In this configuration, the onQ Archive Vault (AV) is running on a standalone onQ Appliance (aka Archive Vault Gateway)—or hosted by an HA Appliance or DR Appliance. Unlike all other AV configurations where the AV is directly attached to a JBOD, Archive Vault Gateway is connected to your company’s existing external storage (iSCSI SAN and FC SAN) through a 10Gbps Ethernet or a 8GB fiber channel interface card thereby lowering your archival storage costs. As one might expect, Archive Vault Gateway requires that an HA or DR be present elsewhere on the network to provide snapshots for archival.