Optionally, each of your StorageGRID Webscale system's data center sites can be deployed with an Archive Node, which allows you to connect to a targeted external archival storage system.
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What an Archive Node is
The Archive Node provides an interface through which you can target an external archival storage system for the long term storage of object data. The Archive Node also monitors this connection and the transfer of object data between the StorageGRID Webscale system and the targeted external archival storage system.
Managing connections to archival storage
You can configure an Archive Node to connect to an external archival storage system through either the S3 API or TSM middleware.
Managing Archive Nodes
You can configure an Archive Node to optimize Tivoli Storage Manager performance, take an Archive Node offline when a TSM server is nearing capacity or unavailable, and configure replication and retrieve settings. You can also set Custom alarms for the Archive Node.