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Quantum Confidential|

SCALAR i500 and Scalar i6000

December, 2013

SCALABLE. RELIABLE.

SERIOUSLY SMART.


Agenda

Market and Quantum Portfolio Overview

iLayer Intelligent Library Management

Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


Quantum Leads Open System Tape Market

Quantum leads the market with 31% share

Over 50,000 Scalar libraries with iLayer installed!

Quantum is one of three members of the LTO consortium; Quantum IP in HP tape drives

Quantum was first to market with LTO-5 and LTO-6 tape drives

SNIA – Large Voting Member

Top 85 of the Fortune 100 use Quantum products.

Quantum31%

Oracle22%

IBM14%

Spectra6%

Overland2%

Tandberg2% Qualstar

1%Others

22%

Open Systems 2012 Market Share

2012 IDC branded market share data.

Quantum Market Leadership


Scalar i6000 Winning Awards

December 2011 Storage Magazine Quality Awards– #1 in every category– Overall, Product Quality, Product Features, Product

Reliability, Technical Support, and Sales Force Competency

2011 and 2012 IT Brand Pulse Awards– #1 in every category– Market Leader, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service

and Support, and Innovation

2010 Storage Awards “The Storries VII”

– Best Tape Product of the Year

2010


Tape-Based Data Protection Portfolio

6

Scalar i40, i80 Scalar i500 Scalar i6000

Capacity • 25 – 80 slots• 1 – 5 HH drives• 0 – 10 I/E slots

• 41 – 409 slots• 1 – 18 FH drives• 0 – 54 I/E slots

• 100 – 12,006 slots• 1 – 96 FH drives• 24– 1,104 I/E slots

KeyFeatures

• Advanced Reporting• Control Path Failover• Partitioning• Redundant Power

Adds:• Native Storage Networking

o Control Path Failovero Data Path Failovero LUN Mapping

• EDLM

Adds:• Dual Robot• Active Vault• Extended I/E• Lights and Webcam• HDEM

Common iLayer Management; Vision Reporting ; Encryption Key Mgmt; LTFS


Scalar i500 and i6000 Areas of Focus Reduction of Management Overhead

– Proactive monitoring capabilities– Advanced diagnostics– Simplified SAN management– Common Management of disk and tape

Improves System Reliability and Data Availability– Media Health Statistics– Extended Data Life Management (EDLM)

Security of Data & Regulatory Compliance– LTO-4 through LTO-6 drive-based encryption

support– Encryption key management for the enterprise

Simplifies Managing Growth– Non-disruptive capacity-on-demand scalability – Modular growth in a 19” rack footprint


Scalar i6000 Library Specifications

Scalability– 1 - 16 Modules– 100 – 12,006 Storage Slots– Capacity-on-Demand– 1 - 96 Tape Drives– 24 – 1,104 I/E Slots

Library Connectivity– Integrated 8Gb FC– Native 4Gb FC– 1GbE (management)

Management Interfaces– Local operator panel– Remote management GUI– Command Line Interface– Web Services planned for 2014

iLayer Management– Proactive Monitoring– Advanced Diagnostics– Media/Drive Reports– Extended I/E– Partitioning (up to 16)

LTO Drive Support– HP and IBM– LTO-4 /5/6 (currently

offered)– Fibre Channel– Native Storage

Networking


Scalar i6000 Optional Features

Dual Robot Redundant Power I/E Stations

– 72-slot mailbox– 24-slot mailbox

Unlicensed Expansion Module

Aisle lights Webcams LTO Drives

– LTO-4/5/6 (currently offered)

– FC only

Advanced Reporting– Drive Utilization– Media Integrity– Media Usage– Media Removal– Scheduling Utility

Native Storage Networking– Control Path Failover– Data Path Failover– LUN Mapping

Partitioning EDLM

– EDLM license– EDLM scanning drives

Active Vault

Hardware Options Software Options


Scalar i6000 Module Specifications

Attribute Left Parking Module

ControlModule

Expansion Module

High Density Module

Right Parking Module

Max Slots 228 306 Single robot360 Dual Robot

456 780 228

Max Drives 0 12 12 0 12

I/E Station Options:• none

24-Slot Std. Options:• 24 slot• 72 slot

Options:• 24 slot• 72 slot

Options:• 24 slot

10

Dimensions for all modules:• Height:

