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Quantum — Technical Presentation (September 2011)

9 slides from Quantum's technical presentation, September 2011

  1. Slide 1: StorNext 4.2 – EDLM with the Scalar i6k

    StorNext 4.2 – EDLM with the Scalar i6k Transfer of Information, Denver, CO, Sept 13-14, 2011 Eric Hawkins © 2011 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is 1 based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is

  2. Slide 2: EDLM – What is it?

    EDLM – What is it? Extended Data Lifecycle Management – Scalar i6000 based feature  Scalar i500 will add feature in i8 – Provides Data Protection  Tape Scanning – Policy – Manual – RAS ticket notifications  StorNext integration via SNAPI – Suspect Count – Issue Medcopy commands © 2011 Quantum Cor

  3. Slide 3: EDLM – What is it?

    EDLM – What is it? © 2011 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is 3 based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.

  4. Slide 4: Scalar i6000 EDLM Configuration

    Scalar i6000 EDLM Configuration Install EDLM drives – HP LTO4 and LTO5 drives only – Special flag on Sled to prevent usage in a customer partition – Must be connected to dedicate 7404 IO Blade Install EDLM license key Create Library Managed Partition (LMP) – Partition that is hidden from host applic

  5. Slide 5: Scalar i6000 Scanning

    Scalar i6000 Scanning Manual – Select individual tapes at any time Policy – One per partition – Multiple options for each policy © 2011 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is 5 based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the co

  6. Slide 6: Scalar i6000 Scan Policies

    Scalar i6000 Scan Policies Enable External Application (StorNext) – Library checks “suspect count” on dismount – Scan performed if “suspect count” is set and above StorNext threshold  Only scans it once at the threshold  RAS Ticket generated on the library – If scan fails “medcopy” is started  Wr

  7. Slide 7: Scalar i6000 Scan Policies (cont)

    Scalar i6000 Scan Policies (cont) Tape Alert thresholds – 3 is the default but configurable Time interval – Day increments – Be careful it’s possible to thrash the system Scan on import © 2011 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is 7 based upon multiple assumptions

  8. Slide 8: Scalar i6000 Scan Policy Types

    Scalar i6000 Scan Policy Types Quick Scan – Reads only cartridge memory (CM) – Evaluates error counts and thresholds (not configurable) – Less then one minute to scan Normal Scan (default) – Reads CM plus selected portions of the tape – ~20 minutes to scan Full Scan – Reads CM and scans entire tape

  9. Slide 9: Scalar i6000 Scan reports/results

    Scalar i6000 Scan reports/results Queued scans allow state changes – Stop, Pause, Resume Report details – Individual media information – Good, Bad, Suspect, Untested, Not Completed © 2011 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is 9 based upon multiple assumptions and

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