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Interlock Offers EMC Data Migration Services

Interlock Technology has announced its new data migration services that lets you move archived data off EMC's Centera write-once, read many (WORM) arrays on to any other network-attached disk drive. According to this TechWorld report, the new offering also includes a data assessment service which determines how much and what type of data is stored on a Centera device.

"Interlock Technology said the new offering includes both a data assessment service, which determines how much and what type of data is stored on a Centera device, and then a data migration service to move the data. The services use software with a standards-based API, which the company said ensures that data integrity complies with regulatory rules.

"EMC's Centera is a content addressed storage (CAS) array. CAS, or object-based storage, stores metadata with data so that it can be retrieved based on its content and not its location. Centera also uses a cryptographic hash to ensure that data is immutable, making it compliant with government regulations requiring that sensitive corporate data not be changed after being created.

"Interlock uses the Extensible Access Method (XAM) to exchange data between it and network attached storage (NAS) systems or storage area networks (SAN)."