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Compass™ Virtual Tape Library A high-performance, software-defined solution to manage your existing infrastructure’s tape libraries

FEATURES What is Compass VTL Fully integrated VTL functionality within The VTL market is at the precipice of disruption where organizations are now directed to Compass data protection modernize and unify the enterprise data protection environment. Customers still have platform requirements for tape operations but they require operational simplicity and cost Eliminate physical tape effectiveness. Cobalt Iron introduces a software-defined VTL that is fully integrated media, transport, and into its Compass SaaS platform. Unlike any other VTL solution, Compass VTL is a storage costs software-enabled feature that is directly integrated within an end-to-end data protection Fully automated backup, restore, and disaster solution. With Compass VTL, organizations can deploy a single, unified solution that recovery of virtual tape unleashes data from traditional physical and virtual tape data silos all while modernizing libraries, drives, and tape environments which require tape resources for backup and recovery. Emulates multi-platform, heterogeneous tape environments Compass VTL Benefits Leverage multi-tier storage both on-premises and in the cloud Intelligently scales locally SIMPLICITY FEATURES SAVINGS and in the cloud  Direct VTL integration  Enterprise data protection  With Compass VTL, organizations Incorporates AES 256 bit encryption and with industry-leading solution delivered in a eliminate separate backup software enhanced security data protection SaaS SaaS model on certified and VTL vendors, costs, and platform: Compass platforms complexity Seamlessly bridge disk  Eliminates separate VTL  Automatic management of  Compass VTL delivers a fully inte- and tape formats and backup technolo- VTL operations grated solution that supports unified connectivity gies and vendors  Modernization of physical data protection across all platforms for higher performance  Automatic off-site and tape environments  Compass VTL is driven with analytics replication to  Transparent integration of to manage, monitor, and maintain private or public cloud virtual tape data into data the entire backup infrastructure. environments center and cloud Compass does all the heavy lifting  from BIOS to OS to software, deliver- VTL function and  Data encryption in-flight ing a hands-free environment. performance without and at-rest legacy VTL complexity  Save money on off-site tape  Reduce backup times and  storage and transport through Transform physical tape radically improve RPO complexity into a simple policy-driven inside the  Proactively managed, SMART. as-a-service consump- enterprise or to the top five public monitored, and maintained SECURE. tion and delivery clouds environment by Compass  AUTOMATED.  Save time and money on implemen- Single-pane-of-glass analytics management for tation as Compass VTL seamlessly backup and VTL integrates into existing infrastructure User / Partner Analytics Engine Commander COMMANDER Data Protection Abstraction Layer (DPAL) Compass VTL Supported RESTful API Systems: IBM Power iSeries IBM Power AIX on Intel Windows on Intel Accelerator HPE OpenVMS Accelerator OS Storage Interfaces: Compass DATs: DPATs, Backup Server Compute VTL RESTful API CATs, SATs, NATs Tooling Soware Resources

The diagram above illustrates how Compass VTL fits seamlessly into the overall architecture of Cobalt Iron’s Compass solution.

Compass VTL vs Competition  A single, enterprise-level SaaS data  Unified VTL and data protection solution protection solution  Analytics-driven monitoring, manage-  Software-defined cloud connectivity ment, and optimizations for hands-free while supporting on-premises workloads operations and maintenance of entire backup infrastructure  Automates IBMi/iSeries DR operations, transparent cloud connectivity, and direct  Software-enabled library, drive, and tape integrations of IBMi/ iSeries with other operations with automated manage- enterprise data protection operations ment via Compass

Flexible Deployment Tiers Daily Ingest Volume 0-2 TB | 3-8 TB | 9-16 TB | 17-32 TB | 33-64 TB | 65+ TB

Technical Specifications ACCELERATOR Platforms Supported IBMi/iSeries, IBM Power AIX, Linux on Intel, Windows on Intel, HPE OpenVMS Emulations IBM 3584, HP E-Series, STK L700, ACSLS, proprietary LTO-1, LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6, 3592, 9940, T10000, N1525

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