Hiarc HSM Features & Benefits

Transparent migration and management of infrequently accessed files (all data appears on users' computers even though it may be stored elsewhere)

Ensures continuous data availability

Provides cost-effective use of storage hardware

Provides virtual, unlimited data storage

Manages the migration from 1 to 32 file systems and/or magnetic disks

Provides seamless access to growing volumes of data

Expands as your system and network needs grow

Provides for painless system expansion

Automated, flexible rule-based policy migration manager

Provides each managed file system and/or magnetic disk its own set of highly granular rules that can be set up to match data type and usage, which means you won't have to alter your system structure

Robust, portable graphical user interface (GUI)

Provides for user-friendly push-button settings as well as visual feedback of system capacity and status

Nonproprietary file formats are used on all media, fixed or removable

Ensures all data is written in industry file formats, which means that data is never lost because of proprietary formats and can be read on any computer, even ones that don't have everStor software installed

Can group related files together on the same media

Creates quicker retrieval and is quicker to migrate information offline

Variable length fencepost

Can set the size of the "stub" that remains on the disk to meet your storage capabilities

Premigrates files (files that will be migrated next are copied on both the hard disk and the storage media)

Allows for quick deletion

Supports remote data though NFS; can migrate data across a LAN

Can have two systems doing migration remotely