77.4”• Width:

24.3”• Depth:

38.3”


Scalar i500 Specifications

Scalability– 5U - 41U System

One 5U Control Module Four 9U Expansion Modules

– 41-409 Cartridge Slots– 1-18 Tape Drives– I/E Stations

0-6 I/E Mailboxes 0-54 I/E Slots

Partitioning (up to 16)

Library Connectivity– Integrated FC (4/8Gb)

Drive Support– LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6– Storage Networking– Encryption


Scalar i500 Library Optional Features

Redundant Power

9U Expansion Modules, COD expansion

6-slot LTO Magazine

LTO Drives– SAS/FC

– LTO-4/5/6

Advanced Reporting– Drive Utilization– Media Integrity– Media Usage– Media Removal– Scheduling Utility

Native Storage Networking– Control Path Failover– Data Path Failover– LUN Mapping

EDLM– EDLM License– EDLM scanning drives

Hardware Options Software Options


Modular Scalability Supports Data Growth

Modules Control Control with1 Expansion

Control with2 Expansions



Rack Size 5U 14U 23U 32U 41U

Tape Slots 41 Up to133 Up to 225 Up to 317 Up to 409

Tape Drives 1-2 Up to 6 Up to 10 Up to 14 Up to 18

I/E Stations/ Slots 1/6 2/18 3/30 4/42 5/54

Scalar i500 supports capacity-on-demand for flexible and easy growth.


Scalar i6000 Complementary Products

Key Management– Scalar Key Manager

– Quantum Encryption Key Manager

LTO Key enabled drives– Scalar Key Manager

– Quantum Encryption Key Manager

– EMC RSA

– SafeNet KeySecure

– Thales keyAuthority

– IBM TKLM

Tape Based Encryption

Vision Reporting Software

Storage Management Scalar LTFS Appliance

LTFS


Agenda



Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


iLayer Integrated Library Management

Easy to use interface– Local op panel and remote

management use same GUI

Easily check system status– Green, Yellow, Red indicators– Quickly drill down into specific

devices

Capacity and Configuration statistics

Quickly launch into other management tasks


Intelligent Monitoring and Advanced Diagnostics

iLayer Takes a Different Approach, Resulting in Improved Operations

• Guided steps for user resolution

• Service team proactively calls with resolution

• iLayer gathers, analyzes logs and emails to service team

• iLayer identifies root cause and recommends corrective actions

• Sensor triggered• Hundreds of components• Thousands of events

Relational Diagnostics Repair Wizard

• New events, diagnostics and resolutions added with each code release

Monitoring Status

iLayer “Learns” Over Time


Identify Resource and Performance Issues

Drive Utilization Report (Advanced Reporting)

Identify situations in which groups of drives are nearing 100% utilization

Reallocate drives that are being under utilized

Determine when additional drives are needed with real statistics

Under utilized tape drive Data Available for Reporting:

Data Written/Read

Mount Count

Media Motion Time

Total Read and Write


Identify Potential Media Problems

Media Integrity Report (Advanced Reporting)

Data collected as part of normal operations

Administrator can examine drive & media quality history

Stores all events, even those below RAS ticket thresholds

Retains information about all media, including those ejected & being stored in another location

Suspect mediacartridges

Media Integrity Report

Report Information:

Displays Tape Alerts

Group by Drive or Media


Track Status of MediaMedia Usage Report (Advanced Reporting – Scalar i6000)

Provides summary information for each cartridge in the library

Easily sort by MB Written, Encryption, and other data elements included in the report


Vision Enhanced Library/Media Pool Reporting

Tape alerts cross-indexed by media and drives Maintains load, alert history for

entire media pool, including off-line vault and Active Archive


Quantum Media

Limited Lifetime Warranty

Extensive testing environments– Temperature, humidity and volume

Compatibility testing– media written by one drive can be read in another– LTO backward compatibility functionality

Archive life testing– Expose the media over many weeks to heat and humidity in a special test

chamber.– Simulates years of storage in proper archive conditions.\

System testing (with libraries and drives)– Read and written for thousands of hours to verify durability.– Thousands of “swaps” are performed to ensure reliability

Ongoing Quality Audits on returned drives and media.


