IBM i

Global Deduplication Solutions for IBM Environments

Secure IBM i backup and recovery with deduplication

As IT budgets shrink and data grows, the standard method of backing up remote IBM i (AS/400) systems with locally attached tape suffers due to limited backup streams, excessive tape handling, and lack of security. FalconStor understands the challenges that IBM System i customers face, and provides a flexible data protection solution that enhances IBM tape libraries with the highest levels of performance and reliability.

The FalconStor VTL solution combines disk-based backup, WAN-optimized replication, encryption, and deduplication. It functions exactly like a traditional tape library, only faster, reducing operational and media costs while improving operations. Using FalconStor VTL, you can non-disruptively replace all or part of your tape backup infrastructure. Integrated data deduplication reduces capacity requirements up to 95% (based on a 20:1 deduplication ratio), allowing you to keep more data on disk for secure, rapid data recovery and fast, dependable restore.

• Faster, more reliable backup/recovery
• Enhance IT operations and performance
• Consumes less space than cumbersome tape libraries or offsite vaults
• 50-80% storage cost savings compared to disk cache-physical tape solutions
• Supports all IBM i backup tools and methods (BRMS, LXI MMS, SAVLIB, media policies, and IPL)
• Retain backup data online longer, reducing reliance on physical tape vaulting and recovery
• Flexible deduplication policies: Inline, post-process, concurrent, FalconStor Turbo, or no deduplication
• Scalable global deduplication exceeds 2PB of usable physical storage

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