AvailHSM

AvailHSM provides total storage management for NetWare 3.x and 4.x file servers, and Windows NT servers and clients. In a NetWare environment, AvailHSM resides on a NetWare server and manages selected volumes on NetWare servers. To manage volumes on Windows NT servers and clients, AvailHSM resides on either a Windows NT server or client. A dedicated HSM server will improve system performance, but is not required. The Base System monitors the selected network data and migrates files to the HSM system. A small placcholder file (stub file) remains on the managed volume. This placcholder file provides clients transparent access to files that have been migrated to the HSM system. AvailHSM provides the administrator with several options when the AvailHSM storage hierarchy is full; overflow, discard oldest data, stop migration and add an additional storage device. One AvailHSM System includes licensing for up to 20 managed NetWare file servers, or 20 Windows NT servers and/or clients and supports up to 4 SCSI buses.

AvailHSM Storage Capacity

The AvailHSM Storage Capacity License is a capacity "license" for HSM storage peripherals. Capacity Licenses provide AvailHSM support for additional magnetic, optical and tape capacity.

AvailHSM Magnetic Layer - The first layer of the AvailHSM storage hierarchy is SCSI hard disk.

  • The AvailHSM Magnetic layer serves as a staging area when files are migrated to HSM. File recall is quickest from this layer.
  • AvailHSM uses a minimum of three migration volumes.
  • The migration volume size (maximum of 2 GB) is configured during installation. Migration volumes can be sized to obtain optimum HSM system performance.

AvailHSM Optical Layer (Optional) - AvailHSM supports multiple rewritable Magneto-Optical jukeboxes as a secondary HSM layer. Optical jukeboxes are attached via SCSI connections.

  • Optical jukeboxes from 20 gigabytes to 2 terabytes are supported.
  • AvailHSM uses multiple optical drives within a jukebox to service simultaneous file recalls.
  • Migration volumes are best sized as even divisors of the approximate capacity of one side of an optical platter.
  • The maximum size for a migration volume on the HSM magnetic layer is roughly equal to the capacity of one side of an optical platter.

AvailHSM Tape Layer (Optional) - The third and final layer in the AvailHSM hierarchy is tape. Multiple tape libraries attached via SCSI connections are used in this HSM layer.

  • AvailHSM supports 4mm, 8mm, and DLT tape libraries from 5 gigabytes to 5 terabytes
  • AvailHSM uses multiple tape drives within a library to service simultaneous file recalls
  • AvailHSM provides enterprise-wide connectivity to IBM's ADSM storage resources through AvailHSM's ADSM Storage Capacity License. This Capacity License allows data on NetWare servers or Windows NT servers or clients to be migrated to a centralized "glasshouse" via TCP/IP, IPX/SPX or SNA LU6.2

AvailHSM (Available for NetWare and Windows NT)


AvailHSM software manages the storage of files by utilizing a hierarchy of SCSI storage devices. AvailHSM is a cost effective solution to the problem of running out of disk space while still maintaining large amounts of data on line. AvailHSM versions are available to manage either NetWare or Windows NT servers. A diagram showing the data flow in and out of an AvailMHSM system is illustrated below.

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HSM Storage Solution

Disaster Recovery: As migrated files enter the HSM system, they are backed up by AvailHSM to provide data protection for all HSM layers.

HSM Magnetic Layer

Files in HSM migration volumes move to the next HSM layer in "file groupings" the same size as the migrate volumes.

HSM Optical Layer

AvailHSM supports multiple libraries on optical and tape HSM layers.

HSM Tape Layer

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