Overview

FalconStor’s StorSafe Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is a flexible, software-defined hybrid‑cloud solution that emulates physical tape drives and libraries, bridging legacy backup processes with modern cloud architectures. It works seamlessly with existing enterprise backup applications—no changes needed to backup workflows. Built-in high-performance deduplication and compression minimize storage footprint, while tiered on-premise and cloud storage options help reduce costs. StorSafe integrates smoothly with cloud platforms, supports disaster recovery through efficient replication, and centralizes management via StorSight. It scales from single-node deployment to high-availability clusters, delivering enterprise-grade backup, archiving, and compliance capabilities.

Features and Capabilities

• **Tape library and drive emulation: **Presents virtual tape devices compatible with existing backup software—no need to reconfigure backup jobs.
• **Advanced deduplication & compression: **Patented deduplication techniques shrink backup data by up to 95%, drastically cutting storage use and bandwidth.
• **High performance throughput: **Saturates high-speed Fibre Channel (e.g., 4×16 Gbps); supports backup speeds up to ~40 TB/hour per node, and up to ~160 TB/hour in clustered setups.
• **Hybrid-cloud ready: **Enables local backup with optional replication or restore in public/private clouds, optimizing performance and costs.
• **Disaster-recovery and replication: **Supports continuous data replication between StorSafe nodes or to cloud for full-site DR capabilities.
• **Scalable and HA deployments: **Runs on standard servers or cloud VMs; supports single-node up to nine-node clusters, with active‑active HA and witness nodes for resilience.
• **Centralized management with StorSight: **Offers a unified console for monitoring, reporting, analytics, alerts, and storage-pool administration across all StorSafe instances.
• **Legacy tape migration & tape integration: **Features “tape-in” and “tape-out” functions to migrate from physical tape and archive back to tape when needed.
• **Robust security and compliance: **Encrypts data in transit and at rest, supports immutable, air‑gapped backups, and integrates with compliance workflows to protect against ransomware.
• **Multi-protocol access & NAS support: **Enables access via Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and SMB protocols; includes NAS resource management, share-level controls, and replication.
• **Reporting, diagnostics, and system maintenance: **Includes logging, event monitoring, scheduled integrity checks, patch and firmware management, SNMP alerts, performance metrics, and X-ray diagnostics. :