ShareArchiver File Archiving Solution helps Organizations migrate seldom-accessed data to low-cost archive storage, delivering a huge reduction in utilized primary storage, storage costs, backup and restore time(s), and better system performance. ShareArchiver is now validated for use with Wasabi.
Wasabi compatible release
ShareArchiver Version 4 and up.
ShareArchiver can be deployed as a virtual appliance.
Requirements
Wasabi security credentials and bucket details.
ShareArchiver on-premise or Cloud deployment subscription.
Archive agent for the archive process.
Archiving Configuration
Creating a Wasabi S3 Bucket
Requirements
Wasabi bucket, Access Key, Secret Key and Access URL (s3.wasabisys.com)
Admin access to ShareArchiver portal
Creating Archive Policy
The administrator creates a policy that dictates which files are archived. For example, file properties such as last modified date, accessed date, file types, and size are set – See example below.
Creating Archive and Stub Job
The next step is to create a job, which can take many forms; these are the two options.
Archive - (This creates a copy of the data to the target Wasabi bucket)
Archive and Stub - (Archive and replace the file with a virtual file taking up no storage)
There are other types of jobs, for example, analysis, indexing, and other functions that can be performed. Stubbing is the process by which archived files are replaced with virtual files, allowing users to access archived data seamlessly.
Some of the settings when creating a job.
Select an agent (multiple agents for multiple file servers)
Select the policy you want to apply (Created in Step 2)
Add the File Share (UNC path) you want to target for the policy and archiving.
Select the Target volume (Created in Step 1— Wasabi S3 bucket)
And schedule or run the job on demand.
The job will execute, and in the process, the agent will shortlist files for archiving and archive them to the Wasabi bucket, replacing the files with a virtual stub file, allowing seamless access
Job name, type, policy, and Agent selection
Target UNC path selection is added to the list by pressing the Include button.
Select the target repository wasabi S3 Cloud,
Set the schedule or run on demand.
Run the job on demand or schedule it for later.
User Access to Archived Data
This folder has been archived and compressed, reducing it from 10.6 GB to 13.5 MB. Virtual files allow seamless access to archived files and no interruption for users.
A compliance role is available that allows full-text content search, enabling data to be searched and recovered within seconds.
Results accessed through the interface.
Note that this example uses Wasabi’s us-east-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in Service URLs for Wasabi’s Storage Regions.