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Product Overview: MARS HSS Object Storage

MARS HSS (High Speed Storage) Object Storage refers to a proprietary storage format and associated methodology developed by Helix International for highly efficient archiving of specific data types, primarily text-based reports and print streams like AFP and PDF.

Key Capabilities:

  • High Compression: Encodes supported data types into specialized storage objects, achieving significant compression ratios (reportedly up to 200-300x compared to storing fully composed reports).
  • Efficient Retrieval: Stores data using byte offsets within larger objects (blobs), allowing for rapid retrieval (milliseconds) of specific documents or pages without needing to load or decompress the entire object.
  • Reduced Storage Costs: The high compression significantly reduces physical storage requirements and associated costs, potentially facilitating data center retirements.
  • Repository Agnostic: The HSS format can potentially be implemented or added to various underlying storage repositories or ECM systems.
  • Data Management: Supports features like data deletion within objects (Repack), defragmentation (Rebuild), and disaster recovery based on object metadata (Restore), aiding in compliance efforts like GDPR's Right to be Forgotten.