New features
Multi-node management and architecture
With FalconStor VTL, up to 8 nodes may be managed as a single group through group policies and group reports. The group can consist of a
combination of high availability (HA) pairs of nodes and standalone nodes. This helps an organization’s IT sta to be more productive and
manage the VTL environment more easily. The following features are included:
Single sign-on: One user id/password can be used to log into all nodes that are part of a multi-node group.
Consolidated user management: Users can be added/deleted at the group level.
Consolidated reporting: A single report is generated for all nodes in a group. This greatly simplifies management of very large
configurations.
Common configuration settings: A single point of management at the group level greatly reduces initial setup tasks and simplifies
ongoing configuration adjustments, even in large-scale deployments. The following configuration settings can be done at the group level
and applied to all member nodes:
SNMP settings
Storage monitoring trigger threshold
Tape caching migration and reclamation thresholds
SW/HW compression settings
X-rays
Tape consolidation
Allows users to write multiple virtual tapes to a single physical tape of greater capacity. Tape consolidation eectively reduces IT
management costs and tape capacity requirements, eliminating wasteful space consumption on new, higher-capacity tapes.
Tape shredding
For security and regulatory compliance, shredding enables users to “destroy” a virtual tape so that it cannot be accessed, even if using disk
forensics. Shredding performs a three-pass wipe of the selected virtual tapes using an algorithm specied by the U.S. Department of Defense
(Standard 5220.22-M).
Multi-tape export
Enables users to make multiple physical copies of virtual tapes (up to ve) for osite disaster recovery (DR) and/or to meet regulatory
requirements. Multi-tape export may be set as part of automated tape caching or auto archive policy; or it can occur during manual export of
a single tape. Multi-tape export increases IT productivity, eliminating the need for manual tape duplication or scripting.
Export to physical tape via NDMP v4
Allows certied backup applications and industry-standard NAS appliances to back up to, and restore from, the VTL using NDMP protocol
over an IP network for both command and data ow.
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What’s new in Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
Enterprise Edition v5
FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) provides high-performance enterprise-level disk-based data protection and
integrated global data de-duplication to optimize storage and bandwidth utilization. Robust media management
simplies tape management and enhances tape security. Oering multi-node scalability, FalconStor VTL emulates vast
arrays of tape libraries, drives, and cartridges, ensuring complete backup transparency. By enabling companies to keep
backup data on disk, FalconStor VTL signicantly improves the speed and dependability of recovery.
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