For data centers battling massive data growth, flat budgets and limited IT resources, the HGST Active Archive System is a ready out-­of-­the-­box object storage system that transforms silos of data storage into cloud-­scale active archives. For data that requires long term retention with easy and fast retrieval, the Active Archive System provides unprecedented levels of accessibility, scalability, simplicity and affordability.
The Active Archive System has removed all the challenges of architecting, purchasing and operating white-­box cloud storage solutions by delivering a fully integrated rack level system that can be up and running in minutes. Each unit is vertically integrated with object storage software, networking, servers and storage in an industry standard 42U rack. Simply roll into place, connect the power, configure the network connections and the system is on-­line presenting an S3 compliant object interface that can easily integrate with existing S3-­aware applications. Now businesses can focus their resources on growing revenue instead of managing the infrastructure.