Storage and export targets
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.
Storage/Export target features support matrix
Storage Target
| Upload | Export | Playback_/ Download | Move Media | Copy | Transcode | Transcription | Delete | Archive | Archive in Database | Retention | Retention Lock | Legal Hold_ | Legal Hold | Notes | ||||
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Source | Destination | Source | Destination | Source | Destination | ||||||||||||||
Media Repository Local Disk | Under Retention | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Local disk is only recommended for single-server deployments or for temporary storage. |
Not Under Retention | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
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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 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
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Not Under Retention | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
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Not Under Retention | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | ||
EMC Centera | Under Retention | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes * | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | 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 |
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Not Under Retention | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | ||
Hitachi Content Platform | Under Retention | ||||||||||||||||||