| Unitrends said it has announced support for Google Cloud Storage Nearline to provide its customers with the lowest cost long-term cloud archival offering in the industry. |
| The other traditional data storage, nearline archiving, involves moving the data to a slower media such as robotic tape and laser or magnetic optical jukeboxes. |
| Hence, data availability is increased and access time is greatly reduced compared to offline and nearline archiving. |
| The extensive new functionality afforded by nearline storage provides a vital missing link for organizations demanding more from their existing storage architecture. |
| The archiving is a multi-step process, including data compression and then moving the files to the nearline storage device. |
