Customers have been augmenting their legacy tape-based backup and recovery processes with Quantum’s portfolio of Virtual Tape Library (VTL) systems and disk-based backup appliances for improved performance and reliability since 2002. This report highlights the capabilities of the company’s latest offering for midrange and distributed enterprise environments, the DXi-Series disk-based backup and replication appliances.
Quantum DXi-Series
Disk Backup and Remote Replication Appliances
With Data De-duplication Technology
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ESG Lab Validation Report
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ESG Lab Validation Report
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