Dramatically Reduced Tape Storage Costs
The IBM TotalStorage™ Virtual Tape Server (VTS) is an enterprise tape solution designed to significantly improve performance and exploit Magstar 3590 tape cartridge capacity. Attaching to both IBM S/390™ and open system servers, the VTS is a complete solution that helps companies to automate a much larger portion of their data storage and leads to a significant reduction of overall tape operating costs.
Key Benefits
- Virtual tape processing saves time by eliminating most physical tape movement
- High performance as well as the reduction of the number of tape mounts and cartridges allow for smaller configurations and improved resource utilization
- Offers a true enterprise-wide storage solution with multiplatform host attachment capabilities
Key Features
- Over 5 TB of disk storage capacity (with 3:1 compression)
- Tape processes can be moved to the VTS without significant software change
- FICON, ESCON and SCSI host attachment
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