Digital content is an important asset for law enforcement in daily operations and in allowing robust cases to be built based on the evidence collected in investigations. With ever increasing volumes of data, systems to manage, and budget restrictions to consider, it is imperative that law enforcement focus on simple, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions. This will allow the use of digital content to remain a valuable tool, and not something that bogs down departments with complexity and cost.

Aspera and Isilon Systems have partnered to create the first predictable, non-disruptive high performance Wide Area File and Content Delivery solution developed to move large files long distances – at the fastest possible speed. Aspera Enterprise Server for Isilon IQ, a software application runs directly on Isilon scale-out storage and provides a cluster-aware version of Aspera high-speed file transfer technology.

While scale-out clustered storage has clear benefits, its capabilities and performance require a new approach for backup. For example,how can you effectively backup a file system that is hundreds of terabytes large? This paper examines best practices for ensuring data availability in a clustered storage environment.