The Mainframe Data Library (MDL, Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) and the Mainframe Appliance for Storage - Entry (MAS-E) virtual tape controllers offer support for Network Appliance storage platforms. With these fully integrated offerings Bus-Tech, Inc and NetApp are providing a full range of mainframe tape alternatives. Optional software in support of SnapLock technology provide a digital archiving solution to better manage information growth, regulatory compliance and governance, for secure long-term preservation and retention of digital content and ready access to that content whenever it is needed.
MDL and MAS are leading VTL offerings for mainframe tape backup, archive, and batch processing and can provide the following benefits.
- Dramatically improve access time to tape based data
- Improve overall tape handling efficiencies
- Reduce tape handling and operational costs
- Enhance disaster recovery capabilities
- Enable electronic vaulting of tape and optical data
- Reclaim data center floor space
