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INFORMATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (ILM) components are responsible for laying down recorded media streams to their designated storage locations. These components ensure compliance with requlatory requirements by automatically enforcing data retention policies in addition to managing archiving and disaster recovery functions.
THE INSTANT RECALL COMPONENT of SYMPHONY™ receives media streams from the data acquisition components. Multiple Instant Recalls can be configured - each with its own data storage location and data retention policy. Dispatcher, a standard SYMPHONY™ component, allows rules-based routing of media streams between acquisition components and Instant Recall's based on meta-data.
ARCHIVE MANAGER is responsible for writing media streams in real-time to removable media for off-line storage. Multiple archive processes can be configured which enable, for example, the back office and the trading floor to use different archive policies.
NETSTORE GATEWAY™ can be configured to mirror the recorder's data streams to Network Attached Storage or a Storage Area Network in real-time. This enables the number of recordings available for replay to be based on the configured capacity of the network resources rather than the size of the recorder's attached storage.
THE RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGER is the unifying component within SYMPHONY™. It provides cataloging services for the data held within the other ILM components and polices access to that data. The Relational Database Manager can be configured to catalogue multiple Instant Recalls, archives and NetStore Gateway™ locations across a LAN or a WAN providing a single point of access and system management. From a user perspective, there is no difference between using a standalone system and a system comprised of multiple acquisition modules with multiple storage locations - even when widely geographically distributed.
