Tape systems

The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 (TS7700 Virtualization Engine) is a family of mainframe virtual-tape solutions designed to optimize tape processing. The TS7700 Virtualization Engine family has been designed to help enhance performance and provide the capacity needed for today’s tape processing requirements. Deploying this innovative subsystem can reduce batch processing time, total cost of ownership and management overhead.

• No. of drivesSingle node: 256 virtual tape drives
  Two-cluster grid: 512 virtual tape drives
  Three-cluster grid: 768 virtual tape drives
  Four-cluster grid: 1024 virtual tape drives
  Six-cluster grid: 1536 virtual tape drives

• Supported platformsIBM System z®

The IBM System Storage TS7650G ProtecTIER® Deduplication Gateway is designed to meet the disk-based data protection needs of the enterprise data center while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions.

• Cartridge capacity256 virtual tape drives per node (512 per 2 node cluster), and 512,000 virtual cartridges (65,000 per library)
• PerformanceUp to 1500 MB/s or more sustained backup performance; up to 1600 MB/s or more sustained recovery performance
• InterfaceVirtual Tape Library or Symantec OpenStorage (OST)

The IBM System Storage TS7680 ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway for System z® helps improve tape application performance in the System z environment while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions. The solution offers high-performance inline data deduplication, highly available two-node clustering, and up to 1 petabyte (PB) of physical storage capacity per system. Combined with IBM storage, the ProtecTIER Gateway solution provides an optimal disk-based target for tape data.

The IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication Appliance is designed to improve backup and recovery operations and is available in four preconfigured solutions ranging from 7TBs, up to 36TB in a cluster. This integrated solution makes it easy to harness the power of deduplication without making radical changes to the existing environment.