Elevate Your Tape Backup with Catalogic DPX
In today’s data-driven environment, ensuring the integrity and security of your data is critical for business resilience. Catalogic DPX leads the way in tape backup solutions, delivering robust features tailored for modern enterprises. With unmatched tape device compatibility, Catalogic DPX ensures data safety and accessibility, even under challenging conditions.
Overcoming Tape Backup Challenges and Recovery
1. Tape Device Compatibility and Legacy Support
- Changing Hardware Standards: Catalogic DPX supports a wide range of tape drives backup, including the latest LTO-9 technology and legacy systems requiring specialized configurations. It simplifies integration with older tape formats, ensuring seamless transitions while maintaining high performance.
- Streamlined Tape Management: Managing multiple tape devices, such as Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) and traditional libraries, can create complex workflows. DPX resolves this with consistent support across systems, simplifying tape management and reducing IT overhead.
- Vendor Discontinuation: If your systems are no longer supported by their original vendors, Catalogic DPX minimizes troubleshooting and ensures efficient operation without reliance on external maintenance.
2. Robust Backup and Recovery Capabilities
Catalogic DPX delivers superior backup efficiency with patented block-level protection, cutting backup times and system impact by up to 90%. The vStor backup repository enhances data management with:
- Inline deduplication and compression.
- Point-to-point replication for bandwidth optimization.
- Long-term archiving to tape for cost-effective storage.
These capabilities enable reliable and scalable protection for both physical and virtual servers.
3. Immutable and Secure Backups
Catalogic DPX enables immutable snapshots to protect your data against tampering and cyber threats. These snapshots can be securely stored as air-gapped copies on tape or in the cloud, providing:
- Protection against unauthorized access.
- Alignment with compliance requirements for data integrity.
- Additional offline safeguards for critical backups.
4. Cost-Effective NDMP Backups:
Catalogic DPX supports Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backups to disk, tape, or cloud, optimizing network usage for efficient backup and recovery. With compatibility across platforms like NetApp and Isilon, it provides flexibility and avoids vendor-specific limitations.
Unmatched Compatibility and Support
Catalogic DPX is designed to work with a wide range of tape devices and media changers that comply with the SCSI-2 standard. With support for variable length records and a minimum transfer size of 32 KB, DPX ensures compatibility with industry-leading tape media from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, including the latest LTO-9 technology. Our solution is also qualified with top tape libraries from Dell Technologies, HPE, Oracle, Overland Tandberg, and Quantum, providing you with the flexibility to work with the hardware you trust.
Streamlined Tape Management
Whether your infrastructure utilizes Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) or traditional tape libraries, Catalogic DPX provides consistent, high-level support. Our approach simplifies the management of tape devices, focusing on minimizing troubleshooting and development for systems no longer supported by their vendors. This strategic support ensures your tape management processes are efficient and focused on your core business objectives.
Robust Backup and Recovery Capabilities
With patented block-level protection, Catalogic DPX reduces backup time and impact by up to 90% for both physical and virtual servers. Our vStor backup repository is a flexible and scalable software-defined backup target with robust tape archiving capabilities. vStor supports inline deduplication, compression, replication, and direct backup data offload to tape for long-term, cost-effective archiving and retention.
Immutable and Secure Backups
With Catalogic DPX, create immutable snapshots that can be securely stored as offline, air-gapped copies on tape and cloud object storage. This ensures archived data remains unaltered and protected, safeguarding your backups against premature deletion and offering an additional layer of offline protection. Rest assured, your data is secure and reliably protected, aligning with your Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
Why Choose Catalogic DPX for Tape Backup?
Comprehensive Tape Support
Catalogic DPX ensures seamless compatibility with major tape media and libraries, including HPE, IBM, and Quantum devices.
Enhanced Data Security
Immutable snapshots and air-gapped tape storage protect data from tampering and cyber threats.
Flexible Integration
Compatible with a wide range of tape libraries, DPX integrates easily into existing infrastructures.
Ease of Use
A user-friendly interface streamlines tape management, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic tasks.
Comprehensive Support
Catalogic provides exceptional support to ensure that you can leverage the full potential of DPX with your Oracle products:
Direct Technical Support
Gain direct access to Catalogic’s technical support team for any queries or issues you may encounter
Documentation and Compatibility Matrix
Utilize extensive documentation of Catalogic DPX and product compatibility matrix to ensure that your backup environment is optimized and up-to-date.
Get Started with Catalogic DPX
Upgrade your tape backup strategy with Catalogic DPX, the ultimate solution for secure, cost-effective, and efficient backup to tape. Contact us today to explore how Catalogic DPX can enhance your data protection efforts and streamline your tape infrastructure.
