Quantum Scalar i7 RAPTOR Achieves Veeam Ready Qualification

Quantum Corp. announced that the Scalar i7 RAPTOR, the industry’s highest-density tape library, has achieved Veeam Ready qualification from Veeam Software, the #1 global leader by market share in Data Resilience.With this milestone, Quantum has extended the Veeam Ready designation across its entire Scalar tape library portfolio, joining a broad range of Quantum products that are validated as Veeam Ready for secure, cyber-resilient, and cost-effective data protection and retention.

Quantum’s Veeam Ready solutions already include Scalar i3, Scalar i6, Scalar i6000 tape libraries, DXi backup appliances, and ActiveScale object storage. Together, this portfolio provides customers with a full range of tested and validated options for backup, recovery, and long-term retention, now expanded with the unmatched density and efficiency of the Scalar i7 RAPTOR.

The Veeam Ready program validates interoperability and performance to give customers confidence that their backup and archive solutions are compatible with Veeam. For organizations running Veeam to protect mission-critical workloads, the Scalar i7 RAPTOR’s qualification ensures seamless integration and dependable long-term retention at the highest levels of density and security available.

“At Veeam, data resilience is at the core of everything we do,” said Andreas Neufert, VP, product management, alliances, Veeam. “By certifying Quantum’s Scalar i7 RAPTOR as Veeam Ready, we’re empowering customers to strengthen their data protection strategies with a solution built for radical resilience. This partnership qualification gives organizations the assurance that their most critical data remains secure, available, and recoverable – no matter what challenges they face.”

“Organizations today need solutions that are not only cyber-resilient but also sustainable and cost-effective,” said Hugues Meyrath, CEO, Quantum. “By extending Veeam Ready qualification to our Scalar i7 RAPTOR, we’re delivering customers the broadest range of tested solutions-from disk and object storage to our entire line of tape libraries-so they can choose the right mix of performance, cost, and retention for their environment.”

Benefits of the Scalar i7 RAPTOR for Veeam customers

• Veeam Ready Confidence: Validated by Veeam for integration and performance, ensuring the Scalar i7 RAPTOR delivers reliable cyber-resilience.
• Unmatched Density: The highest density tape library available, allowing customers to protect and retain more data in less space.
• Simplified Serviceability: All components are customer-replaceable in under five minutes, reducing downtime and improving service levels.
• Maximum Sustainability: The only tape library with 80 PLUS Platinum power supply efficiency, delivering the lowest power consumption per PB of storage.
• Industry-Leading Security: Built-in, patented ransomware recovery features like Active Vault and Logical Tape Blocking provide enhanced immutability and air-gap protection.
• Ideal for Long-Term Retention: Designed to meet forever archive policies and compliance requirements, RAPTOR enables secure, low-cost preservation of critical data for decades.

In addition, the Scalar i7 RAPTOR can be paired with Quantum ActiveScale Cold Storage, offering Amazon S3 Glacier-compatible object storage that further strengthens cyber-resilient archiving and forever retention policies.