The Storage Heaven Mirage MX480 disk-based virtual tape library (VTL) solutions target the growing need of Medium to Large Businesses to more efficiently and quickly protect critical business data. The Mirage M480 dual controller configuration provides twice the performance plus the key benefits of fault tolerance and redundancy.
The Mirage MX480 uses existing tape backup software and procedures to record "virtual tape cartridges" on U320/160 LVD SCSI RAID system(s). The Mirage M480 is seen by the backup application as a conventional tape library, but provides more reliable high performance backup and quick restores typical of RAID systems. The Mirage M480 VTL is scalable and can grow with future requirements by attaching up to a total of eight RAID systems to the existing Mirage M480 VTL.
The Mirage M480 VTL delivers immediate performance improvements to backup and restore applications with a sustained speed of over 1 TB per hour. The Mirage M448 supports up to four virtual tape drives per controller simultaneously, allowing up to eight backup streams to run concurrently.
The Mirage M480 enables users to integrate the VTL minimizing changes to their existing configuration. The VTL is simply added as another tape/tape library device. The backup software can now backup or restore to or from the VTL. The number of VTL slots and drives is user selectable and up to 8 virtual tape drives are supported. |
