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KEY FEATURES StarWind (VTL) • Quick, easy installation • Better data protection Improve Backup and Recovery Process and • Enhance security Reduce Tape Media Management Issues • Easy to maintain, manage • Seamless integration with STARWIND VTL ADVANTAGES existing backup software • Replaces inefficient tape devices • Replication of all data via a • More reliable than tape libraries single platform • Considerably improves backup and disaster recovery processes COMPATIBILITY • Speeds recovery by eliminating tape • BakBone NetVault library changer device latency • CA • Scalable to 64 TB tape devices • Symantec • Allows direct attachment of VTL to • CommVault tape drives for archival storage • Allows configuration of an unlimited BENEFITS number of virtual tape cartridges VTL FOR SMB AND ROBO • No need to search for loose tapes Offers ease of use, performance, reliability, scalability, manageability, simplicity and speed.

EASY, QUICK INSTALLATION Set up VTL quickly and BETTER THAN TAPES MORE RELIABLE FOR BUSINESS easily. It integrates A virtual tape system is a storage system CONTINUITY seamlessly with existing that uses fast disks to emulate physical When it comes to maintaining business tape backup processes. tape drives. Virtual tape systems look continuity, a StarWind VTL gets you up just like tape drives to the OS. Current and running in moments, not hours. IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND backup and recovery solutions designed That’s because disk drives write and read MEDIA MANAGEMENT for tape environments are moving to data faster than tape. The VTL becomes Disk-based backup and disk-based storage using virtual tape your backup repository. Since all of the recovery is much faster technology. Disk is a better storage company’s data can be backed up to a than when using tape medium, not only because it is much single VTL appliance, the backup data can devices. And no need to faster than traditional tape drives, but then be replicated to a remote site for chase tapes in a remote because it is also more dependable and disaster recovery and data protection. warehouse. easier to manage. FASTER THAN COMPETING VTLS There are many challenges associated Not all VTLs are created equal. StarWind’s with antiquated tape systems, due to VTL delivers much faster speeds than the limits of the technology, that impact competing VTLs by eliminating tape business continuity and disaster recovery library-specific search and load processes within an organization. With a commands that are no longer necessary. StarWind VTL, you will never need to physically look for tapes in a warehouse again. WHO BUYS STARWIND CREATE A VIRTUAL TAPE LIBRARY IN MINUTES StarWind Server is a powerful Many IT departments cannot be certain that all their existing tapes, stored in a warehouse, and reliable iSCSI SAN used by are recoverable. That is why a disk-based technology is better - it is simpler, scalable and small and midsize businesses, reliable. governments, and Fortune 1000 clients. StarWind offers an affordable and easy-to-use virtual tape library (VTL) for companies that have already invested in a tape backup infrastructure. It’s aimed at organizations TECHNICAL SUPPORT that want to take advantage of the high performance and Full-function products de- low costs of disk drives without having to re-architect the serve full-featured support. way they carry out their backup and recovery procedures. Whether you’re downloading Do you require faster-than-tape recovery in order to meet StarWind to evaluate it, or just increasingly stringent business continuity standards? If need technical support for so, a StarWind VTL is right for you. StarWind VTL takes your SAN, StarWind is always only about 30 minutes to set up: the host automatically available to help you at detects the appliance’s virtual tape drives and loads the www.starwindsoftware.com correct driver.

If you can operate a tape-based library, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that the READY FOR A TEST StarWind VTL is much faster, allowing you to shorten backup windows to a fraction of what DRIVE? you’re used to with tape-based systems. When data is lost and you need it back in a hurry, Visit us today at StarWind simplifies and speeds disaster recoveries. www.starwindsoftware.com A real performance advantage. Many companies offer VTLs, and all of them claim significant performance advantages over tape libraries. But StarWind’s approach offers an additional performance advantage by cutting out all legacy overhead communications required to manage the movement of tapes within a library and eliminating the physical latency of the robotic library itself. It’s the StarWind advantage.

MINIMUM SYSTEM RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: REQUIREMENTS: • Windows XP 2003 • Windows Server 2008 R2 • 800 MHz Intel Pentium III class processor • 2 GHz Intel Xeon class processor • 512 MB of RAM • 4 GB of RAM • 50 MB of disk space for application data • 1 GB for application data and log files • Shared disk volume • Dedicated disk volumes • Fast Ethernet connection • Gigabit Ethernet connection

STARWIND SOFTWARE IS COMPATIBLE WITH: • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 • Small Business Server 2008 • Storage Server 2003 R2

ABOUT STARWIND Since 2003, StarWind has been a pioneer in the iSCSI storage industry and has been the solution of choice for thou- sands of global customers in over 50 countries, from SMBs, to governments, and to Fortune 1000 clients.

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