Advanced Drive Management

Drive Firmware Auto-leveling– When a drive is introduced into an environment,

firmware level is checked

– Updates firmware automatically if needed

Persistent SN and WWN– When a drive is replaced, the original serial

number and worldwide name is retained.

– Eases administrative burden by eliminatingre-configuration requirements

Drive management and service is simplified with iLayer advanced management features.


iLayer Automates Administrative Tasks

Flexible alert delivery– Identify multiple recipients– Use severity level for

delivery rules

Report creation– Customize reports– Save as report templates

Reporting scheduling (Advanced Reporting)

– Schedule report creation– Identify recipients for

automatic delivery

Report delivery– E-mail (manual and

automated)– Export (manual)


Scalar i6000 Web Cameras

25

Can be installed in multiple modules. Pan and zoom capability

Webcam pointed down the aisle of a large Scalar i6000.


Agenda



Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


Flexible Scalability Accommodates Data Growth

19” rack footprint– Smallest enterprise

library footprint available– Start with a single

24” wide Control module

Capacity-on-Demand– Software enablement of

additional slots– Fast, non-disruptive growth

Two ways to grow– System sized for licensed slots, Expansion Modules sent when needed– Advanced installation of Expansion Modules, as many as needed to support

long-term growth

Common drive sled between Scalar i500, i2000, and i6000


Install Extra Unlicensed Expansion Modules

Two Ways to Scale

Example:Initial Configuration• 500 slots• 8 LTO-5 drives• 50% annual growth

Initial InstallYear 2

Year 3

Standard Capacity on Demand Model

Benefits:• Grow via SW keys• Non-disruptive growth• Avoid administrative

processes

Year 3Year 2


Scann

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Front Door

Back Door

High-Density EM

User access

Robot access

540 tower slots

240 door slots

High Density Expansion ModuleTop View of Modules

Front Door

Back Door

Space for Drives

Use drive support area to add a rotating

tower.

Replace four columns of slots with 10

columns.

Tower-based storage Maintains 19” rack footprint Backward compatible; but requires gen2

robotics, gen2 electronics, and i11 code Mix and match with std EM’s

No tape drive support I/E Station support AC power (1 drop/4 HDEMs), red. power Scanner conducts inventory (CQ3’13) Bulk load capabilities

Standard EM


HDEM Capacity, Density, & Performance

Slot Capacity– 780 slots in a HDEM (456 for std EM)

– 12,006 maximum slots in library (16 frames)

Slot Density– 120 slots/ft2 HDEM density (module only)

– 119 slots/ft2 Scalar i6000 density (16 frame library)

– 53 slots/ft2 Scalar i6000 service density (16 frame library)

Performance– Tower operates in parallel to robot

– No practical reduction in robotic performance Move operations

Imports/Exports

Inventory

– Scanner makes module self-inventoryingHigh Density Module

(HDEM)


Scalar i6000 Density Comparison

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CM HDEM HDEM HDEM HDEM

98 ft2

High Density (4986 slots)

HDEM HDEM

CM EM EM EM EM

170 ft2

Standard EMs (5322 slots)

EM EM

CM HDEM

High Density(1086 slots)

29 ft2

CM EM

Standard EMs(1218 slots)

43 ft2

EM EM EM EM EM EM

1,000 Slots 5,000 Slots

33% Savings 42% Savings


Cartridge Imports/Export Features Save Time

I/E Stations– 24 slot station in Control Module– Optional I/E Stations in Expansion Modules:

24 slot I/E Station 72 slot I/E Station

Extended I/E– Assign slots inside the library to

become a virtual I/E Station– “Extends” the size of the I/E Station– User configurable– Available per partition– Matches I/E slots to the number of

cartridges you are importing or exporting


Tape Consolidation Provides Significant Savings

Partitioning– Up to 16 (i6000) or 18 (i500) partitions– As small as 6 storage slots, 6 I/E slots

and 1 tape drive

Intuitive GUI simplifies management of logic resources

Assign user permissions by partition

Consolidation Savings– Floor space consumption– Power and cooling costs– Maintenance costs– Management time


