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Spectra BlackPearl

Spectra Logic's BlackPearl Nearline Object Gateway (F-/H-Series) fronts disk, tape, and archive behind an S3-compatible API. Point storafleet at the appliance's data-path URL with credentials an admin issues for you.

What you need

• An S3 Access ID and S3 Secret Key from your admin.
• Your BlackPearl data-path URL, e.g. https://blackpearl.<domain> (host/IP plus port).
• The region — BlackPearl ignores it, so use us-east-1.

Get your credentials

1. Ask your admin to open Configuration → Users → New.
2. For that user, choose Show S3 Credentials — the appliance auto-generates them.
3. You get an S3 Access ID and an S3 Secret Key.

Endpoint & region

Your endpoint is the BlackPearl data-path URL, e.g. https://blackpearl.<domain> (host/IP plus port). The region is ignored, so use us-east-1.

Connect the Fleet

1. From the Fleet page, click Create Fleet and pick Access Keys.
2. Paste the S3 Access ID and S3 Secret Key from your admin.
3. Set your endpoint to the BlackPearl data-path URL (e.g. https://blackpearl.<domain>) and set the region to us-east-1.
4. Connect using path-style addressing. If your appliance uses a private-CA or self-signed HTTPS certificate, provide a CA bundle so storafleet can verify the connection.

Supported features

BlackPearl supports versioning and Object Lock (WORM). Lifecycle, tiering, and access run through BlackPearl data policies and Advanced Bucket Management, not the standard S3 APIs.