Archiware P5 Archive software is a long-term archiving and media preservation solution.  Archiware P5 offers a browser-based interface for quick and easy configuration, administration and monitoring – regardless of your location. The P5 Archive software offers multi-platform support of macOS, Windows, Linux, QNAP, Synology, FreeNAS/TrueNAS and NetGear for maximum flexibility of present setups and possible future platform changes.

P5 Archive helps to move data to cost-effective LTO/LTFS tape media. Single LTO drives, as well as LTO libraries of virtually all vendors, are supported. In the process, expensive production storage can be reclaimed, while the backup volume and runtime are reduced. Additionally relieving the network of traffic results in an improved working experience and increased productivity.

Archiving to Cloud storage is possible for Generic S3, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud, Hitachi S3, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, RSTOR Space, Seagate Live Cloud, Wasabi S3 and others. Access to Wasabi storage is built-in to P5. Manual configuration of the Wasabi end-point DNS names is not required. Archiving to the Cloud saves hardware and administration cost and the storage capacity can be extended on-demand.

As user requirements grow and change, P5’s modular design allows optimal scaling to fit your specific needs. Adding additional Archiware products is quick and easy. Hardware and media can expand when needed. P5 Archive can save data to disk, LTO tape and the cloud, while the same LTO hardware can simultaneously be used by P5 Backup.

Offsite Storage

P5 Archive lets you move or migrate data offline to disk, tape and the cloud. You can monitor files, folders and the directory structure to archive files automatically. Fine-grained filtering can be applied to select or exclude files based on name, size, date etc. Data can be cloned to a second tape for offsite storage. Encryption options protect data against non-authorized access both during the transfer and on the media itself.

Free Choice of Storage

Which storage fits best depends on your requirements, budget and strategy. Each of the available storage categories - disk, tape and cloud - have their own specific characteristics and strengths. P5 Archive can use disk, tape and cloud storage to offer maximum flexibility.

Import of Foreign LTFS Volumes

This feature brings huge benefits for users with data stored on LTFS tapes. Manage LTFS tapes by importing them into P5 Archive, they will appear in the index of your choice, with full search across all volumes.

Supports LTFS tapes written by P5 or 3rd party LTFS software. P5 will scan LTFS tape volumes, and add contents to the P5 archive index, data can then be restored across multiple tapes via the archive index. Supports tape libraries for import across multiple slots.

Media Hash List (MHL) checksum manifest of LTFS archived data

This feature allows to check that the source data has been saved and recovered without any alterations. It is available as an additional option of the LTFS External Volume Pool Configuration.

Easy Asset Management

P5’s archiving software can function as an easy to use asset management system, e.g. to manage video archives. Features include media previews and proxy clips, customisable metadata fields and menus. Visual browsing as well as combined searching helps to find and restore specific files even years after they were created. An automatic backup of the Archive index provides maximum security for the operation of the archive.  When switching between search results in the archive index and browsing, previously executed search is retained, easing location of the data you're looking for. Previous 10 searches are available from drop-down menu.

Incremental Archive

P5 Archive allows data to be archived in incremental mode. This way, only new and changed files will be archived, effectively minimizing the growth of the Archive.

3rd Party Integrations

P5’s scriptable command line interface and REST-based API offer unlimited options for 3rd party integrations. The following options are already available: axle, CatDV, CANTEMO Portal™, Canto Cumulus, DALIM ES, EditShare Flow, empress eMAM, FocalPoint Server, Helios, Kyno, medialoopster, Primestream FORK, Strawberry by Projective, Metus, and Xinet.

Very Fast Verification of Written Data

By using xxHash 64 and 128-bit algorithms, P5 speeds up the verification using checksums by 3x.

Backblaze, Amazon and Microsoft all offer an upload service, whereby a physical storage appliance can be shipped to a location where data can be transferred locally using NAS/DAS protocols to the appliance and then into a cloud container when the disk is returned to the cloud vendor. This allows for larger dataset to be migrated to cloud storage without potentially slow transfers using public WAN connections.

P5 Archive allows such services to be used to bootstrap a cloud archive. The initial data requiring archive can be moved to the cloud using one of these storage appliances coupled with the service offered by the cloud vendor.

When seeding archive data using an AWS Snowball, B2 Fireball or similar, P5 provides a checkbox to suppress writing of data to the cloud object store directly.

The Linear Tape File System (LTFS) allows files to be stored on LTO tape and be accessed in a similar fashion to those on disk or removable flash drives. Since LTFS-formatted tapes can be used between different drives/software, they are a useful format for transfer of data between systems and locations.

P5 Archive supports labelling tapes as LTFS, writing files from local and client filesystems and reading from a tape and writing back to a filesystem. The 'LTFS Exchange' section of the UI, within the P5 Archive configuration, provides all of the LTFS configuration and operation options in one convenient place.

A formatted and mounted LTFS tape can additionally be selected when restoring data previously archived or backed up using P5 Archive and P5 Backup.

Simple formatting, reading and writing of LTFS volumes for import/export is available on all supported P5 platforms, including MS Windows and FreeBSD.