Scalar i6000 Partitioning–Automated Media Pool

Included as part of the Partition license

Creates pool of unassigned slots and media available to any partition as needed

– Non-disruptive growth for any host managed partition

– Eliminates wasted capacity from over- provisioning

– Transparent to applications

Solves problem of growth in partitioned environments with dynamic growth

– Supports growth in complex environments, including cloud

– Minimizes admin overhead– Increases resource utilization

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Agenda



Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


Path Failover Features Reduce Downtime

Control Path Failover: Reduces hostcommand failures due to SAN issues– Connectivity: Integrated FC (Bridging)– Configure a Primary and Failover Drive– Control path will failover from primary drive to

failover drive– Partitioning: Failover for each partition

Data Path Failover: Reduces read/writefailures due to SAN issues– Path failover within the tape drive only– Each drive has two FC ports

Path Failover included with Native Storage Networking drives (HP LTO-5 and later)

Failover

Primary

Failover

Primary

Partition 1

Partition 2

Control Path Failover

Primary Path

Failover Path

Note: AIX is not supported.

Data Path Failover


Three Path Failover Options

Quantum Native Storage Networking Drives (HP drives only) include path failover capability. There are three ways path failover can be implemented: Advanced Path Failover, Path Failover and Two Active FC Ports.

Advanced Path Failover Uses Qtm DriverDual SAN to host(HP LTO-6 only)Available CQ3’13

Path Failover (NPIV)No driver needed

Dual path to switch(HP LTO-5 and later)

Two Active FC portsRequires 3rd party driver

No Qtm support(HP LTO-5 and later)

Failover

Primary

Failover

Primary

Partition 1

Partition 2

Scalar i6000

SAN/FC Switches Hosts/App’s

Connectionsper drive

Qtm driver

No driver

3rd partydriver



Scalar i6000 only

Scalar i6000 and i500

Scalar i6000 and i500


Scalar i6000 Dual Robot Increases Availability Automatic Robot Failover

– Primary robot moves/is pushed into garage area on the right

– Failover robot moves from parking area and assumes control

Smallest Footprint in the Industry– Only adds one module to configuration

Active/Active Operation– Inventory times– Cartridge moves– Imports/exports

Designed for Easy Service– Non-disruptive service (hot-swappable)– <10 min to swap a failed robot

Scalar i2000/i6000 Upgrades– All libraries field upgradable– Requires gen2 upgrades

Control and Expansion Modules in the middle

RECONFIGURERight-most EM converted to a Right Parking Module

ADDLeft Parking

Module

Parking area for robots.


Scalar i6000 Dual Robot ConfigurationMinimum Configuration

Maximum Configuration

Control Module

Left ParkingModule

Right Parking Module (reconfigured EM)


Agenda



Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


“Online Partition”Thousands of tapes in library partition

Managed by an application

SAN

Backup/Archive Application

Long-Term Data Protection is not a Passive Activity

send tapes for long-term retention

Internalsecondary site

External DR site

send tapes for

long-term retention

Risks in Passive Long-Term Data Protection

1) When data/tapes are no longer active, health statistics are no longer gathered.

2) The result is that data protection fades over time as data becomes less active.

3) As data/tapes sit untouched for years, how do you know the data can be restored until it’s too late?

Tapehealth data

collected and reported on as

jobs are run

No longer collecting

media statistics

Advanced Reporting




“EDLM Partition”Managed by library; not presented to host. Uses

unlicensed slots to reduce costs

SAN


EDLM Protects All Data Everywhere(Scalar i500 and i6000)

Reports and Notifications

EDLM scans tapes in

host partition

EDLM scans tapes in

onsite library

send tapes

send/retrieve tapes

EDLM scans tapes in

background EDLM partition

Internalsecondary site

External DR site

Tapehealth data

collected and reported on as

jobs are run

Advanced Reporting




“EDLM Partition”Managed by library

Used for periodic scanning

SAN


EDLM Scans are Automated through Policies

User sets EDLM candidate policies on the Scalar i6000: By frequency (e.g., every

year) By trigger (e.g. too many tape

alerts)

1 User sets results policies

(notifications) Library creates RAS tickets and

sends notifications

3

User sets scanning policies (what test to use). Library manages data integrity checking in the

background based on policy Library produces results of scan

2Import

external cartridges into EDLM partition


Additional EDLM Policies are Available with StorNext

Extra candidate policy based on StorNext tape suspect count.

