Overview; Advanced Data Deduplication Increasing Disk Retention For Backup Data; Remote Replication Of Backup Data Providing Automated Disaster Recovery Protection; Enterprise Features Provide Secure Repository - Quantum DXi6900 User Manual

Chapter 1: System Description

Overview

Overview

The DXi6900 is Quantum's Enterprise disk backup solution that integrates data deduplication, replication,
and direct tape creation technology to connect backup and disaster recovery protection across distributed
corporate environments. The DXi6900 disk-based backup appliance uses Quantum's patented data
deduplication technology to increase disk capacities by 10 to 50 times, and make WAN replication a
practical, cost-effective part of disaster recovery planning. Scalable to 510 TB (DXi6900) or 544 TB
(DXi6900-S) usable capacity, the DXi6900 is designed for larger sites and corporate data centers.
Advanced Data Deduplication Increasing Disk Retention
for Backup Data
The DXi6900 leverages Quantum's patented data deduplication technology to dramatically increase the role
that disk can play in the protection of critical data. With theDXi6900 solution, users can retain 10 to 50 times
more backup data on fast recovery disk than with conventional arrays.
Remote Replication of Backup Data Providing Automated
Disaster Recovery Protection
With the DXi6900, users can transmit backup data from a remote site to a central, secure location to reduce
or eliminate media handling. DXi™-Series replication is asynchronous, automated, and operates as a
background process.

Enterprise Features Provide Secure Repository

With up to 510 TB (DXi6900) or 544 TB (DXi6900-S) usable capacity, the DXi6900 supports large-scale
Enterprise environments. Presentations include both VTL (Fibre Channel) and NAS (CIFS and NFS) as
well as Symantec OpenStorage (OST) and Oracle® Recovery Manager (RMAN) APIs. Integrated tape
creation writes physical media directly over dedicated Fibre Channel connections, and supports ISV direct
tape creation in NetBackup, Backup Exec, NetWorker, Oracle Secure Backup, and ASG-Time Navigator.
DXi Accent distributes deduplication between the DXi6900 and the backup server to accelerate backups
over bandwidth-constrained networks. Compatibility with Quantum's vmPRO software provides
consolidated support for backup of physical and virtual servers.
In addition, DXi6900 systems optionally support Data-at-Rest Encryption to secure all data stored on the
DXi6900. Data-at-Rest Encryption ensures that a hard drive that is physically removed from the DXi6900
cannot be read using another system or device.
Note: DXi6900-S systems support Data-at-Rest encryption to secure all data stored on the Array
module (RBOD) and Expansion module (EBOD) bulk data storage disks.
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