Spectra Logic, a reference in data management and storage solutions, announced the availability of Spectra Storage Reclaim, a storage capacity optimization solution designed to help organizations extend the life of their existing storage investments.
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Spectra Logic has launched Storage Reclaim, a tool that frees up existing flash and disk capacity by migrating inactive data to cheaper tiers, as soaring component prices push organisations to optimise storage before buying new infrastructure.
Spectra Logic joins the growing band of storage players seeking to help users extend the life of their existing capacity as the memory crunch continues to bite. The vendor’s Spectra Storage Reclaim solution identifies inactive unstructured data on existing drives and moves it to “an economical protected tier,” thereby allowing businesses to reclaim capacity for more active workloads.
New solution moves inactive data to an economical, protected tier to delay storage expansion, supported by a partner ecosystem including Komprise, Starfish Storage and rclone.
Spectra Logic today announced availability of Spectra Storage Reclaim, a packaged combination of analysis software, data movers, BlackPearl object storage, tape, and services that finds inactive unstructured data on flash and disk arrays and moves it to tape so the primary capacity can go back to active workloads. The pitch is timed to the flash market: Spectra cites contract prices up 55 to 60 percent in the first quarter of 2026 and another 70 to 75 percent in the second, with Gartner expecting a rise of almost 250 percent year over year in the second half.
Spectra Logic, a global leader in data management and storage solutions, is releasing Spectra Storage Reclaim, a storage capacity optimization solution designed to help organizations extend the life of their existing storage investments.
Spectra Logic announced the availability of Spectra Storage Reclaim™, a storage capacity optimization solution designed to help organizations extend the life of their existing storage investments.
Storage Reclaim is a Spectra Logic offering that identifies the least-used files and objects in a customer’s SSD and disk drive data estate and can move them to lower-costs storage to free up space. Several other storage suppliers have responded to the increased cost of flash by offering ways to get dated files and objects off it or re-using old SSDs.
For years, the simplest response to data growth was to add capacity to primary storage. That response is becoming harder to sustain in the current storage market. Flash, disk, memory, power, cooling, floor space, and skilled administration all contribute to the cost of keeping data immediately available. At the same time, AI, analytics, richer media, scientific instruments, and longer retention periods continue to increase the amount of information organisations hold.
