• Exponential data growth and shrinking backup windows
• Increasing management complexity and scalability limitations with DAS
• Complex and expensive Fibre Channel networks

From the enterprise-class Memio 20K, Memio 64K, Memio T120, and Memio T950 libraries, the departmental-size Memio 2K library, to the stand alone device NAStape, DNF delivers a comprehensive iSCSI tape backup product line.

ISCSI libraries in an IP SAN are the preferred supplement to Fibre Channel SANs or upgrade from stand-alone, direct-attached SCSI.

Affordable Storage Networking

Advances in Gigabit Ethernet technology and the recently ratified iSCSI standard by the IETF make it easy to build a SAN with IP technology. IP’s affordability and user familiarity make iSCSI the right storage networking option for enterprise customers.

Simplified storage resource consolidation and sharing

Memio’s Shared Library Services (SLS) allows customers to connect to iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs simultaneously, making data consolidation and sharing easy.

With SLS library partitioning, a customer can devote just a portion of the library for iSCSI integration, thus reducing the risk of new technology deployment.

Smooth implementation, integration and interoperability

Native iSCSI tape libraries eliminate the need for an external bridge device, thus offering customers greater system reliability and reduced management cost. ISCSI libraries are easy to integrate into your IP SAN.

High performance backup in IP environment

Gigabit Ethernet delivers one-way performance of 100MB/s. Backup operation is more efficient with iSCSI because a separate LAN is dedicated for storage traffic, and data movement does not involve the application server and/or the backup server.