Scan is triggered when suspect count exceeds a threshold.

Extra scan results policy,copy suspect or bad tapes.

Storage Manager migrates data, updates the database to indicate file location on new tape

RAS ticket created on failure



“EDLM Partition”Managed by library

Used for periodic scanning

SAN


1

2Import

external cartridges into EDLM partition

3

Policies are set and scans completed as before


Benefits of Using EDLM

Complementary to Advanced Reporting– Supports scanning of inactive cartridges

Checks completed in a library managed partition

– No impacts to operations– Managed completely in background

Policies automate process

Three levels of scanning provides flexibility

Intuitive reports with detail (see graphic)

Supports LTO-2 thru LTO-5 media

Ensures data is available when needed!

Extended Data Life Management (EDLM) adds another level of protection throughout the lifecycle of your data.


Certificate N. 1445Scalar Key Manager

Securing Your Library, Cartridges and Data

Media Security Notifications (Adv Reporting Option, Scalar i6000 only))

– Three unauthorized media removal notifications– One authorized removal notification– Included with Advanced Reporting

Login-Based Access Control– Three User Accounts: Admin, User, Service– LDAP support

LUN Mapping and Access Control (SNW option)– Admin’s control host access to specific devices (nFC)– Native connection HP LTO-5 drives

Tape Encryption with LTO-4 and later drives– HP LTO-4 and later– IBM nFC LTO-5 and later– Support for key management from all major

backup apps


Simple: Automated key generation and management. Setup, configure, manage directly from library UI.

Secure: FIPS, TLS-based authenticated communication, AES 256-bit encryptionScalable: Over 700,000 unique keys, multiple libraries, across Scalar portfolio

Scalar Key ManagerSimple. Secure. Scalable. Reliable. Flexible.Supports HP LTO-4+ and IBM LTO-5+

LAN / WAN

Secondary ServerPrimary ServerDatacenter

Branch Office

Branch Office

Sync’dDatacenter

Branch Office

Certificate N. 1445Scalar Key Manager

Reliable: Redundant servers, RAID0 HDD, integrated with iLayer diagnosticsFlexible Deployment: Deploy as pair of physical servers, or pair of VM’s


KMIP 1.0 - Enterprise-Wide Key Management Large enterprises driving toward centralized key mgmt KMIP 1.0 Standard ratified in October 2010 Scalar libraries support KMIP standard to enable enterprise-wide

encryption key management Illustrates Quantum’s commitment to open standards, customer

choice Investment protection for customers using Scalar libraries

KMIP 1.0 Compliant Key Server(s)

KMIP Protocol

KMIP Protocol


Agenda



Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


Vault tapes outside the library

When all tapes are under app

control…

Problems with Vaulting Tapes

High software and hardware costs for “inactive” data, so many tapes are removed to local vault.

Vaulting tapes takes time, is inefficient and puts data at risk, and tapes are not monitored for integrity.

Local vault


Active Vault: First Automated, In-Library VaultScalar i6000 only

Capacity outside direct app control—reduces cost of storage and application license fees

Media does not leave the library—eliminates all manual media handling

Policy based exports to Active Vault partition—looks like a physical export to the application

Active Vault tapes are proactively scanned by EDLM—reports alerts, maintains media integrity over time

HostManaged Partitions

Automated exports

Active Vault is anin-library vault…

…applications can export media to it

directly

Industry-First Benefits

Lowers cost, improves data protection, and saves time.

Active Vaultpartitions in

unlicensed slots


Active Vault Integration with StorNext

Create StorNext Storage Manager vaults

Create Scalar i6000 Active Vault partitions

Name the Active Vault partition the same name as the StorNext vaults

Active Vault tapes are proactively scanned by EDLM—reports alerts, maintains media integrity over time

HostManaged Partitions

Automated exports

Active Vault works with StorNext Storage Manager Vaulting option to make vaulting tapes even easier.

