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Issue January 2008
CentricStor
Virtual Tape Appliance
Intelligent Data Protection
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CentricStor is the first virtual tape solution that provides intelligent data protection by storing all enterprise backup
data autonomously on disk or on tape. This unique Dual Target storage solution exploits the best of disk and tape in a
seamless manner thus making tape fit for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
Virtual tape for the Dynamic Data Center
CentricStor is the first virtual tape solution that provides
intelligent data protection by storing all enterprise backup
data autonomously on disk or on tape. This unique Dual
Target storage solution exploits the best of disk and tape in
a seamless manner. CentricStor shortens backup windows
with the performance of disk to a minimum and fulfils all
recovery time objectives for each business critical
environment. Thus making tape fit for Information Lifecycle
Management (ILM), enterprises data protection can be
flexible aligned at different Service Level Agreements
(SLA).
CentricStor offers superior connectivity with True Tape
Virtualization (TTV) which supports the widest range of
mainframes, open systems, NAS devices and industryleading backup applications in the industry. CentricStor is
also ideal for Service Providers as True Tape Virtualization
(TTV) is the basis for Thin Provisioning. CentricStor hides
the complexity of backup storage devices from all servers
and offers virtual tapes and virtual tape drives to
applications without allocating physical tapes or drives in
an inflexible way. Even the space in the disk cache is not
assigned in a fixed way, allowing the most efficient
provisioning of resources. Thin Provisioning allows space
to be easily allocated to servers, on a just-enou gh and justin-time basis.
Key Features Benefits
CentricStor makes tape fit for ILM
(Information Lifecycle Management)
Dual Target unifies disk and tape storage
Backup windows are minimized
Data Compression and Deduplication
*)
Alignment at different Service Level Agreements (SLA)
True Tape Virtualization (TTV) Superior connectivity
Thin Provisioning of storage resources
Consolidation of physical backup storage devices
Outstanding TCO reductions
CentricStor Grid Architecture (CGA) Unmatched scalability
Unmatched disaster resilience
Non-disruptive upgrades
Live Monitoring and Health Check
*) The new CentricStor Version 4 is the base for future deduplication
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Efficient Data Compression and Deduplication
*)
technology
does further improve the economic allocation of capacity
requirements. Such consolidated data centers simplifies
companies’ administration efforts and lowers the total cost
of storage also enabling efficient use of the most cost
effective technologies and increasing energy efficiency.
The powerful CentricStor Grid Architecture (CGA) features
unmatched scalability and leverages unmatched disaster
resilience for protection against site outages. Its high level
of redundancy is also the basis for non-disruptive upgr ades
and provides data availability anytime to ensure busi ness
continuity for each class of data center. Potential risks in
operation are identified through Live Monito ring and Health
Check. So on top of standard maintenance services,
activities can be started even before actual errors occur.
At this time, more than 500 installed CentricStor systems
protect a data volume larger than 260 PB in data centers of
financial services, communications, government and other
industries worldwide. Superior intelligent data protection
with the unified virtual tape solution for disk and tape
backup is reality.
Resource Library
Following related documents are available in the Internet at
http://www.centricstor.com and under the link <Resource Library> resp.
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/products/storage/centricstor/popup_downloads.html
• Brochure
• Data Sheets
• Interoperability Guide
• Analyst Reports
• Case Studies
• Solution Facts
• Technical White Papers
• Manuals
• Flash demo
• CentricStor User Group
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Technical Data
CentricStor Virtual Tape Appliance Components
VTA-500 VTA-1500
VTA-1000 VTA-2000
VTA-3000 VTA-4000 VTA-5000
Maximum
8)
Number of IUP 1) per system
2 - - - - -
Number of ICP 2) per system
- 2 3 4 6 8
Number of IDP 3) per system
- 2 3 4 6 8
Number of VLP 4) per system
- 2 2 2 2 2
System
Physical host channels
1)2)
4 4 6 8 12 32
Virtual tape drives / with VDR
5)
32 / 64 64 / 128 96 / 192 128 / 256 192 / 384 / 512
Physical tape drive channels
3)
4 4 6 8 12 14
3.6 Basic 3.6
7.2
14.4
14.4
28.8
Capacity of TVC
6)
– native (TB)
* in preparation
Maximum 29 / 87.6* 230 / 700* 230 / 700* 230 / 700* 230 / 700* 230 / 1,000*
300,000 Maximum of logical volumes 300,000
500,000
500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000
1,100
Performance 7) (MB/s)
700
1,100
1,600
2,100
3,000
4,000
Physical and electrical
Height (mm)
1,825
Width (mm) 700 1,400 2,100 2,800 2,800
Depth (mm)
1,000
697 Total weight (kg) 351
797
1,149 1,392 1,824
3,913 Apparent power (VA) 2,188
5,051
7,151 7,951 12,451
11,630 Heat (BTU/h) 6,580
15,010
21,607 23,996 37,890
Comments
1)
IUP
Integrated Universal Processor:
Acts as universal ICP/IDP/VLP for the
CentricStor VTA-500 / VTA-1000
2)
ICP
Integrated Channel Processor:
Performs the data link to the connected host
systems. Channels (mixed possible):
• ESCON / Type S
• Fibre Channel
• FICON (not for VTA-500 / VTA-1000)
ESCON: Enterprise Systems CONnection is the fibre optic
connection for IBM mainframes
Type S: Fujitsu Siemens Computers mainframe fibre optic
connection
FICON: Fiber Connection, IBM’s fiber optic channel
technology that extends the capabilities of its
ESCON standard.
