Virtual tape library specifications
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Product: Bus-Tech Inc.; Mainframe Data Library
Usable capacity: In excess of one petabyte
Raw capacity Not provided
# of drives: Dependent on storage vendor attached to
Drive types: 3480, 3490 and 3590
Drive tapacity: 500 GB
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 500 MBps
Connectivity: FICON or ESCON on mainframe side Ethernet or Fibre Channel on storage side
Virtual libraries: 16
Virtual tape drives: 256 to 1,024
Virtual cartridges: unlimited virtual tape cartridges
Release date: August 10, 2006
Base price range: $110,000 to $260,000
Software: Included
Detailed specs: http://www.bustech.com/pdf/MDL-4000-Tech-Sheet.pdf
Vendor URL: www.bustech.com
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Product: COPAN Systems Inc.; The Revolution 220T VTL (1)
Usable capacity: 20.25 TB to 324 TB (compressed capacity; depending on drives)
Raw capacity 28 TB to 448 TB
# of drives: Up to 896 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA drive support
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: No
Transfer rate: 2.75 TB/h
Connectivity: Up to four 2 Gb FC ports
Virtual libraries: 1 to 56
Virtual tape drives: 1 to 56
Virtual cartridges: 4,096 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: October 2005
Base price range: Less than $3.00 per GB
Software: Supported Backup Applications: Atempo Time Navigator, BakBone NetVault, CommVault Galaxy, CA BrightStor, EMC Data Manager (EDM), HP Data Protector, IBM Backup Recovery & Media Services, Legato NetWorker, Oracle Secure Backup, Tivoli Storage Manager, and Veritas NetBackup/Backup Exec.
Supported Archive Applications: ADIC AMASS, FileTek StorHouse, Microsoft Removable Storage Manager, SGI InfiniteStorage Data Migration Facility (DMF), Sun SAM-FS, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Detailed specs: http://www.copansys.com/products/revolution_220t.shtml
Vendor URL: http://www.copansystems.com
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Product: Copan Systems Inc.; The Revolution 220TX VTL (1)
Usable capacity: 101.25 TB to 324 TB
Raw capacity 140 TB to 448 TB
# of drives: Up to 896 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA drive support
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: No
Transfer rate: 5.2 TB/hour
Connectivity: Up to eight 2 Gb FC ports
Virtual libraries: 5 to 56
Virtual tape drives: 5 to 56
Virtual cartridges: 8,192 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: October 2005
Base price range: Less than $3.00 per GB
Software: Supported Backup Applications: Atempo Time Navigator, BakBone NetVault, CommVault Galaxy, CA BrightStor, EMC Data Manager (EDM), HP Data Protector, IBM Backup Recovery & Media Services, Legato NetWorker, Oracle Secure Backup, Tivoli Storage Manager, and Veritas NetBackup/Backup Exec.
Supported Archive Applications: ADIC AMASS, FileTek StorHouse, Microsoft Removable Storage Manager, SGI InfiniteStorage Data Migration Facility (DMF), Sun SAM-FS, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Detailed specs: http://www.copansys.com/products/revolution_220t.shtml
Vendor URL: http://www.copansystems.com
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Product: EMC Corp.; Disk Library (DL) 210 (1)
Usable capacity: 4 TB to 24 TB (72 compressed)
Raw capacity 6 TB to 36 TB
# of Drives: 12 to 72 (2)
Drive types: SATA drive support
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 380 MBps
Connectivity: Fibre Channel
Virtual libraries: 16
Virtual tape drives: 64
Virtual cartridges: 4,096 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: April 2006
Base price range: Starts at $50,000
Software: http://www.emc.com/interoperability/matrices/EMCSupportMatrix.pdf
Detailed specs: http://www.emc.com/products/systems/disk_library/compare/index.jsp
Vendor URL: http://www.emc.com
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Product: EMC Corp.; DL4100 (1)
Usable capacity: 11.5 TB to 170 TB
Raw capacity 15 TB to 232 TB
# of drives: 465 (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 500 GB drives
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 1,100 MBps
Connectivity: Fibre Channel
Virtual libraries: 128
Virtual tape drives: 1,024
Virtual cartridges: 64,000 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: October 2006
Base price range: Starts at $200,000
Software: http://www.emc.com/interoperability/matrices/EMCSupportMatrix.pdf
Detailed specs: http://www.emc.com/products/systems/disk_library/compare/index.jsp
Vendor URL: http://www.emc.com
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Product: EMC Corp.; DL4200 (1)
Usable capacity: 11.5 TB to 170 TB
Raw capacity 15TB to 232 TB
# of drives: 465 (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 500 GB drives
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 1,200 MBps
Connectivity: Fibre channel
Virtual libraries: 256
Virtual tape drives: 2,048