Active Vaultpartitions in

unlicensed slots

SN Partitions AV Partitions

Partition 1• Vault A• Vault B

• “Vault A”• “Vault B”

Partition 2• Vault X • “Vault X”auto-export


Scalar LTFS: The Basic Use Case

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Windows MAC Linux

NAS

NFS or CIFS

Scalar LTFS

Scalar i40/i80Tape Libraries

Scalar i500Tape Library

Scalar i6000Tape Library


Agenda



Managing Growth

High Availability

Data Protection

Archiving Big Data

Storage Management


Vision Integrates the Scalar Libraries

What is Quantum Vision? External software that resides on customer-provided server Centralized administration for Quantum disk and tape devices Extends the benefits of iLayer Expands media tracking capabilities

Click on IP to Launch Native Device InterfaceClick on IP to Launch

Native Device Interface

View Current StatusView Current Status

Track Devices by Serial Number

Track Devices by Serial Number

Track FW LevelTrack FW Level


Quantum Vision: Enhanced Multi-Site Analytics

Automated analytics for multiple systems with synchronized reporting

Graphical connectivity and status information

Simplifies multi-site monitoring and Enterprise diagnostics


Vision Software Extends Benefits of iLayer

View Specific LibraryComponents

View Specific LibraryComponents

Track RAS TicketsAnd System StatusTrack RAS TicketsAnd System Status

Easily Track CapacityAnd Configuration

Easily Track CapacityAnd Configuration


Vision Adds Media Tracking Capability

© 2010 Quantum Corporation. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.

Filter by Mount Health

Filter by Mount Health

User AdjustableSeverity Health Levels

User AdjustableSeverity Health Levels

Intuitive Pie Chartof Mount Health

Intuitive Pie Chartof Mount Health

Detailed Listingof Cartridges

Across all Libraries

Detailed Listingof Cartridges

Across all Libraries


Vision Enhanced Library/Media Pool Reporting

Tape alerts cross-indexed by media and drives Maintains load, alert history for

entire media pool, including off-line vault and Active Archive


Vision Delivers Reports through Mobile Devices

Works with iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices

Shows all device status on single screen, provides detailed views with a tap

Provides true any-time, any-place reporting across users’ backup environment through smart mobile devices—an industry-first!


Scalar i6000 Summary

Scalar i6000 reduces management overhead, up to 75%– Proactive monitoring and alerting capabilities– Intelligent problem resolution, reduces service calls by 50%– Common management of disk and tape

Scalar i6000 protects your data throughoutthe lifecycle

– Security notifications– Media health reporting for production– EDLM cartridge scanning for archive/DR– LTO-5 and LTO-4 drive-based encryption support– Encryption key management for the enterprise

Scalar i6000 prepares customers for uncertain data growth

– Consolidation– Non-disruptive scalability – Investment Protection

2010


© 2012 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties,does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.


Upgraderequired

Scalar i2000/i6000 Required Upgrades

Feature Scalar i2000Scalar i6000

Gen1Scalar i6000

Gen2 Robotics

Scalar i6000Gen2 Robot + Gen2

Electronics

LTO-5 Need Upgrade Supported Supported Supported

LTO-6 Need Upgrade Supported Supported Supported

Advanced Path Failover (nSNW HP LTO-6 drives) Need Upgrade Supported

MCB2 req’dSupported

MCB2 req’d Supported

EDLM Need Upgrade Supported Supported Supported

Active Vault Need Upgrade Supported Supported Supported

Dual Robots Need Upgrade Need Upgrade Supported Supported

Dual Robots with active/active Need Upgrade Need Upgrade Need Upgrade Supported

HDEM Need Upgrade Need Upgrade Need Upgrade Supported

SKM support for IBM nFC LTO-5 and LTO-6 drives Need Upgrade Supported

MCB2 req’dSupported

MCB2 req’d Supported

New web based GUI Need Upgrade SupportedMCB2 req’d

SupportedMCB2 req’d Supported

Gen1 to Gen2 Electronics

Gen1 to Gen2 Roboti2000 to i6000


LTO Specifications

GenerationCompression

RateNative Cartridge

CapacityNative

Throughput InterfaceFeatureSupport

LTO-3 2:1 400GB 80MB/s 1x4Gb WORM

LTO-4 2:1 800GB 120MB/s 1x4Gb WORMEncryption

LTO-5 2:1 1.5TB 140MB/s 1x8Gb2x8Gb

WORMEncryption

Partition/LTFSPath Failover

LTO-6 2.5:1 2.5TB 160MB/s 1x8Gb2x8Gb

WORMEncryption

Partition/LTFSPath Failover

Adv Path Failover


Scalar i6000 Tape Drive and Encryption SupportGeneration Interface Encryption Key Mgmt

