Tiger Bridge Under the Hood

Overview

Tiger Bridge is Tiger Technology’s data management solution which allows you to bridge your on-premises storage with a selected cloud. Being an on-premises-first hybrid solution, it enables:

• • Intelligent tiering to cloud, tape, or disk
  • Multi-cloud deployments
  • Data access control
  • Reduced cloud traffic spending
  • Cloud AI workflows

It can be helpful for the following scenarios:

• • Backup and disaster recovery
  • Continuous data protection (Versioning)
  • Multi-site synchronization
  • Storage extension
  • Ransomware protection
  • Cloud migration
  • AI augmentation

This document aims to describe some of the most important decisions we had to make while designing the product, such as whether to:

• • Use a database for storing data
  • Implement partial restoration capabilities
  • Do dynamic population

Proceed below to learn more about our dilemmas, arguments, and decisions, as this will help you understand the product and its positioning better.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PRODUCT DECISIONS

• Software Only
• Why Windows?
• Installation and Removal

ARCHITECTURE

• Integration Strategy
• File System Features Support
• Database Usage
• Stub Files

DATA MANAGEMENT

• Managing Large Datasets
• Backup Strategy
• Versioning Usability
• Sync and Share Functionality
• Metadata Handling

FEATURES

• Partial Restoration
• Partial Update
• Predictive Restoration in a Folder
• Malware Protection
• File Locking
• Dynamic Population