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| | CentricStor Virtual Tape Appliance |
Virtual tape
for the Dynamic Data Center |  |
| CentricStor VT is the first virtual tape solution that provides intelligent data protection by storing all enterprise backup data autonomously on disk or on tape. This unique Dual Target storage solution exploits the best of disk and tape in a seamless manner. CentricStor VT shortens backup windows with the performance of disk to a minimum and fulfils all recovery time objectives for each business critical environment. |
Thus making tape fit for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), enterprises data protection can be flexible aligned at different Service Level Agreements (SLA). CentricStor VT offers superior connectivity with True Tape Virtualization (TTV) which supports the widest range of mainframes, open systems, NAS devices and industry-leading backup applications in the industry. CentricStor VT is also ideal for Service Providers as True Tape Virtualization is the basis for Thin Provisioning. CentricStor VT hides the complexity of backup storage devices from all servers and offers virtual tapes and virtual tape drives to applications without allocating physical tapes or drives in an inflexible way. Even the space in the disk cache is not assigned in a fixed way, allowing the most efficient provisioning of resources. Thin Provisioning allows space to be easily allocated to servers, on a just-enough and just-in-time basis.
Efficient Data Compression and Deduplication technology does further improve the economic allocation of capacity requirements. Such consolidated data centers simplifies companies’ administration efforts and lowers the total cost of storage also enabling efficient use of the most cost effective technologies and increasing energy efficiency.
The powerful CentricStor Grid Architecture (CGA) features unmatched scalability and leverages unmatched disaster resilience for protection against site outages. Its high level of redundancy is also the basis for non-disruptive upgrades and provides data availability anytime to ensure business continuity for each class of data center. Potential risks in operation are identified through Live Monitoring and Health Check. So on top of standard maintenance services, activities can be started even before actual errors occur.
At this time, more than 650 installed CentricStor VT systems protect a data volume larger than 260 PB in data centres of financial services, communications, government and other industries worldwide. Superior intelligent data protection with the unified virtual tape solution for disk and tape backup is reality.
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| Key features | Benefits |
CentricStor makes tape fit for ILM (Information Lifecycle Management)
| - Dual Target unifies
disk and tape storage
- Backup windows are minimized
- Data Compression and
Deduplication *)
- Alignment at different
Service Level Agreements (SLA)
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| True Tape Virtualization (TTV) | - Superior connectivity
- Thin Provisioning
of storage resources
- Consolidation of physical
backup storage devices
- Outstanding TCO reductions
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| CentricStor Grid Architecture (CGA) | - Unmatched scalability
- Unmatched disaster resilience
- Non-disruptive upgrades
- Live Monitoring and Health Check
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| *) The new CentricStor VT Version 4.0 is the base for upcoming Deduplication |
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Revision: October 10, 2008 |
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