Quantum Scalar i6000 Series Overview
The new Quantum Scalar i6000 enterprise-class tape library is designed specifically for archive and long-term data retention. The Scalar i6000 scales up to 5,322 cartridges and stores up to 16PB of data, meeting demands for high data growth and supporting large tape consolidation projects. Next generation iLayer management software can lower administrative time by 75% compared to other tape libraries. Intelligent diagnostics reduces service calls by 50% and shortens issue resolution time by 30%. The new Media Data Integrity Anaysis (MeDIA) feature proactively scans cartridges to detect potential media problems, ensuring archived data is available when needed. Library security features and encryption support protect customer data.
Key Features and Benefits
- Proactive remote diagnostics and relational diagnostics through intelligent iLayer software
- Media Data Integrity Analysis (MeDIA) ensures the availability of your data placed in long-term storage/archive/DR
- Advanced Reporting feature provides media statistics, tape drive utilization and security notifications
- Enhances security via encryption solutions and simplified key management through Scalar Key Manager
- Common management and service provided across disk and tape solutions
- Scales from 100 to 5,322 slots
Quantum Scalar i6000 Product Details
Featuring the integrated, next generation iLayer software, Scalar i6000 tape libraries dramatically improve the security and manageability of your enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and archiving processes. Quantum customers experience significant management time savings due to the proactive monitoring and intelligent diagnostic features in iLayer management software, up to 75% savings compared to other libraries. The utilization of the iLayer software also reduces service calls by 50% and shortens resolution time by 30%. In addition, Scalar i6000 tape libraries accommodate continual data growth, expanding to up to 5,322 LTO slots in a single library. Intelligent and intuitive, Scalar® i6000 tape libraries are designed to provide scalable and flexible data storage to meet the demands of high-duty-cycle data center operations.
Your Scalar i2000 can easily be upgraded to a Scalar i6000. Contact your trusted reseller or local Quantum rep for details.
StorageCare Vision- Monitoring and Management Solution
Monitor and manage your entire data protection environment from a single window
It can happen at anytime. Your backup fails, and you’re not sure why. Is the problem your SAN switch? Your fibre channel link? Your host system or backup application? Your library or disk system? Until now, diagnosis required multiple tools and interfaces and time-consuming root-cause analysis. No longer. Now there’s StorageCare Vision.
With StorageCare Vision® from Quantum, you can monitor and manage your entire data protection environment from a single window – giving you complete visibility into all the layers of your backup infrastructure. The result is faster answers, faster resolution, and increased confidence in your backups.
Quantum Scalar i6000 Services and Support
The Quantum i6000 comes with a one-year warranty enhanced with service options. It is supported by Quantum’s StorageCare™ service approach that extends remote diagnostics to the storage ecosystem.
