StorageTek VTL Plus 2.0 improves the performance and reliability of existing backup and recovery application processes by presenting a variety of virtual tape drives, libraries, and tape cartridges to those applications. StorageTek VTL Plus 2.0 has improved business operations and data protection for numerous organizations by closing backup windows and ensuring that mission-critical data is protected.
Due to the extreme growth of fixed content, compliance, and archive data, storage requirements are quickly evolving beyond traditional backup and recovery requirements. The situation requires better methods to deploy and manage tiered storage solutions. This solution brief explores Sun's VTL Plus 2.0 coupled with the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) 4.0 feature using Veritas NetBackup 6.5, which becomes a best practice method for data movement between tiers of storage.
"Green" concerns are on the rise as data growth continues to spiral out of control, raising both environmental and budgetary challenges. Tape virtualization alone has very positive impacts on operational issues in data protection, but it also provides access to storage capacity optimization (SCO) technologies like compression, single instancing, and data de-duplication that can offer additional advantages in the right kinds of environments.
Virtual tape technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce disk into a tape-based backup infrastructure, to improve backup performance and reliability. This paper by the Taneja Group considers current data management considerations and provides a quick review of Sun's tape virtualization solutions.
Sun Microsystems,
Aug 13, 2007
The Sun Virtual Tape Library has decreased our restore times by 90 percent and saved us approximately $200,000 annually in media costs.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
Sep 13, 2006
New Products Showcase Security in Sun's Storage Portfolio; new Sun StorageTek VTL Plus Leverages the Power of the Solaris Operating System to Outperform Competitors.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
Sep 13, 2006
Today Sun is announcing affordable, open, world-class solutions that address our customers' needs for efficiency, security, and simplicity better than anyone else. Our latest products deliver exceptional value by cutting costs, improving performance, securing IT infrastructures, and making businesses more efficient.
