What is the iTernity iCAS quick deployment?
iTernity iCAS (Compliant Archive Software) is a middleware for audit-proof, legally compliant long-term archiving. STACKIT offers it as a quick deployment: a documented installation and setup guide that lets you run the vendor’s software on STACKIT virtual machines.
This is not a managed service operated by STACKIT, but third-party software running on STACKIT infrastructure. According to the documentation, the operating system is Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022, and the archived data is hosted exclusively in German STACKIT data centers.
Key capabilities
- WORM archiving: Write Once, Read Many meets strict legal requirements for data archiving
- CSC containers: Patented Content Storage Container technology bundles metadata with the archived objects and protects them from unauthorized access or changes
- Self-healing: Individual hash values monitor files, and corrupted archive objects are repaired automatically
- Compliance: Compliant with GDPR, GoBD, GeBüV, and SEC 17a-4, audited by KPMG for GDPR, GoBD, and GeBüV
- Deletion despite retention: The Special Delete Manager enables documented deletion where legally required
- Flexible storage backends: Containers can be stored on on-site storage or in STACKIT Object Storage
- Scalability: Software-defined architecture scaling from terabytes to petabytes
- Application integration: More than 140 validated applications, including ERP, DMS, ECM, and PACS systems
Typical use cases
Statutory retention obligations: Financial services, healthcare, and public administration archive data immutably for the required retention periods.
Protecting business-critical information: Documents and records are stored in patented CSC containers and continuously verified for integrity via hash values.
Cloud archive instead of dedicated hardware: The archive runs on STACKIT virtual machines with STACKIT Object Storage as the backend, without archive hardware in your own data center.
Offloading existing systems: Older data from document and enterprise systems moves into the compliant archive without losing access from the line-of-business applications.
Benefits
- Sovereign archiving: Operation and data storage exclusively in German STACKIT data centers
- Demonstrable compliance: Audited fulfilment of GDPR, GoBD, and GeBüV
- Reuse of existing systems: Integration with more than 140 validated applications
- Integrity without manual checks: Self-healing verifies and repairs archive objects automatically
- Prepared deployment: STACKIT documents installation and setup as a quick deployment
Working with innFactory
As an official STACKIT partner, innFactory supports you with the iTernity iCAS quick deployment: sizing the virtual machines, connecting STACKIT Object Storage as the archive backend, integrating existing ERP, DMS, and ECM landscapes, and aligning the archiving concept with your compliance requirements.
Typical Use Cases
Technical Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the iTernity iCAS quick deployment?
STACKIT provides a quick deployment for iTernity iCAS: a prepared installation guide for the vendor's archiving middleware on STACKIT virtual machines. iCAS is a middleware for audit-proof archiving following the WORM principle (Write Once, Read Many).
Is iCAS a managed service operated by STACKIT?
No. iCAS is software from the third-party vendor iTernity that is installed and operated on your own STACKIT virtual machines as part of the quick deployment. STACKIT provides the infrastructure and the deployment guide.
Which operating system does iCAS run on?
According to the documentation, iCAS runs on Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022 and is operated on STACKIT virtual machines.
Where is the archived data stored?
CSC containers can be stored on various backends, including on-site storage or STACKIT Object Storage. According to the documentation, the data is hosted exclusively in German STACKIT data centers.
Which compliance requirements does iCAS address?
The documentation lists compliance with GDPR, GoBD, GeBüV, and SEC 17a-4. For GDPR, GoBD, and GeBüV the solution was audited by KPMG.
How is data protected against loss and tampering?
iCAS bundles metadata and objects in patented Content Storage Containers (CSC), protecting them from unauthorized access or changes. In addition, a self-healing function monitors files via individual hash values and automatically repairs corrupted archive objects.
Can data be deleted despite an active retention period?
For cases where deletion is legally required, for example under GDPR, iCAS provides a Special Delete Manager that documents the removal of data before the retention period ends.
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