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Tape Gateway

Back up and archive on-premises data to virtual tapes in AWS

Get Started with Tape Gateway

Tape Gateway enables you to replace using physical tapes on premises
with virtual tapes in AWS without changing existing backup
workflows. Tape Gateway supports all leading backup applications and
caches virtual tapes on premises for low-latency data access. Tape
Gateway encrypts data between the gateway and AWS for secure data
transfer, and compresses data and transitions virtual tapes between
Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, or Amazon S3
Glacier Deep Archive, to minimize storage costs.

Switch from Tape to Cloud with AWS (3:43)

How it works diagram - Tape Gateway features

  * Tape Gateway
  * AWS Snowball with Tape Gateway

  * Tape Gateway
  * Back up and archive on-premises data to virtual tapes on AWS
    using your network.
    How Tape Gateway works

    Use Tape Gateway to replace physical tapes on premises with
    virtual tapes on AWS--reducing your data storage costs without
    changing your tape-based backup workflows. Tape Gateway supports
    all leading backup applications and caches virtual tapes on
    premises for low-latency data access. It compresses your tape
    data, encrypts it, and stores it in a virtual tape library in
    Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). From there, you can
    transfer it to either Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval or
    Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive to help minimize your long-term
    storage costs.

  * AWS Snowball with Tape Gateway
  * Migrate petabytes of data stored on physical tapes to AWS using
    AWS Snowball.
    AWS Snowball with Tape Gateway

    Using a Snowball Edge Storage Optimized device with Tape Gateway,
    you can quickly and securely migrate petabytes of physical tape
    data to Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval or Amazon S3 Glacier
    Deep Archive -- reducing your data storage costs without changing
    your tape-based backup workflows. You can view your virtual tapes
    stored on AWS through the AWS Storage Gateway console and access
    data on them through a Tape Gateway that runs on premises as a
    virtual machine or hardware appliance or on an Amazon Elastic
    Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance on AWS.

    Get started with Snowball today >>

Benefits

Replaces physical tape libraries

Tape Gateway emulates physical tape libraries, removes the cost and
complexity of managing physical tape infrastructure, and provides
more durability than physical tapes. You don't need to purchase tape
libraries, handle magnetic tape media, clean tape cartridges, or
deploy resources to manage them. You also don't need to invest in and
manage expensive migrations from older physical tapes to newer
generation media. Tape Gateway stores virtual tapes in Amazon S3,
Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep
Archive, protected by 99.999999999% of durability.

Simplifies management

Tape Gateway stores your virtual tapes in S3 buckets managed by the
AWS Storage Gateway service, so you don't have to manage your own
Amazon S3 storage. Tape Gateway integrates with all leading backup
applications allowing you to start using cloud storage for
on-premises backup and archive without any changes to your backup and
archive workflows.

Lowers total cost of ownership

Tape Gateway compresses and stores archived virtual tapes in the
lowest cost Amazon S3 storage classes, Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible
Retrieval and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive. This makes it feasible
for you to retain long-term data in the AWS Cloud at very low cost.
With Tape Gateway, you only pay for what you consume, with no minimum
commitments and no upfront fees.

Provides security and compliance

Tape Gateway encrypts data in transit between your data center and
AWS, and also encrypts your data at rest in cloud. Tape Gateway
supports Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) and Tape Retention Lock, helping
you protect your data from malicious or accidental data deletion, and
comply with industry regulations for data that you need to retain for
compliance purposes. Tape Gateway is HIPAA eligible and PCI
compliant, and offers FIPS 140-2 compliant endpoints to protect even
the most sensitive data in cloud.

Read blog: Protecting backup archives with WORM and Tape Retention
Lock >>

Use cases

Backup to AWS

Tape Gateway presents cloud-backed storage through an iSCSI-based
virtual tape library to your on-premises backup application. You can
backup data directly from your backup application to Tape Gateway.
Tape Gateway asynchronously copies your backups to AWS and enables
you to scale backup storage needs on-premises with a pay-as-you-go
pricing.

Archive to AWS

You can use Tape Gateway to archive data you need to preserve at
another offsite location for disaster recovery or regulatory
compliance needs. Tape Gateway enables you to replace magnetic tape
libraries and physical tapes with AWS Cloud storage for long-term
storage retention needs.

Customers

Ryanair logo

Ryanair saves 65% on backup costs with Tape Gateway

    "All I do now literally is go into the [AWS] Console, add in
    tapes, and eject tapes and I'm done. It made my job a lot
    easier."

Paul Walsh, Sr. Systems Engineer - Ryanair

Learn more >>

Southern Oregon University logo

Southern Oregon University replaces tapes with backup to AWS

    "Tapes are a headache, prone with hardware failures, offsite
    storage costs, and constant maintenance needs. AWS Storage
    Gateway provided the most cost-effective and simple alternative.
    We even got disaster recovery by using a bi-coastal data center."

Jesse Martinich, Infrastructure Services Manager - Southern Oregon
University

Learn more >>

Hear from more AWS Storage Gateway customers >>

Key Tape Gateway resources

Introducing AWS Snowball with Tape Gateway | Amazon Web Services
(0:01:02)
Tech Talk: AWS Storage Gateway - Escape the Pain of Physical Tape
Management (46:20)
Demo: AWS Tape Gateway Supports Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
(10:42)
re:Invent session: Shift Your Tape Backups to AWS to Save Time and
Money (1:01:13)
Tech Talk: Move From Tape Backups to AWS in 30 Minutes (47:50)
re:Invent session: Back Up to the Cloud in Under an Hour (1:00:32)
AWS re:Invent 2021 - Accelerate physical tape data migration to AWS
(32:23)
[replace-ta]

AWS Project: Replace Tape Backup with Cloud Storage >>

Want help with your plan of attack? Receive guidance on the steps to
start using Tape Gateway to replace tape without disrupting trusted
backup processes.

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Documentation: Tape Gateway >>

Supported backup software

Tape Gateway lets you easily point trusted backup software at an
on-premises Storage Gateway that, in turn, connects to Amazon S3 and
Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval to deliver the scale and
durability of the cloud for safe long-term retention, without
disrupting existing investments or processes. Many customers have
used Tape Gateway in a VTL configuration with major backup software
tools available on the market.

arcserve

AWS documentation to test Arcserve Backup >>

Bacula Systems

AWS documentation to test Bacula >>

Commvault

AWS documentation to test Commvault >>

Dell EMC

AWS documentation to test Dell EMC NetWorker >>

IBM

AWS documentation to test IBM Spectrum Protect >>

Micro Focus

AWS documentation to test Micro Focus Data Protector >>

Microsoft

AWS documentation to test Microsoft System Center Data Protection
Manager >>

Novastor

AWS documentation to test Novastor DataCenter >>

Quest

AWS documentation to test Quest NetVault Backup >>

Veeam

AWS documentation to test Veeam backup & Replication >>

Veritas

AWS documentation to test Veritas Backup Exec >>

AWS documentation to test Veritas Net Backup >>

For a full list of supported backup products versions and media
changer types, please see the Storage Gateway User Guide.

To test your VTL gateway setup with a backup product, please refer to
the Tape Gateway Documentation.

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