ScoutAM Compatibility Guide

Versity’s ScoutAM offers a simple but powerful platform to manage and preserve exponentially increasing collections of unstructured data. It is the first scalable, modular and economically efficient mass storage solution for exabyte-scale data orchestration.

ScoutAM supported tape libraries

The following table summarizes supported tape libraries for Scaleout Archive Manager (ScoutAM).

ManufacturerModel
IBMTSXXXX, 3584, DiamondBack
SpectraTFinity, TXXX, Stack, Cube
OracleSL8500, SL3000, SL4000, SL500, SL150, L700 Series, L180 Series. ACSLS is supported.
QuantumScalar i2000, i3000, i6, i6000
OverlandNEO Series
DellTL2000, PowerVault, ML3

If a combination you would like to deploy is not currently in this matrix, please contact us to discuss.

Notes:
Write Once Read Many (WORM) is supported and controlled by ScoutAM at the filesystem level.

Encryption for data at rest may be used with ScoutAM but must be managed by the tape library and must be transparent to ScoutAM.

ScoutAM supported tape drives

The following table summarizes supported tape drives for Scaleout Archive Manager (ScoutAM).

ManufacturerModel
IBMLTO 4-9 HH/FH
TS11{20,30,40,50,55,60,70}
Oracle9840{B,C,D}*
T9940{A,B}*
T10K{A-D}
ALLLTO 4-9

If a combination you would like to deploy is not currently in this matrix, please contact us to discuss.

*legacy support – these drives may be read but are not recommended for new deployments

ScoutAM supported versions and Linux operating systems

The following table summarizes supported Linux operating systems and versions of the Scout Archive Manager (ScoutAM).

Linux VersionRHELCENTOSRocky / AlmaOracle Linux+ScoutAM
7.7 – 7.8xxx< 2.11
7.9xxxCurrent
8.8 – 8.10xxxCurrent
9.4xxxCurrent
9.5xxxCurrent

If a combination you would like to deploy is not currently in this matrix, please contact us to discuss.

+ Boot into Redhat kernel is required

WORM and application/library encryption supported.