Tandberg's next generation of Virtual Tape

August 24, 2009:Tandberg Data has introduced the Tandberg DPS1000 Series of Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) , providing autodiscovery of host systems, including virtual systems, servers and workstations

A single unit can connect up to 100 separate systems - it automatically discovers, connects and presents a unique virtual library for each host system.

By using disk storage to emulate a traditional tape library, a VTL optimises the performance of data protection operations, providing almost immediate access to data and dramatically reducing backup and recovery time.

“The DPS1000 Series offers even more than a typical VTL,” says McClain Buggle, Business Unit Manager for Disk and Software at Tandberg Data. “It creates a unique and secure virtual library connection for up to 100 host systems, including remote servers and virtual machines, and then automatically protects all systems to physical tape. Each system can run a different backup application – there is no sharing conflict since each system believes it has its own tape library.”

The DPS1000 Series VTL can be used with Tandberg Data Tape Libraries for consolidated off-site backup, long term archiving and disaster recovery. Optional DPS Expansion Modules can be utilised to provide additional capacity.

The DPS1000 Series has been designed to make it easier to protect data in virtualised environments; it scales easily with a one-to-one mapping of a virtual machine to its own virtual tape library connection. If a virtual machine is no longer online, then its library connection is persistently maintained.

The DPS1000 Series is configurable as a single drive per library or up to eight drives within a single virtual library. The virtual shelf allows tapes to be electronically removed from the active library and stored for later retrieval or export. Tapes on shelf can be moved to other libraries electronically, providing data portability without physically moving tapes.

To ensure maximum data security, the DPS1000 creates a unique and secure virtual library connection for each host system. This isolation of data helps to satisfy regulatory compliance concerning maintaining controls and storage separation of data. Each client or server has its own library to back data up to. To provide maximum security of data, the DPS1000 only allows the system that backed up the data to restore the data.

The DPS1000 Series can be sized for any environment with the DPS Expansion Module. These 2U disk arrays can be utilized with the DPS1000 Series to provide additional capacity as and when required, adding up to 45TB of raw storage in 4.5TB increments.