Every business
need to archive their data for several reasons including legal provisions, industry regulations and internal business requirements. And the data archive should remain useful for years to come. So you need to consider several factors companies as data archiving part. The most important task is to decide on a disk, the best their business requirements. Some of the shared disk containing disk, tape virtualization, or a combination. Depending on the requirements of the company's budget and data storage, you have to select your data archive. Tape, which is cheap and lasts a long time can be a great way for companies with limited budgets. But not limited to data stored easily. Disk, on the other side, and less expensive alternative is the ability of high-speed data to return. But disc does not have the measurable properties of the tape. Another factor you need to consider the availability of data. You can save the information for several years and have rapid technological change, it is important to take appropriate devices and systems. Considering all these factors, the new technology Linear Tape File System or LTFS is always called real option for data archiving. The new technology IBM LTFS self-descriptive nature. How do you insert a tape in the tape drive to read the tape file system grave mound the tape media and the data stored on the operating system. LTFS tape format is similar to the normal file system. You can easily install the LTFS as it is user friendly and has a drag and drop facility. There are several advantages of the Linear Tape File System, for example,
provides an active archive where the data storage is effortless. Better yet, you can access stored data quickly and seamlessly. Other benefits of LTFS include: • Cost reduction
• Using a universal standard can Media • the LTFS used as a USB drive. • You can download the LTFS tape using an LTO-5 drive before mounting the cassette in the file system. • LTFS easy to use multiple operating systems and media. • The LTFS is an open standard platform through a combination of tape and disk hardware with the application of open systems, active archive provides users with easy access. Users can easily store and manage all their data. You can also access their old and new data production, thanks to the technology used in the active archive. The data can be accessed online, and therefore negated, active archive frequency of access. Offered a joint development of hardware and software products provider. Given the data storage requirements today, manage active archive has become an integral part of the corporate culture storage, especially for businesses with large amounts of data and digital assets. As a result, many companies have active archive as their maximum storage strategy. Manufacturer creates data archive also includes LTFS their solution for their active archive storage environment. LTFS supports both medium-and long-term data archiving.
