IBM Spectrum Archive vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

IBM Spectrum Archive, a member of the IBM Spectrum Storage family, gives you direct, intuitive and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries by incorporating the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format standard for reading, writing and exchanging descriptive metadata on formatted tape cartridges. Spectrum Archive eliminates the need for additional tape management and software to access data. Spectrum Archive offers three software solutions for managing your digital files with the LTFS format: Single Drive Edition, Library Edition and Enterprise Edition.

NetApp® Cloud Volumes ONTAP® offers a self-managed, unified storage management solution built on NetApp’s industry-leading ONTAP® software—empowering organizations with unmatched control and flexibility across block and file workloads in hybrid and multicloud environments. Seamlessly integrated with all major cloud providers, it runs natively on each cloud platform (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, AWS), allowing you to deploy and manage storage for mission-critical applications, databases, containers, and user files without requiring extra tooling or complex configuration.