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TS7520 Virtualization Engine

Open Systems Virtualization for IT Optimization and Simplification

  
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Highlights
  • Designed to simplify the backup/restore process by incorporating IBM servers, disk and tape into an integrated appliance

  • Integrate IBM LTO 4 drives and libraries

  • Designed to manage growth to 1.3 PB

  • Investment protection with innovation that matters

  • Manage data growth and risk with highly scalable solutions

  • Reduce backup window

  • Improve restore process

  • High capacity, scalable configurations

  • Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)

  • High Performance

IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520The IBM Virtualization Engine™ TS7520 (TS7520 Virtualization Engine) combines hardware and software into an integrated tiered solution designed to provide tape virtualization for open systems servers connecting over Fibre Channel and iSCSI physical connections. When combined with physical tape resources for longer term data storage, the TS7520 Virtualization Engine is designed to provide an increased level of operational simplicity and energy efficiency, support a low cost of ownership and increase reliability to provide significant operational efficiencies.

One of the biggest problems with backup planning today is that the amount of data being backed up is growing, but the time allotted for a backup (the backup window) is shrinking or remaining static.

With backup windows shrinking, tolerance for hardware failure has virtually disappeared. The TS7520 Virtualization Engine is designed to help address these issues by reducing tape mechanical delays and providing fault tolerant architecture options supporting high availability.

Common features Hardware summary
  • Heterogeneous server support
  • Command Line Interface GUI
  • Failover/failback
  • Control Path failover/Data Path Failover
  • Supports TS1120 drive encryption
  • Supports IBM LTO-4 drives and libraries
  • Up to 2 base frames and 10 expansion frames
  • One, two or four 3954-CV6 servers
  • Up to 2.6 PB capacity with 2:1 Compression
  • Four FC ports per server
  • Physical tape export
  • Physical attach TS3500, TS3200, TS3310, 3494
  • Enterprise and Limited HW release
  • Hardware assisted compression
  • High availability configurations
  • On demand allocation of disk




 
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