Overview

This article provides a description of storage and export targets and their configuration.

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Storage/Export target features support matrix

Storage Target		Upload	Export	Playback_/ Download	Move Media		Copy		Transcode	Transcription	Delete	Archive in Database	Archive in Database and Move Media		Retention Lock in Application	Retention Lock on Storage (WORM)	Legal Hold_	Legal Hold on Storage	Notes
					Source	Destination	Source	Destination					Source	Destination
Media Repository Local Disk

Data under retention

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

No

Yes

Yes 

No

Yes

Yes 

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

It

Local disk is only recommended for single-server deployments or for temporary storage.

Data is not under retention

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

Network Storage (SMB/CIFS, DFS)

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

NetApp SnapLock

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

NetApp SnapLock

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

NetApp StorageGRID

NetApp StorageGRID is supported using the S3 Compatible API.

EMC Isilon SmartLock

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Data under retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No EMC Centera

Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
EMC Centera	Under Retention	N/A	Yes	Yes	No

if source is EMC Centera

Yes *

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes 

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Data is not under retention

Yes

* Move Media policy is not supported between EMC Centera storage targets

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes *

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

Yes

EMC Elastic Cloud Storage

Yes 

EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) is supported using EMC Centera SDK or S3 Compatible Storage API.

EMC Unity with FLR

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EMC Unity with FLR

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Hitachi Content Platform

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

Hitachi Content Platform

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes	Yes	Yes
Not Under Retention	Yes	Yes

No No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
Amazon S3

Data under retention

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

*

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes Data is not under retention

No

Yes

Yes

Yes *

Yes

Yes *

Requires Object Lock Enabled!!!!

* Requires Object Lock and Legal Hold setting enabled

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

*

Yes *

Requires Object Lock Enabled!!!!

S3 Compatible Storage

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes *

Yes

Yes *

* Requires Object Lock and Legal Hold setting enabled (only on supported storage targets such as IBM COS)

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Microsoft Azure File Storage

Yes

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

Yes *

Microsoft Azure File Storage

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Available using standard SMB or REST API

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes*

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No *

Yes

No

* Retention lock is available only on the container level. The retention time has to be set in advance on the Azure side; it cannot be set by the Verba application.

iTernity iCAS

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

iTernity iCAS

Under Retention

N/A

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No 

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

IBM COS

	Not Under Retention	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

*

Yes

Yes

*No 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

*

	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	No
IBM COS	IBM

COS uses

Cloud Object Storage (COS) is supported using the S3 Compatible

storage target* Transcode, Move Media are only available if object lock is not enabled

API.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager	Under Retention	N/A	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Yes 

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No *

Yes

No

* Retention lock is available only on the storage class level. The retention time has to be set in advance on the IBM side; it cannot be set by the Verba application.

Not Under Retention

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

N/A

Yes

No

Bloomberg Vault: Instant Messaging

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Bloomberg Vault: Voice

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

External Verba Media Repository

-

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

SMTP

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Microsoft O365 Compliance Archive

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

SFTP

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Verint WFO

-

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Voice conversations only

License requirements

The use of some of the storage targets requires a specific license. For more information, contact your Verba representative.

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