Virtual cartridges: 128,000 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: October 2006
Base price range: Starts at $250,000
Software: http://www.emc.com/interoperability/matrices/EMCSupportMatrix.pdf
Detailed Specs: http://www.emc.com/products/systems/disk_library/compare/index.jsp
Vendor URL: http://www.emc.com
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Product: EMC Corp.; DL4400 (1)
Usable capacity: 23 TB to 370 TB
Raw capacity 30 TB to 464 TB
# of drives: 960 drives (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 500 GB drives
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 2,200 MBps
Connectivity: Fibre Channel
Virtual libraries: 256
Virtual tape drives: 2,048
Virtual cartridges: 128,000 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: October 2006
Base price range: Starts at $400,000
Software: http://www.emc.com/interoperability/matrices/EMCSupportMatrix.pdf
Detailed specs: http://www.emc.com/products/systems/disk_library/compare/index.jsp
Vendor URL: http://www.emc.com
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Product: FalconStor; VTL-350 (1)
Usable capacity: More than 512 TB can be attached
Raw capacity Up to 18 TB internal, 512 TB external
# of drives: Up to 24 internal, not limited external (2)
Drive types: SATA internal
Drive capacity: Up to 750 GB internal SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: not available
Connectivity: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 64 per node
Virtual tape drives: Up to 512 per node
Virtual cartridges: Up to 4,096 virtual tape cartridges per node
Release date: June 2004 (initial release)
Base price range: See vendor
Software: not available
Detailed specs: http://www.falconstor.com/en/solutions/?pg=Products&sb=VTL
Vendor URL: http://www.falconstor.com
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Product: Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Storage Appliance (VTL-S6) (1)
Usable capacity: 3.75 TB with RAID 5
Raw capacity Up to 4.5 TB
# of drives: 6 drives (2)
Drive types: SATA internal
Drive capacity: Up to 750 GB internal SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 200 MBpsec (using 4 Gbps FC)
Connectivity: Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 4
Virtual tape drives: Up to 16
Virtual cartridges: Up to 1,024
Release date: Currently available (October 2007)
Base price range: $19,000
Software: Not available
Detailed specs: http://www.falconstor.com/en/solutions/?pg=Products&sb=Turnkey&sm=VTL
Vendor URL: http://www.falconstor.com
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Product: Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Storage Appliance (VTL-S12) (1)
Usable capacity: 7.5 TB with RAID 6
Raw capacity 9 TB
# of drives: Up to 12 (2)
Drive types: SATA internal
Drive capacity: Up to 750 GB internal SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 250 MBps (using 4 Gbps RC)
Connectivity: Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 8
Virtual tape drives: Up to 32
Virtual cartridges: Up to 2,048
Release date: Currently available (October 2007)
Base price range: See vendor
Software: Not available
Detailed specs: http://www.falconstor.com/en/solutions/?pg=Products&sb=Turnkey&sm=VTL
Vendor URL: http://www.falconstor.com
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Product: Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Storage Appliance (VTL-S24) (1)
Usable capacity: 16.5 TB with RAID 6
Raw capacity 18 TB
# of drives: Up to 24 internal (2)
Drive types: SATA internal
Drive capacity: Up to 750 GB internal SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: 300 MBps (using 4 Gbps FC)
Connectivity: Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 16
Virtual tape drives: Up to 64
Virtual cartridges: Up to 4,096
Release date: Currently available (October 2007)
Base price range: See vendor
Software: Not available
Detailed specs: http://www.falconstor.com/en/solutions/?pg=Products&sb=VTL
Vendor URL: http://www.falconstor.com
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Product: Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Virtual Appliance for VMware
Usable capacity: 2.8 TB
Raw capacity Not applicable
# of drives: Not applicable
Drive types: Not applicable
Drive capacity: Not applicable
Drive hot swap: Not applicable
Transfer rate: 60 MBps (using 1 Gbps iSCSI)
Connectivity: iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 4
Virtual tape drives: Up to 16
Virtual cartridges: Up to 1,024
Release date: Currently available (October 2007)
Base price range: $8,000
Software: This is a software product
Detailed specs: http://www.falconstor.com/en/solutions/?pg=Application&sb=VMWare
Vendor URL: http://www.falconstor.com
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Product: HP; StorageWorks 1000i Virtual Library System (1)
Usable capacity: 1.5 TB
Raw capacity 2.0 TB
# of drives: 4 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 60 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 6
Virtual tape drives: Up to 12
