Quantum DXi V4000 Virtual Backup and De-Dupe Appliance

Quantum Corp. announced availability of the DXi V4000 virtual backup and deduplication appliance, delivering 4.9TB per hour ingest and scalability of up to 24TB of usable capacity (360TB logical capacity) in a single virtual instance.

It extends the DXi V-Series family of virtual backup appliances, continuing advancement of data protection technologies developed for virtualized environments, and is well-suited to MSPs offering cloud-based backup-as-a-service (BaaS).

Even as IT departments increasingly adopt virtualization, backup appliances have typically been deployed in an all-hardware appliance model. The DXi V-Series provides deduplication capabilities in a 100% virtual, 100% software appliance with the performance, efficiency and scalability that physical appliances offer. This approach eliminates the need to deploy additional hardware to protect both physical and virtual data, with the efficiency of a VM that scales seamlessly and easily.

Advantages of DXi V4000
It provides deduplication and replication for any DXi physical or virtual appliance, as well as Q-Cloud, Quantum’s cloud backup and DR solution. It offers a native, all-virtual data protection solution that works with existing customer environments and provides advantages beyond those inherent in its all-software approach:

• High performance virtual deduplication: With up to 4.9TB/hr inline deduplication, it offers 10X the performance of the nearest competitor, without sacrificing efficiency or needing to deploy additional hardware.
• Designed for virtual environments: Because the DXi V4000 is a VM, distributed VMDKs take advantage of VM thin disk provisioning capabilities, reducing the deployment’s impact on resources and overall costs.
• Flexible and affordable: Capable of supporting a range of use cases and affordably priced with predictable linear pricing for capacity-on-demand, DXi V4000 makes virtual backup and DR a viable option for organization.

Foundation for Cloud BaaS
DXi V4000 is suited to cloud backup-as-a-service implementations, offering data reduction technology with deduplication rates of up to 50-to-1 or more. This built-in data reduction lowers bandwidth and cloud capacity requirements, increasing overall cost savings. Like the rest of the DXi V-Series, the V4000 works with leading backup applications and offers secure encryption for data at rest and in flight.

Customers also get the convenience and efficiency of an on-site copy of their data, combined with the peace of mind gained by having an additional copy in the cloud. Service providers or central IT organizations can rapidly deploy DXi V4000 and expand capacity on-demand without sacrificing performance, while keeping costs aligned with resource usage. In addition, it can be combined with vmPRO virtual backup software for a data protection solution that offers data reduction while retaining VM data in native format, providing a path to the cloud. The complementary products are part of Quantum’s portfolio of solutions optimized specifically for virtualized environments.

Users interested in a risk-free path to virtual data protection can download (registration needed) free DXi V1000 full-featured virtual deduplication appliance to store up to 15TB of deduplicated data. In addition, a full-featured, free 1TB version of vmPRO software is also available for download (registration needed).

Jacob Kino, CEO, Interconneckt, said: "Leveraging Quantum’s best-of-breed technologies – including DXi V-Series – provides a flexible, scalable and easy to manage secondary storage platform for companies of all sizes. As a MSP, we’re able to bring enterprise-grade offsite backup, DR and BC solutions within the reach of small and mid-size organizations. Quantum gives us and our customers the flexibility of traditional procurement, a perpetually licensed hardware or software solution, or a pay-as-you-grow model as part of our innovative private cloud offerings."

Robert Clark, SVP, data protection group, Quantum, said: "Quantum’s DXi V-Series is a good example of where the market is heading for data protection, moving into virtual deployments for backup appliances, and this infrastructure shift presents an opportunity for companies to rethink their data protection strategy. One place where DXi V4000 is perfectly suited is for MSPs. By deploying virtual backup appliances using existing infrastructure, MSPs and end-users can keep their initial capital expenses down and drive higher profitability with immediate results."