HP LTO-3 4Gb nFC4Gb SN FC No NA

IBM LTO-3 4Gb nFC4Gb SN FC No NA

HP LTO-4 4Gb SN FC4Gb nFC Yes Scalar Key Manager

IBM LTO-4 4Gb SN FC4Gb nFC Yes Q-EKM

HP LTO-58Gb nSN FC8Gb nFC4Gb SN FC

Yes Scalar Key Manager

IBM LTO-5 8Gb nFC4Gb SN FC Yes Q-EKM

HP LTO-68Gb nSN FC8Gb nFC4Gb SN FC

Yes Scalar Key Manager

IBM LTO-6 8Gb nFC4Gb SN FC Yes Q-EKM


Head Coating on HP LTO-6 Drives

Wear on sensitive head elements:– Capacity loss in writing– Higher read errors– Increase in repositions accelerated head & media wear

Dual layer coating protects against head wear

Increase head life

Isolates GMR elements fromdebris and other environmentalparticles

UnderlayerProtective Coating

Head


Master Channel Adaptation is a key feature of any Tape Read Data Channel

Hardware– Tape Drives mostly uses HW Adaptive; however HW has limitations– Too many parameters to adapt– FW cannot be employed in real time because any adaptation might cause BER

impacting the Tape Drive’s performance negatively

How does Master Channel solve this?– QTM system has 17 channels; 16 Read Data Channels plus a 17th Master channel– FW based adaptation algorithm selects each channel one at a time and tunes its

performance without impacting user operations – This is the key to maintain the error rates compatible to Enterprise published levels

Analog Front End (similar to LTO5)

DetectorChannel #1Signal Conditioning, Equalization

& Timing Recovery

DetectorSignal Conditioning, Equalization & Timing Recovery

Master Channel; 17th HW module

Channel #16

SelectorAdaptation FW tuning each Channel

Head/MediaWriteDriver

Read Preamp

Digital Back End(w/Master channel)


Improved reliability– Master Channel always guarantee

optimum performance fori. Any tape vendorsii. Backward compatibility (LTO4/5)iii. Tapes written by other LTO drivesiv. End-Of-Life (EOL) tapes or heads v. Multiple heads (i.e. channels)

Reliability of Enterprise Tape– Quantum LTO6 drive may achieve

reliability of Enterprise Tape because of SNR & BER improvement from Master Channel

Cost effective solution– Save power consumption by using only

one Master Channel for parameter tunings of all 16 Salve Channels

Bit Error Rate(BER)

Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)

10-19

10-17

10-15

Enterprise Tape:

LTO Tape:

SATA HDD:

MasterChannel

WithoutMaster

Channel

Reliability Comparison

Key Feature # 2 Master Channel


Key Feature # 3 Adaptive Servo What is Adaptive Servo?

– Servo Design is fixed algorithm optimized at early design phase by studying limited Drive and Tape combinations

– Adaptive Servo learns and tunes Compensator based on the Tape and Drive interactions

– Learning and self tuning are done in real time enabling QTM LTO drive to follow dynamic disturbances and tune them out as they happen in real time What does it mean for Customer Usage?

– Fixed Compensator cannot cover all Tape sand Drives; it is not optimum– Adaptive is like having a Matlab Control System Design with every Drive– In Writing it reduces off track induced rewrites impacting Capacity– In Restore Mode, it insures drive to read back user data at max transfer rates,

reducing repositioning due to Off Track events– Less repositions, less wear on User Media; better Archival

PES with Disturbance using Fixed Compensator

PES with Disturbance using Adaptive Compensator

45% Improvement


i40 Releases

I6 Release– Jan 24th

– KMIP 1.2– Power Supply PCR– LTO-5 SAS, Z67Z– White box

i7 Release– Est. CQ3’14– IBM LTO-6

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