Virtual cartridges: Up to 180 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: $6,100
Software: HP Data Protector, HP Data Protector Express, CA BrightStor ARCserve, Symantec Backup Exec, Yosemite Backup, and more (see: www.hp.com/go/ebs)
Detailed specs: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/1000vls/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com
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Product: HP; StorageWorks D2D 110 Backup System (1)
Usable capacity: 750 MB
Raw capacity 1.0 TB
# of drives: 4 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 250 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: No
Transfer rate: Up to 40 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 4
Virtual tape drives: Up to 4
Virtual cartridges: Up to 96 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: $1,999
Software: HP Data Protector Express 3.5 2 , CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5 , EMC Networker 7.3, Symantec Backup Exec 11d , Symantec Netbackup 6.0 3, Atempo Time Navigator 4.x 3, BakBone NetVault 7.4 3 , CommVault Galaxy Backup 6.1 3, Yosemite Backup 8.5 3 (see: www.hp.com/go/ebs)
Detailed specs: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/d2d_bs/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com
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Product: HP; StorageWorks D2D 120 Backup System (1)
Usable capacity: 1.5 TB
Raw capacity 2.0 TB
# of drives: 4 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: No
Transfer rate: Up to 40 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: iSCSI
Virtual libraries: Up to 4
Virtual tape drives: Up to 4
Virtual cartridges: Up to 96 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: $3,999
Software: HP Data Protector Express 3.5 2 , CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5 , EMC Networker 7.3, Symantec Backup Exec 11d , Symantec Netbackup 6.0 3, Atempo Time Navigator 4.x 3, BakBone NetVault 7.4 3 , CommVault Galaxy Backup 6.1 3, Yosemite Backup 8.5 3 (see: www.hp.com/go/ebs)
Detailed specs: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/d2d_bs/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com
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Product: HP; StorageWorks 6000 Virtual Library System (1)
Usable capacity: 2.5 TB to 70.3 TB
Raw capacity 3.0 TB to 96 TB
# of drives: 12 to 192 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 250 GB, 500 GB, or 750 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 600 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: 4 Gbps FC
Virtual libraries: Up to 16
Virtual tape drives: Up to 128
Virtual cartridges: Up to 8,192 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: $32,900 to $190,000
Software: HP Data Protector, CA BrightStor ARCserve, EMC Legato Networker, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec NetBackup, Tivoli Storage Manager, and more (see: www.hp.com/go/ebs)
Detailed specs: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/6000vls/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com
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Product: HP; StorageWorks 9000 Virtual Library System (1)
Usable capacity: 30 TB to 300 TB
Raw capacity 36 TB to 360 TB
# of drives: 48 to 480 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA
Drive capacity: 750 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer Rate: Up to 4,800 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: 4 Gbps FC
Virtual libraries: Up to 128 (16 per node)
Virtual tape drives: Up to 1,024 (128 per node)
Virtual cartridges: Up to 8,192 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: $227,500
Software: HP Data Protector, CA BrightStor ARCserve, EMC Legato Networker, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec NetBackup, Tivoli Storage Manager, and more (see: www.hp.com/go/ebs)
Detailed specs: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/disk_to_disk/vls/9000vls/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com
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Product: HP; StorageWorks 12000 Virtual Library System (1)
Usable capacity: 3 TB to over 500 TB
Raw capacity 4 TB to 720 TB
# of drives: 8 to 1,440 hard drives (2)
Drive types: FC and FATA
Drive capacity: 300 GB FC and 500 GB FATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 4,800 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: 4 Gbps FC
Virtual libraries: Up to 128 (16 per node)
Virtual tape drives: Up to 1,024 (128 per node)
Virtual cartridges: Up to 8,192 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: $59,100
Software: HP Data Protector, CA BrightStor ARCserve, EMC Legato Networker, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec NetBackup, Tivoli Storage Manager, and more (see: www.hp.com/go/ebs)
Detailed Specs: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/disk_to_disk/vls/12000vls/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com
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Product: IBM; Virtualization Engine TS7700 (1)
Usable capacity: Up to 6TB (18TB with 3:1 compression)
Raw capacity Not provided
# of drives: Up to 64 disk drives (four disk RAID configurations each with up to 16 drives) (2)
Drive types: 15K rpm 146 GB Fibre Channel HDDs
Drive capacity: 146 GB each
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 600 MBps
Connectivity: Up to Four 4Gbps FICON channels (512 logical paths)
Virtual libraries: TS3500 Tape Library
Virtual tape drives: 128 virtual tape drives (up to sixteen 4 Gbps TS1120 or 3592 Physical tape drives)
Virtual cartridges: Up to 1,000,000 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Starting under $500,000
Software: most host tape programs (e.g. CA, TSM, etc.) work with the TS7700 transparently
Detailed specs: https://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/ts7700/index.html
Vendor URL: http://www.ibm.com
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Product: Network Appliance Inc.; NearStore VTL 1400
Usable capacity: Uncompressed data -- 128TB; 2:1 compressible data -- 256 TB; 3:1 compressible data -- 384 TB
Raw capacity 168 TB
# of drives: 336 drives
Drive types: SATA drives
Drive capacity: 500GB SATA, 320GB SATA, 250GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes (User defined global hot spare drives)
Transfer rate: Uncompressible data - 1,600MBps; 2:1 compressible data -- 1,800MBps; 3:1 compressible data -- 1,900MBps
Connectivity: 2 onboard GbE management ports, 8 onboard 4Gb Fibre Channel ports
Virtual libraries: 512
Virtual tape drives: 20,000
Virtual cartridges: 3,000
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Prices vary depending on deployment
Software: NearStore VTL OS v5.0
Detailed specs: http://www.netapp.com/products/nearstore/nearstore-vtl-tech-specs.html
Vendor URL: www.netapp.com
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Product: Overland Storage Inc.; REO 4500 (1)
Usable capacity: 2 TB to 10 TB (up to 38 TB using expansion arrays)
Raw capacity 3 TB to 12 TB (up to 66 TB via expansion arrays)
# of drives: Base chassis 12
Drive types: SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 220 MBps (1.0 TB/hour)
Connectivity: Two 2 Gbps FC; Two 1 Gbps iSCSI
Virtual libraries: 4
Virtual tape drives: 32
Virtual cartridges: 64 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Starts at $23,500
Software: Not provided
Detailed specs: http://www.overlandstorage.com/products/reo4500.html
Vendor URL: http://www.overlandstorage.com
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Product: Overland Storage Inc.; REO 9100 (1)
Usable capacity: 2.5 TB to 15 TB (up to 44 TB using expansion arrays)
Raw capacity 3 TB to 18 TB (up to 66 TB via expansion arrays)
# of drives: Base chassis 12 (upgradeable to 24)
Drive types: SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 600 MBps
Connectivity: Two 2 Gbps FC; Two 1 Gbps iSCSI
Virtual libraries: 4
Virtual tape drives: 32
Virtual cartridges: 180 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available (September 2007)
Base price range: Starts at $66,784
Software: Not provided
Detailed specs: http://www.overlandstorage.com/products/reo9100.html
Vendor URL: http://www.overlandstorage.com
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Product: Quantum Corp.; DXi3500 Disk Backup and Replication Appliance with Deduplication Technology (1)
Usable capacity: 1.2 TB to 4.2 TB
Raw capacity 2 TB to 6 TB
# of drrives: Up to 8 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB or 750 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 290 GB/hr
Connectivity: 2 Gbps FC; GbE vis iSCSI, NFS and CIFS
Virtual libraries: Emulates a variety of Quantum, Sun and IBM libraries
Virtual tape drives: Emulates DLT7000, SDLT 320, SDLT 600, SLT-S4; LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4
Virtual cartridges: Up to 1,600 virtual cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Pricing depends on configuration. Please contact your preferred VAR for pricing information.
Software: https://www.quantum.com/swcompguide.aspx
Detailed specs: https://www.quantum.com/Products/Disk-BasedBackup/DXi3500/Index.aspx
Vendor URL: https://www.quantum.com
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Product: Quantum Corp.; DXi5500 Disk Backup and Replication Appliance with Deduplication Technology
Usable capacity: 3.6 TB to 10.8 TB
Raw capacity 6 TB to 18 TB
# of drives: Up to 24 hard drives
Drive types: SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB or 750 GB SATA
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 800 GB/hr
Connectivity: 2 Gb FC; GbE vis iSCSI, NFS and CIFS
Virtual libraries: Emulates a variety of Quantum, Sun and IBM libraries
Virtual tape drives: Emulates DLT7000, SDLT 320, SDLT 600, SLT-S4; LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4
Virtual cartridges: Up to 3,200 virtual cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Pricing depends on configuration. Please contact your preferred VAR for pricing information.
