![]() ![]() That gives ViTL some important capabilities that UBD can’t match, explains Ax Synar, director of sales for LaserVault. The biggest difference is that, while UBD emulated a single IBM 3580 tape drive, ViTL emulates an entire tape library, specifically the IBM TS3200 library. The new ViTL (pronounced “vital”) offering traces its roots to UBD. Four years later it launched its Universal Backup Device (UBD), a Windows-based appliance that emulated an IBM LTO tape drive. In 2006, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, company debuted LaserVault Backup to provide customers with a cheaper alternative to dedicated VTL hardware. ![]() ![]() LaserVault, which is also known as Electronic Storage Corp., is no newbie when it comes to virtualizing tape products. Dubbed ViTL, the offering emulates an IBM LTO tape library, and thanks to integration with BRMS and HelpSystems‘ Robot Save, can provide the “set it and forget it” level of automation that IBM i shops expect from enterprise storage, the company says. LaserVault is rolling out a new virtual tape library (VTL) offering that could interest IBM i shops who are looking to get away from physical tape. ![]()
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