The CIO Perspective
I need to
- Improve my RPO/RTO benchmarks.
- Protect my reputation with data encryption.
- Comply with SEC requirements.
- Simplify my tape environment.
- Control my data center costs.
Improve your RPO/RTO benchmarks.
The Mainframe Data Library (MDL) utilizes asynchronous replication technology to safely and securely get your backup data to your disaster recovery site in minutes-not days. This data vaulting uses the TCP/IP protocol to guarantee timely delivery of data to the disaster recovery site so you can meet the most demanding RPO requirements and stop worrying about lost or stolen tapes. And because the tape data resides in RAID-protected spinning disks, the likelihood of media errors is greatly reduced.
Protect your reputation with data encryption.
The Mainframe Data Library (MDL) comes with AES 256 data encryption capability to provide a high level of data security and prevent unauthorized access-either internally or during data vaulting operations. This no-cost feature can prevent the loss of sensitive customer information and safeguard your company's image.
Comply with SEC requirements.
Native support for compliant storage from EMC (Centera), Network Appliance (SnapLock), and Hitachi's Content Archive Platform (HCAP) allows you to deploy low-cost disk solutions that meet or exceed SEC directives regarding maintaining data in its original form. And with the Mainframe Data Library's (MDL) sub-second mounts and time-to-first-byte capability, you can store massive amounts of data and retrieve it quickly, without expanding your primary DASD storage pools.
Simplify your tape environment.
In many of today's tape environments, companies maintain multiple generations and types of tape-based systems. They might have an IBM VTS or StorageTek VSM solution for the bulk of their batch processing, as well as a dedicated IBM ATL or StorageTek SILO of large format tapes for their HSM needs. The Mainframe Data Library (MDL) handles these diverse environments equally well. Because our solutions provide unlimited cache in the form of our partners' dedicated storage, you don't have to deal with the cache overruns-and subsequent tape recycles-that are inherent in today's VTS and VSM offerings.
Control your data center costs.
Because the Mainframe Data Library (MDL) and associated storage can be contained within four floor tiles, data center real estate is optimized and associated environmental requirements-electrical, air conditioning, and fire suppression-are greatly reduced.
