Virtual tape library specifications
View product specs of VTLs from Copan, EMC, FalconStor, HP, IBM, NetApp, Overland Storage, Quantum, Sepaton and Sun.
These specifications are periodically updated, and vendors are welcome to submit their updates and new product specifications to sbigelow@techtarget.com.
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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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