3)
IDP
Integrated Device Processor: Performs the data
transfer to the physical tape drives. Typical 1 /
maximal 8 physical tape drives per channel:
• SCSI (direct / daisy chain)
• Fibre Channel (direct / via Switch)
4)
VLP
Virtual Library Processor:
Performs the central management processes
5)
VDR
Virtual Drive Replication
6)
TVC
Tape Volume Cache
7)
Performance Average data throughput from/to the host during
read and write access
8)
Maximum It is not possible to configure all components
with their maximum in one system.
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Supported Operating Systems
System reliability
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Mainframes
BS2000/OSD
GCOS 8
z/OS (OS/390)
i5/OS (OS/400)
MSP
z/VM – z/VSE
VME (ICL)
XSP
Power supply
redundancy
Component
redundancy
IUP, ICP, IDP, VLP yes
yes
TVC yes
RAID 5
Internal SAN yes
yes
Electrical per rack
Rated voltage 230 V
Open Systems
AIX
HP-UX
Reliant UNIX
Solaris
LINUX (SUSE, Red Hat)
Windows NT, 2000, 2003
Max. power draw (kVA) 3.6
Fuse protection (A) 16
CEE connector Connection type
Environmental
NAS – NDMP Backup
NetApp Filer
EMC Celerra
Product class B
Room supply air
double bottom supply air
yes
no
Temperature (°C) 15 to 35
Supported Backup Software with Open Systems
Rel. humidity (%) 20 to 80
Atempo TimeNavigator
CommVault Galaxy Backup & Recovery
Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve
Standards compliance
Fujitsu Siemens Computers NetWorker
Safety EN 60950 / IEC 950
EMC NetWorker
DiskXtender UNIX/Linux
VDE 0805 UL 1950
CSA 22.2 No. 950
HP OpenView OmniBack / Data Protector
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Radiation, RFI suppression CE mark, FCC Class A *
(EN 55022B, EN 50082-1)
Syncsort Backup Express
Operating noise (dB(A)) < 51
Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec
NetBackup
Safety EN 60950 / IEC 950
VDE 0805 UL 1950
CSA 22.2 No. 950
Supported Tape Libraries
Quantum / ADIC Scalar 100
Scalar i500
Scalar 1000
Scalar i2000
Scalar 10K
AML/J, /E, /2
*
This product, together with the Fujitsu Siemens released accessory
components / -material, is in compliance with the objectives of emission
class A. In certain cases measures have to be taken to reduce the electro
magnetic influence to other equipment
Fujitsu LT130, LT160, LT270
Fujitsu Siemens Computers Scalar 100
SL500
9084-221
3560
CentricStor solution platforms
IBM 3494, 3584
Following CentricStor systems are available with different
model configurations:
TS3500 on request
CentricStor VTA (Virtual Tape Appliance)
CentricStor VTC (Virtual Tape Controller)
CentricStor SBU (Smart Backup Unit)
Spectra Logic T50, T120, T950
Sun StorageTek L180, L700, L700E
L1400
L5500
SL500
SL8500
Powderhorn 9310
TimberWolf 9740
For special configurations ask your local Fujitsu Siemens
Computers representative.
Additional information is available at
http://www.centricstor.com
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