Mini VAULT LTO - GB Labs

Archive in the field or in the studio

With Mini VAULT LTO, workgroups can archive full editing projects and terabytes of media assets onto high capacity, high speed LTO tapes. Ideal for small workgroups and freelance editors that need secure archiving of their media assets in the field.

Key Features

Security

Store important data to industry standard LTO tapes for secure archiving and backup. TAR and LTFS options and the ability to make multiple copies make it even easier to transport and secure your data.

BlueShift

Technology developed by GB Labs to deliver consistent high performance through Ethernet. Using standard sharing protocols and no client side software, NAS convenience meets SAN performance.

Core 3

Feature rich operating system full of workflow tools designed for real-world media environments. These work seamlessly in the background allowing you to do what you do best – create.

Portable

Mini VAULT LTO is a highly portable powerhouse built for secure on location media acquisition and editing in the field. At only 12KG it is lightweight and portable making it ideal for fast deployment around the World.

Platform Agnostic

GB Labs storage is developed for total cross platform compatibility, allowing PC, Mac and Linux platforms to collaborate and share data freely and efficiently.

Energy Efficient

Mini VAULT LTO is highly energy efficient because it is cooler running, giving you performance, while saving on energy and therefore cost.

How Mini VAULT LTO can help you

Broadcasters and content owners have an ongoing need for a format which will protect their assets for decades. Spinning disks with their high energy requirement are extremely inefficient for holding rarely-accessed media. Nor are they designed to run for extended periods. LTO tape, on the other hand, is manufactured to deliver up-to 30 years of archival life.

All GB Labs LTO systems include fully featured archiving software for backup and archiving tasks. The interface for the software is a web GUI that allows users and administrators to write TAR files to tape sets or even format the tapes as LTFS. All operations can be completed using the software and data can be pulled seamlessly from any Space system.

Uniquely the system also allows users to mount LTFS tapes on their desktops through the network. You can then interact with the tapes much like any other removable media (USB, FireWire drives etc.)?

The software logs all activity and catalogs the contents of each tape and any additional meta data. This means that the entire catalog can be searched intelligently and retrieval of data is fast and straightforward.

Performance

Many LTO systems jeopardise the tape media by failing to write data at full speed. As a result, the tape is shuttled back and forth across the head, a scrubbing action which can weaken the media.

GB Labs ensure the native speed of the tape can be delivered by pairing performance storage with LTO6 and LTO7 tape drives and powerful VAULT archiving software. This feature rich software includes HyperWrite, a unique GB Labs technology developed to dramatically improve writing times when dealing with thousands of files and make extremely large data archiving a painless process.

The LTO7 variant offers 300MB/sec for archives or restores from a 12TB (safe usable 8TB) internal RAID 5 storage.

The LTO6 variant offers 160MB/sec for archives and restores from a 4TB (safe usable 2.6TB)
internal RAID 5 storage.

There is also a dual drive variant available with either LTO6 or LTO7. The performance requirement of these units will reach up to 600MB/sec which is ideal for the 10GbE interface that is added to the unit and allow connection to other GB Labs storage.

Options

Ethernet Cards

Additional connectivity can be added to the unit using PCI cards, with options for additional; 40GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE and 1GbE.

Redundant OS

Further resilience can be added by selecting a hardware mirrored OS; kit includes RAID contoller and dual SSD.

Power Options

Powering a portable solution is very important which is why the Mini range comes with Dual PSU and DC power as an options, ideal for OB deployment.

Warranty Extension

Total peace of mind can be added with comprehensive Warranty, covering all parts inside the unit and all incremental software updates within that period; three year Warranty (1+2), five year Warranty (1+4).

Cold Spare Parts

Hardware replacement parts that can be kept onsite for immediate response such as; hard disks, PSU, RAID controller.

Network Accessories

GB Labs storage is developed for total cross platform compatibility, allowing PC, Mac and Linux platforms to collaborate and share data freely and efficiently.

"Working with the archives team and GB Labs, the BBC was able to configure a system that integrates with the existing fault tracking, QC and database systems".

BBC English Regions

Tom Heritage

Specifications

Unit Dimensions H21.2, W27.0, D39.3cm (H8.3", W10.6", D15.4")
Weight (inc packaging) 13.5Kg (29.7lbs)
Dimensions (inc packaging) 48x40x36cm (18.8"x15.7"x14.1")
Input Range 90 - 264 VAC, 50-60Hz
Power Requirements Standby 11W
Requirements Full load 140W
PSU Safety - EMC - USA-UL listed, Canada-CUL listed, Germany-TUV Certified, EN60950/IEC 0950 Compliant
Single PSU - as standard (Dual PSU as option)
Operating Temperature Range 10 - 35C
Non Operating range -40 - 70C
Operating Humidity Range 8 -90% non-condensing
Non Operating Humidity Range 5 - 95% non-condensing
Portable unit
1 off LTO-6/7 drive with 4 x ‘hot swappable’ 2.5” disk drive units
2 off LTO-6/7 drive with no storage
2 off 10/1G Ethernet (GbE) ports for storage/server connections
2 off 1G Ethernet (GbE) ports for system administration
1 off IPMI port for hardware monitoring
USB 2.0/3.0
1 year advanced replacement warranty on drives
1 year return to base warranty on other parts

Further Information

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