Software: https://www.quantum.com/swcompguide.aspx
Detailed specs: https://www.quantum.com/Products/Disk-BasedBackup/DXi5500/Index.aspx
Vendor URL: https://www.quantum.com
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Product: Quantum Corp.; DXi7500 Disk Backup and Replication System with Deduplication Technology
Usable capacity: About 180 TB Usable Capacity
Raw capacity 24 TB to 240 TB
# of drives: Up to 16 disks per shelf
Drive types: SATA II
Drive capacity: 750 GB SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 8 TB/hr (compressed)
Connectivity: 4 Gbps FC, GbE vis iSCSI, NFC and CIFS
Virtual libraries: Emulates a variety of Quantum, Sun and IBM libraries
Virtual tape drives: Emulates DLT7000, SDLT 320, SDLT 600, SLT-S4; LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4
Virtual cartridges: Up to 36,000 virtual cartridges
Release date: Currently available (June 2007)
Base price range: Pricing depends on configuration. Please contact your preferred VAR for pricing information.
Software: https://www.quantum.com/swcompguide.aspx
Detailed specs: https://www.quantum.com/Products/Disk-BasedBackup/DXi7500/Index.aspx
Vendor URL: https://www.quantum.com
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Product: Sepaton Inc.; S2100-ES2 Virtual Tape Library (1)
Usable capacity: 3.5 TB to 1.2 PB
Raw capacity 4 TB to 1.44 PB
# of drives: Up to 1,920 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA II
Drive capacity: 750 GB SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 9,600 MBpsec
Connectivity: Not provided
Virtual libraries: 192 to 3,072 virtual tape libraries
Virtual tape drives: 192 to 3,072 virtual tape drives
Virtual cartridges: 5,300,000 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Entry level pricing starting at $15,995
Software: Atempo Time Navigator; BakBone NetVault; CA BrightStor, ARCserve Backup; CommVault Galaxy; EMC Legato NetWorker; HP OpenView Storage Data Protector; IBM Tivoli Storage Manager; Kodak Carestream PACS; Symantec NetBackup, Symantec Backup Exec, Oracle Secure Backup, and SyncSort Backup Express
Detailed specs: http://www.sepaton.com/products/s2100-es2.php
Vendor URL: http://www.sepaton.com
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Product: Sun Microsystems Inc.; StorageTek VTL Appliance Plus Series 1000 (1)
Usable capacity: 6 TB to 42 TB
Raw capacity 8 TB to 56 TB
# of drives: Up to 112 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA, SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA/SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 400 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: Up to 12 Gb FC
Virtual libraries: 16
Virtual tape drives: 128
Virtual cartridges: 2,048 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Starting at $140,000 to $280,000
Software: EMC Legato; EMC Data Manager; Veritas NetBackup; Veritas Backup Exec; IBM TSM; CommVault Galaxy; CA ArcServe; CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup; HP Data Protector; Syncsort Backup Express; BakBone NetVault; Atempo TimeNavigator
Detailed specs: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/tape_storage/tape_virtualization/vtl/
Vendor URL: http://www.sun.com
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Product: Sun Microsystems Inc.; StorageTek VTL Appliance Plus Series 2000 (1)
Usable capacity: 6 TB to 170 TB
Raw capacity 8 TB to 224 TB
# of drives: Up to 448 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA, SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA/SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transferrate: Up to 700 MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: Up to 28, 2Gb FC port
Virtual libraries: Up to 64
Virtual tape drives: Up to 512
Virtual cartridges: Up to 4,096 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Starting at $180,000 to $780,000
Software: EMC Legato; EMC Data Manager; Veritas NetBackup; Veritas Backup Exec; IBM TSM; CommVault Galaxy; CA ArcServe; CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup; HP Data Protector; Syncsort Backup Express; BakBone NetVault; Atempo TimeNavigator
Detailed specs: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/tape_storage/tape_virtualization/vtl/
Vendor URL: http://www.sun.com
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Product: Sun Microsystems Inc.; StorageTek VTL Appliance Plus Series 3000 (1)
Usable capacity: 6 TB to 170 TB
Raw capacity 8 TB to 224 TB
# of drives: Up to 448 hard drives (2)
Drive types: SATA, SATA II
Drive capacity: 500 GB SATA/SATA II
Drive hot swap: Yes
Transfer rate: Up to 1400MBps (using maximum number of drives)
Connectivity: Up to 56, 2 Gb FC ports
Virtual libraries: Up to 128
Virtual tape dives: Up to 1,024
Virtual cartridges: Up to 8,192 virtual tape cartridges
Release date: Currently available
Base price range: Starting at $270,000 to $870,000
Software: EMC Legato; EMC Data Manager; Veritas NetBackup; Veritas Backup Exec; IBM TSM; CommVault Galaxy; CA ArcServe; CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup; HP Data Protector; Syncsort Backup Express; BakBone NetVault; Atempo TimeNavigator
Detailed specs: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/tape_storage/tape_virtualization/vtl/
Vendor URL: http://www.sun.com
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