Cyber Recovery Vault
Add an offline recovery layer beyond network reach to support ransomware recovery planning.
Architecture pattern: Replicate production backups into a protected archive policy tier.
Best-fit products
Common industries
Use Cases
Solve retention and recovery problems with architecture-first patterns.
Use this section to pick the operating pattern first, then map the right industry context, controls, and Qualstar platform class.
Page highlights
- Cyber Recovery Vault, AI/HPC Cold Tier, Media Preservation, and Regulatory Retention patterns.
- Use-case cards mapped to recommended product classes and related industries.
- Built-in sizing wizard and energy/TCO estimator for quick planning inputs.
AI/HPC Cold Tier
Retain training datasets, simulation output, and reproducibility archives without keeping all data on always-on storage.
Architecture pattern: Keep active datasets on warm performance tiers for immediate compute access.
Best-fit products
Common industries
Media Preservation
Preserve camera masters, mezzanine files, and restoration assets with predictable archive operations.
Architecture pattern: Ingest production outputs into managed archive pipelines after project completion.
Best-fit products
Common industries
Regulatory Retention
Support governance policies that require multi-year retention, auditability, and controlled access.
Architecture pattern: Classify records by retention policy and governance requirements.
Best-fit products
Common industries
Library sizing wizard
Model data growth and ingest windows.
Use this quick model to estimate the right starting class. Final sizing should be validated with workload and software profile details.
Suggested class
Q40
Drive count range: 4-12 drives
Fits expanding archive programs that need modular scaling.
Inputs captured: 7 year retention, 20 TB/day ingest, 12 hour restore target.
Energy and TCO estimator
Evaluate archive power-at-rest strategy.
This estimator offers relative planning guidance. Tape media uses no power at rest, while disk-based cold tiers remain powered.
Relative planning output
Estimated annual disk energy cost for current cold tier: $7,358
Even smaller archives can improve resilience and power posture with an offline tier for long-retention datasets.
This is a directional model, not a savings guarantee.
Scale proof
Built for growth from compact deployments to rack-scale archives.
LTO-10 media class
30TB native / up to 75TB compressed
Q1000+Powered by Orion density
44.6 PB native per 48U rack
Q series path
Q8 and Q24 through Q40, Q80, and Q1000+Powered by Orion
Expansion model
Start small, expand drive counts and slots as retention grows
Integration proof
Integrates with modern networked archive workflows.
Qualstar deployments support standards-based LTO operations with remote management, automation controls, and Ethernet-oriented integration paths for distributed environments.
- Supports LTFS, WORM-capable workflows, and encryption-ready operations.
- Remote management enables shared operations across sites.
- Bridging-based Ethernet/iSCSI integration supports placement flexibility.