United Plastics Group, Inc. cuts iSeries backup window by 40%
Marito “MAR” Omay Catipay, manager of iSeries® Administration, Programming, and ERP/MRP support at United Plastics Group, Inc. (UPG), needed a backup solution that would shorten his company's 3590 daily, weekly and monthly tape backup time frames while providing them with remote backup management.
UBD and Exagrid combine to bring you Fast, Simple, Disk-Based Backups
With the combination of IBM iSeries, LaserVault UBD, and ExaGrid disk-based backup with deduplication, you can achieve faster backups and store data in much smaller footprints. The LaserVault UBD presents a tape interface to the iSeries, converts the backup stream to NAS, and then sends the iSeries backup data to the ExaGrid appliance via a simple share mount using CIFS.
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ExaGrid® commends LaserVault® Backup application for fast and simple disk backups for iSeries®
ExaGrid®, the leader in cost-effective disk-based backup solutions for iSeries®, now recommends the use of LaserVault Backup (LVB) in combination with ExaGrid for a fast and simple solution as an alternative to tape.
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LaserVault UBD added to IBM Global Solutions Directory
UBD’s Fibre Channel disk to disk backup for all iSeries™ AS/400® systems provides fast, reliable and secure backups without physical tapes. UBD emulates a 3580 tape drive and uses existing backup software and procedures so training is minimal. UBD reduces the time and cost of doing tape backups and eliminates most sources of manual error.
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LaserVault Backup 3.0.26 added to IBM Global Solutions Directory
LaserVault Backup (LVB) improves data protection while increasing performance and security for your IBM i® Power Systems backups by providing reliable, easy-to-manage, cost-efficient protection for mission-critical system data.
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Universal Backup Device™ (UBD) Write Throughput increases to 304MB/sec
LaserVault has increased Fibre Channel write throughput in our Universal Backup Device (UBD™) to an amazing 304MB/second.
| UBD™ vs Tape | ||||||
| Device | LTO1 | LTO2 | LTO3 | LTO4 | LTO5 | UBD |
| Max Speed (MB/s) | 20 | 40 | 80 | 120 | 140 | 304 |
Motion Industries Does Multiple Backups Per Day...
We have been using your LaserVault Backup product in conjunction with DataDomain offsite data storage solution for over two years. We are extremely impressed with the performance, intuitive operational qualities and its reliability. Technical Support provided by your company and your ability to work hand-in-hand with DataDomain makes your solution top notch.
Farmington Company needed encryption ...
The Farmington Company said they had been directed to begin encrypting their off-site backup tapes.
But Tim Swartz, IS Manager, found LaserVault Backup a better fit, "Our directive was to encrypt backup tapes, and your product has allowed us to meet that requirement. In addition, we are backing up more libraries than when we were using tape, both on nightly and weekend backups."
Grocery Outlet Inc. discovers "Look Ma - no hands" functionality ...
Steve Tuscher, Director of IT at Grocery Outlet Inc. told us, "For years our AS400 - i5 administrators have envied the simplicity and reliability of the Data Domain disk backup appliance."
But when it came to the AS400, Steve said, "Unfortunately, we could never enjoy the same peace of mind on the AS/400."
Until now!
