Spectra Logic BlackPearl Integration

This app will allow Spectra Logic BlackPearl buckets to be used as deep archive storage in Portal.

Prerequisites

This guide requires:

  • A Spectra Logic BlackPearl endpoint available from the Portal server.

  • A Spectra Logic BlackPearl bucket created.

  • The Portal server must have all Vidispine Storages mounted.

Configuring the integration

Go to the Spectra BlackPearl configuration panel in the Admin -> Archive Framework section. These are the available options:

  • DS3 Access key - Username/ID to use for authentication when calling the BlackPearl endpoint.

  • DS3 Secret key - Password/Key to use for authentication when calling the BlackPearl endpoint.

  • DS3 Endpoint - The IP-Address/DNS hostname pointing to the BlackPearl endpoint.

  • DS3 Bucket - The Spectra Logic BlackPearl bucket in which to store archived material.

Spectra Logic BlackPearl can optionally archive several files as part of one “job”. This minimizes tape mount, spool and park times. Portal allows its administrators to set triggers on how long the system should wait before starting such a “combined” job. - Item: At what number of items in the queue should a combined job be started. (Setting this to 1 means all files are immediately processed as separate archive-jobs) - Interval: After how many minutes should a combined job be started. - Time of Day: At what time of day should a combined job be started.

All of these triggers act independently of each other. As soon as one condition is triggered the entire queue is submitted as a single job.

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