3 API
Restore
via S3 API
FC/iSCSIS3

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