Scality getting into DNA archival storage wth Biomemory
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Scality getting into DNA archival storage wth Biomemory Object storage supplier Scality has an eye to very long-term archiving by partnering French DNA storage developer Biomemory. The two want to accelerate the development and enterprise integration of DNA-based cold archive storage, and pioneer ultra-secure, DNA-based data archives with 150-year retention. They will work to position DNA storage as a viable, ultra-secure, and long-term archival tier within modern object storage environments, complementing existing flash, disk and tape infrastructure rather than replacing it. Scality CEO Jerome Lecat has joined Biomemory's board of directors. Scality CEO Jerome Lecat said: "The future of data storage is not a single medium; it is a spectrum of storage qualities, each optimized for the demands of the data it holds. DNA storage represents the logical culmination of that spectrum: a cold archive tier with density, secure immutability, and longevity that no conventional medium can approach.” “Our partnership with Biomemory is a strategic investment in owning that future. By bringing DNA into the Scality ecosystem now, we ensure our customers, which include the world's most demanding enterprises, governments, and service providers, will be ready to harness it as it matures. And by being on Biomemory's board, I'm personally committed to helping accelerate that journey for the entire industry." Biomemory bought the assets of US DNA storage developer Catalog Technologies in March, saying at the time, both firms’ technologies “synergistically align, combining enzymatic bio-secure DNA blocks assembly with scalable high-speed printing, high-throughput reading and a low error-rate.” Scality and Biomemory will focus on integrating DNA storage as a new, ultra-secure cold archive tier within Scality-managed storage environments including Scality ADI, its autonomous data infrastructure offering. The integration roadmap will be developed jointly by both companies in the coming months. The intention is to extend existing capabilities in long-term data archive policy management, intelligent tiering, secure and cyber-resilient chain of custody. Scality thinks it’s ideally positioned to serve as a massive-scale control plane around Biomemory’s DNA storage as the technology matures, enhancing Scality’s CORE5 cyber-resilience framework to new levels of secure data storage. DNA-based archival storage is suited to "keep forever, read rarely" scenarios, as it has seriously slow IO speeds compared to tape. The two see key applications including national archives, scientific and genomic data repositories, media and entertainment preservation, regulated financial and healthcare records, and sovereign or defense workloads. The most immediate demand is expected from organizations responsible for preserving high-value data over multi-decade timeframes, where loss, corruption or unreadability could carry severe financial, legal, operational or societal consequences. Biomemory CEO Erfane Arwani, said: "Biomemory is building DNA storage with enterprise scale and enterprise expectations. Not as a laboratory curiosity, but as a modular, data center-ready archival system. To realize that vision, we work with software partners who understand the full stack: how data moves, how policies are enforced, how resilience is maintained across tiers, and how enterprises actually manage the lifecycle of their most valuable assets.” “Scality is the ideal partner for that challenge. Their hardware-aware, software-defined architecture is precisely the kind of control plane that DNA storage needs to reach its potential in production environments. Having Jerome on our board brings not just strategic alignment, but deep operational experience scaling storage platforms globally." Updates on joint integration milestones, customer programs, and technical specifications will be published as the partnership progresses. This Scality-Biomemory deal indicates that Cerabyte now has a competitor for its ceramic-coated glass archiving technology. Other archival technology developers such as Ewigbyte, Holomem, and Optera, not forgetting Microsoft’s Project Silica, will have to up their game.
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