EMC Corporation is announcing today the Clariion DL210 a new model of its disk tape library family that can scale from 4 to 24 TB using 500GB SATA (serial ATA) drives and offers performance of up to 380MBps, according to EMC.
"We are offering a 50 percent performance improvement over previous generations at about half the price" - says Jay Krone, EMC's director of Clariion product marketing. The new entry level unit starts at about $50,000.
EMC is also announcing improved integration of its CDL (Clariion Disk library) software with EMC NetWorker 7.3, which should make easy tracking a backup set across all media, both on disk and on tape, say Krone.
CDL software adds also support for IBM System i host machines (previously known as AS400) and its native backup application, and can emulate a variety of additional tape libraries.
Later this year, in Q2, EMC plans to add "virtual tape shredding" a feature to prevent unauthorized disclosure by securely erasing the content of disk backups.
The improved integration of CDL with NetWorker 7.3 is also timed for release in Q2, while other new features are available immediately, according to EMC.
Posted by Mario Apicella on April 17, 2006 08:33 AM
