Overview

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

Most data retention policies require a target folder, where the media is moved or copied during execution.
Verba supports a number of storage technologies:

Amazon S3
Bloomberg Vault - Instant Messaging
Bloomberg Vault - Voice
EMC Centera
EMC ECS
EMC Isilon SmartLock
EMC Unity FLR
External Verba Media Repository
Hitachi Content Platform
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
iTernity iCAS
Media Repository Local Disk
Microsoft Azure Storage
Microsoft Office 365 Compliance Archive
NetApp SnapLock
Network Storage
S3 Compatible Storage
SFTP
SMTP — SMTP target can be used for e.g. Micro Focus Digital Safe, Global Relay and any other archive that provides email injection capability.
Verint WFO

The Verba Storage Management Service is responsible for policy execution. The defined target has to be accessible and writable for the Verba Storage Management Service.

1 Overview
- 1.1 Storage/Export target features support matrix
- 1.2 License requirements
2 Managing storage and export targets

Storage/Export target features support matrix

Storage Target	Upload	Export	Playback	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

Storage Target	Upload	Export	Playback	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
Media Repository Local Disk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	It is only recommended for single-server deployments or for temporary storage.
Network Storage (SMB, DFS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
NetApp SnapLock	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
EMC Isilon SmartLock	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
EMC Centera	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EMC Elastic Cloud Storage	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EMC Unity with FLR	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Hitachi Content Platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amazon S3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes *	Yes	Yes *	No	Yes	Yes	Yes *	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	* Transcode, Move Media are only available if object lock is not enabled
S3 Compatible Storage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Microsoft Azure File Storage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Available using standard SMB or REST API
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*	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	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
IBM COS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes *	Yes	Yes *	No	Yes	Yes	Yes *	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	IBM COS uses the S3 Compatible storage target * Transcode, Move Media are only available if object lock is not enabled
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No

Storage and export targets

Overview

Storage/Export target features support matrix