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
The 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.