Overview

FalconStor’s StorSafe Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is a robust software solution that emulates physical tape drives and libraries, enabling seamless integration with virtually any enterprise backup system. It delivers advanced inline and post-process deduplication, high-speed backup and restore operations, cloud archive support, and multi-site replication. Designed to optimize backup storage efficiency and resilience, StorSafe VTL accelerates backup windows while supporting on-premises and cloud-based disaster recovery.

Features and Capabilities

• **Extensive Virtual Tape Library Emulation: **Emulates up to 128 virtual tape libraries (VTLs) per node, supporting both Fibre Channel and iSCSI protocols. This broad compatibility ensures seamless integration with a wide range of enterprise backup infrastructures, including legacy systems.
• **Advanced Deduplication Technology: **Offers both inline and post-process deduplication, achieving data reduction ratios of up to approximately 30:1. Virtual Index Tapes (VITs) are automatically created to reference unique data blocks, significantly reducing storage footprint while preserving fast access and restore capabilities.
• **Optional Compression for Enhanced Efficiency: **Employs an optional software-based LZO compression algorithm that can double effective storage capacity. This capability is particularly beneficial for organizations managing high volumes of backup data across hybrid environments.
• **Robust Remote Replication for Disaster Recovery: **Facilitates comprehensive remote replication options, including tape-level, vault-to-vault, and automated replication. These replication modes are designed to support business continuity and ensure data availability across geographically dispersed environments.
• **Hybrid Cloud Integration and Tape Migration: **Enables the migration of virtual tapes to object storage environments such as Amazon S3-compatible clouds. Offers flexible copy or move modes and supports the use of stub tapes to maintain local references, optimizing data lifecycle management across on-prem and cloud tiers.
• **Enterprise-Grade Virtual Tape Asset Management: **Includes a sophisticated management console for administering virtual tape assets. Features include policy-based shredding, firmware version control, virtual media lifecycle governance, and LUN mapping for SAN zoning compliance.
• **Native Integration with IBM Environments and Hybrid Architectures: **Seamlessly integrates with IBM i and IBM Power systems, supporting both hybrid cloud deployments and on-premise infrastructures. This allows organizations to modernize their backup and disaster recovery strategies without disrupting existing operational processes.
• **Multi-Cloud and Multi-Site Scalability: **Designed to scale across multiple data centers and cloud platforms. The architecture supports concurrent operations and multi-tenancy, enabling service providers and large enterprises to consolidate tape backup operations under a single, unified platform.
• **Security and Compliance Readiness: **Incorporates AES encryption, role-based access control, and audit logging to support compliance with data protection regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX. These controls help safeguard backup data at rest and in transit.
• **High-Speed Performance and Concurrent Operations: **Optimized for fast backup and recovery times with support for multiple parallel data streams. Ensures minimal impact on production systems while reducing backup windows and RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives).