ArGest Software Solution - LTO archiving

UNMATCHED INTEGRITY + RELIABILITY

It’s a known fact data needs to be backed up and many options exist for performing such, from the common USB flash drive to enterprise-level data centers. The downfall of most software used in this process is they were designed with a singular – and shortsighted – backup function.

OWC ArGest BRU provides a level of data integrity and reliability no other backup solution can match because it combines data backup and restore in one, easy-to-use, cost-effective package. From personal photo, home movie, and music collections to billion-dollar blockbuster movies, research, finance, and even NASA’s long-range mission data, OWC ArGest BRU has provided peace of mind data backup and recovery since 1985.

UNLIMITED ARCHIVE DESTINATION SUPPORT

No matter the storage type – FTP server, local disk array, local tape, or cloud – or if you’re using a Mac or Windows file system, BRU works with any OS, any hardware and is fully backward compatible with any BRU version over the last three decades.

LONG TERM READY

Ideal for deep off-site archiving where long-term recovery is a must.

COMMAND LINE CAPABLE

If you’re a command shell guru, you can customize BRU Core to suit your particular need.

EFFICIENT DESIGN

Small app “footprint” allows multiple storage devices to run at their full speed potential with minimal system impact.

PROVEN EFFECTIVE

Used by millions across Government, Education, Corporate, and Media & Entertainment industries since 1985.

ArGest Backup - EASY DRAG-AND-DROP BACKUP/ARCHIVAL AND RESTORE SOLUTION FOR MACOS, WINDOWS AND LINUX

The Best Backup and Archiving Solution Available

Whether you’re running a small business or are an M&E pro, whether you want to backup a single desktop machine to a single external drive or have a massive tape library with multiple tape drives1, ArGest® Backup is the best backup and archiving solution available. A drag and drop interface delivers unmatched ease of use while true cross platform restorability in all archive formats keeps your data protected and future-accessible. With unmatched speeds, proper and real verification, system and hardware error detection and recovery, and true cross platform restore, there is simply no other backup solution that can protect your assets as completely and as reliably as ArGest Backup.

Assured Backup and Archival Reliability

ArGest Backup provides accountability of every bit of data to be backed-up to assure your future access. 32-bit checksum technology is applied to both the metadata and file data coming off the filesystem and the checksum is placed into the header of each 2K of data processed. This critical dual function process enables the verification operation to validate the ultra-reliable accuracy of your backup.

Highlights

• Easy and familiar: backup and archive folders, files, or session files with drag and drop simplicity in major applications
• Fastest: full LTO tape speeds for quick backup and recovery
• Flexible: verify BRU™ archives at any time on macOS, Windows, Linux, or other supported Unix platform
• Diverse: can be used to backup to portable USB or Thunderbolt drives, removable disk storage such as RDX and Lyve Mobile™, local cloud storage, and tape media
• Reliable Recovery: restore maximum possible data, even with a missing or damaged tape in a multiple tape archive
• Fully auditable: Check media status any time, even on a different system or OS with ANYTIME Verify™
• Manage: automatically creates organized tape catalogs for fast searching and restore access time
• Complete: after archive is complete, create a self-contained CD/DVD/USB or network key with all components required files to restore on a non-BRU system
• Diagnose: built-in functions for checking and reporting LTO equipment operational status during all backup and restore operations

CASE STUDY PRESERVING CLASSIC FILMS

The Austrian Film Museum examined a multitude of storage options while seeking long-term digital asset preservation. Standard storage options— HDDs, SSDs, optical discs, and the cloud—were deemed not acceptable when considering the long-term storage needs of archival institutions and film makers. After deciding to use Linear Tape Open (LTO) tape for storage, museum officials selected ArGest Software Solutions because of their history in the enterprise, educational, and research environments as well as the consistent tape format and backwards compatibility for old archives.

What sealed museum officials’ choice of ArGest Software Solutions to access and preserve classic films was a demonstration where all of the data written on QIC-150 tapes in 1988 on Unix midrange systems was restored to modern Linux and OS X systems completely intact using the latest version of ArGest BRU. This incredible example of reliability and long-term viability was exactly what officials were seeking in an archival solution. The fact that it can be done with drag and drop simplicity was the perfect closing credit roll.

Equally influential was ArGest BRU’s ability to migrate existing archives from one media technology to another—such as LTO-3 to LTO-5 or even AIT to LTO. This provides the museum a technology growth path so they can maintain older archives as new storage technologies evolve. Ensuring you can readily restore a tape created today decades from now is a key requirement for long-term archival projects.