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HSTC
High Performance Virtual Tape Library.
Cybernetics' HSTC is a stunning breakthrough in data protection. Designed with incredible flexibility for adapting to your environment and for evolving with your growing network or enterprise, our High Speed Tape Cache capitalizes on the power of virtualizing extremely low cost, ultra-fast disk storage to create numerous virtual tape drives and tapes. The HSTC supports multiple host initiators with independent, iSCSI, and SCSI interfaces, for virtually limitless configuration possibilities. At disk-to-disk speed, the HSTC writes in parallel, simultaneous data streams to independent virtual tape drives to complete backup within
the minimum possible backup window. The Offload feature can launch offline tape archiving to easily create any number of tape copies for local and offsite storage, with absolutely no impact on your network or host operations. The virtual backup tapes will remain cached on disk for as long as you need them, ready for the fastest possible restore.
Minimize Risk While Maximizing Up-Time
Optimizing an innovative D2D2T disk staging strategy, Cybernetics' HSTC delivers the ultimate high availability recovery solution. Because the HSTC can automatically create redundant copies of all backup files on disk and tape, there is no longer any single point of failure in your backup and recovery process. A live copy is cached on disk, and any number of archive copies can then be transferred to tape in a serverless, offline mode. And, because each virtual tape is a completely independent data set, the HSTC has all the benefits of interleaving with none of the risk of multiplexed tape sets, which can be rendered useless by loss on any single tape in the set. The very high capacity of the HSTC disk storage makes it possible to cache days or weeks of virtual backup tapes, ready to restore at absolute maximum speed. An emergency restore of 100GB from a DLT 8000 drive will take 2.5 to 5 hours just to read the data off tape. The HSTC can read 100GB in less than twenty minutes. |
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Is
the
HSTC Right for You?
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| Restore
time
is
absolutely
crucial,
and immediate
access
to
recent
backup
copies
is
of
utmost
importance,
but
your
budget
won't
permit
a
multi-drive
performance
tape
library.
| The
HSTC
can
emulate
a
tape
library
to
store
backup
sets
for
any
number
of
days
or
weeks
live
on
disk
for
the
fastest
possible
backup
and
restore
time.
You
can
selectively
choose
the
virtual
tapes
you
want
to
archive,
and
Offload
them
to
your
existing
tape
drive
with
no
additional
cost
for
tapes,
software,
drives
or
libraries. |
| Uptime
on
your
production
servers
is
too
critical
for
the
cumbersome
burden
of
the
direct
attached
tape
drives
that
may
lock
up
your
servers
with
a
SCSI
bus
glitch.
| The
HSTC
can
attach
directly
to
your
Ethernet
network,
accessible
via
iSCSI
to
all
compatible
host
systems
on
your
network.
The
virtual
tape
drives
appear
just
as
locally
attached
SCSI
tape
drives,
allowing
independent,
simultaneous
backup
of
multiple
servers.
Your
existing
SCSI
tape
drives
connect
directly
to
the
HSTC
for
archiving
to
physical
tape. |
| You
have
legacy
host
systems
that
are
not
networked
with
your
newer
open
systems,
locking
you
into
maintaining
multiple backup
drives.
| The
HSTC
can
connect
to
the
SCSI
tape
controller
on
your
legacy
host,
as
well
as
to
your
Ethernet
network.
Your
legacy
host
can
write
a
local
SCSI
backup
to
one
virtual
tape
drive
at
the
same
time
that
your
Wintel
and
Lintel
hosts
write
backups
to
other
virtual
drives
via
iSCSI.
Your
legacy
SCSI
tape
drive
connects
to
the
HSTC
and
the
Offload
feature
archives
to
physical
tape
at
your
convenience. |
| You
need
to
add
disk
storage
and
upgrade
your
backup
solution,
but
your
budget
won't
cover
both.
| Most
HSTC
models
can
be
configured
for
direct
host
attachment
of
one
RAID
set
for
storage,
with
a
separate
RAID
set
for
the
virtual
tape
backup
functions.
You
can
use
one
RAID
disk
subsystem
to
increase
both
the
speed
and
capacity
of
your
backup,
as
well
ass
increase
your
disk
storage
speed
and
capacity. |
| You
are
responsible
for
maintain
a comprehensive,
enterprise-wide
backup
plan,
but
you
also
have
a
number
of
users
who
need
the
ability
to
directly
backup
and
restore
user
data
files.
| The
HSTC
can
be
attached
directly
to
your
Ethernet
network
and
configured
with
multiple
virtual
tape
drives
and
tapes
that
are
directly
accessible
over
the
network
from
any
number
of
servers
and
workstations
over
the
network.
Users
can
pick
a
virtual
tape
and
load
it
into
a
virtual
tape
drive
to
backup
and
restore
at
will.
Other
virtual
tape
drives
and
tapes
are
concurrently
available
for
your
centralized
backup
requirements. |
| Your
disaster
recovery
plan
requires immediate
availability
of
backup
copies
as
well
as
duplicate
off-site
tape
copies
for
Ethernet
networked
buildings
spread
across
the
corporate
campus.
| From
any
campus
location,
the
HSTC
can
connect
to
the
Ethernet
network
and
backup
data
from
all
remote
facilities.
The
HSTC
Offload
feature
can
then
be
used
to
archive
to
both
a
locally
attached
SCSI
tape
drive,
and
an
iSCSI
tape
drive
located
in
a
remote
building. |
| None
of
your
branch
locations
scattered
across
the
country
employ
IT
staff,
and
you
are
responsible
for
maintaining
secure
backup
copies
at
headquarters.
| From
headquarters,
the
HSTC
can
present
multiple
virtual
tape
drives
such
that
data
coming
in
from
various
locations
over
T1
can
be
written
to
virtual
tape
drives
and
tapes.
The
disk-based
virtual
tape
drives
can
accept
the
slower
T1
transmissions
that
would
destroy
a
tape
drive
with
excessive
repositioning,
and
then
archive
to
a
locally
attached
tape
drive
at
maximum
speed. |
| Your
DAT
drives
simply
cannot
keep
up
with
your
server
backup
requirements,
but
you
have
a
large
inventory
of
legacy
tapes
locking
you
into
the
format.
| The
HSTC
can
connect
to
the
SCSI
tape
controller
on
your
server,
and
appearing
to
your
existing
backup
software
exactly
as
your
DAT
tape
drive,
write
many
virtual
DAT
tapes
onto
disk
at
maximum
speed.
Your
SCSI
tape
drive
connects
to
the
HSTC
and
the
Offload
feature
archives
the
virtual
DAT
tapes
to
physical
DAT
tapes
at
your
convenience. |
| You
have
a
high-speed
tape
drive,
but
your
legacy
hosts
stream
data
so
slowly
that
you
do
not
realize
the
speed
advantage,
and
repositioning
is
wearing
on
your
expensive
new
tape
drive.
| You
can
stage
all
of
your
backups
to
the
HSTC
via
SCSI
and/or
iSCSI.
With
your
high
speed
SCSI
tape
drive
connected
directly
to
the
HSTC,
the
Offload
feature
will
stream
the
data
to
tape
at
maximum
speed
minimizing
the
time
it
takes
to
write
to
tape
and
eliminating
repositioning
wear
and
tear
on
the
tape
drive. |
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