IDS maximises the ROI for your tape library.
IDS is designed to virtualise tape libraries and present simple networked black-box tape based storage.
This flexible, high capacity software solution simplifies the complexity involved in managing networked tape storage. IDS maximizes your efficient utilization of primary disk by providing fast data access to tape resident data. IDS provides very efficient concurrent access to limited tape library resources. IDS has proven performance and integrity for over 15 years.
Managability
IDS provides inexpensive, manageable storage which is easy to administer, providing excellent long term storage facility.
Centralised tape management controls data integrity and reduces total cost of ownership.
Optimal data handling
The IDS suite is a robust set of tools that providing an excellent utilisation of tape libraries and optimises read/write performance for data intensive applications.
Flexible and application transparent
IDS provides highly automated tape library management, with media Copy, Shadow and Mirror facilities and powerful housekeeping utilities. The server can be accessed with a broad range of remote client tools and API functions, providing application transparent operation that is aligned with your business processes. In fact, we use IDS with our own software to complete our archiving solutions.
IDS has built-in support for most tape libraries including Virtual Tape Libraries.
Centralised Tape
Linear Disk™
Pseudo Tape
FTP
Command Line
Application Programmer Interface