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ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual
1.0 ATTO FastStream VT 5300 increases reliability
The ATTO FastStream™ Virtual Tape 5300 Appliance is a mid-range storage solution that emulates a
tape library for fast backups on demand and error-free restores of critical data.
The ATTO FastStream Virtual Tape 5300 is seen
by system applications as a conventional tape
library, allowing you to use existing disk-based
storage as if it were tape.
The ATTO FastStream VT 5300 delivers
immediate performance improvements to backup,
restore and archive applications.
Adding a disk-based Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
ensures high speed access to your data. The
FastStream VT can be seamlessly integrated into
existing storage environments as if it were a
traditional tape library. The ATTO FastStream
VT 5300 also provides high performance RAID
parity protection to existing disk-based storage
without regard to manufacturer, type of drive,
capacity or speed.
Adding RAID ensures your data is protected
without compromising performance.
The ATTO FastStream VT 5300 is available in
1U desktop and industry-standard rack-mount
enclosures.
Hardware features
• Dual independent 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel Host
Interfaces to integrate existing direct attached
storage into a high performance SAN
environment
• Dual Ultra320 SCSI device high speed
connections backward compatible with Ultra160
devices
• O/S and platform independent. 64 bit OS
supported
Virtual Tape features
• Seen by ISV applications as a conventional tape
library.
• Configure one or two Virtual Tape libraries
• Configure up to 30 Virtual Tape drives and 256
Virtual tapes for each library.
• Hardware RAID Level 0, RAID Level 1, RAID
Level 5, RAID Level 10 and JBOD, all user
configurable
Backup and restore features
• Performs up to 30 concurrent backups for each
virtual tape library
• SpeedWrite feature ensures responsive and
error-free backup in the shortest possible time
• Backup and restore data at up to 1.5 TB per hour
• Uses reliable disk storage to take the place of
conventional tape to deliver immediate
performance improvements to backup and
restore applications
Management and control features
• Browser-based GUI simplifies configuration,
management and navigation
• Advanced Management
• In-band SCSI, FC
• Out-of-band through RS-232 and Ethernet
• Field updateable firmware with the ability to save
configuration settings for easy field replacement
• Automatic rebuild of RAID groups and Rebuild
Priority keep the system operational if a drive
fails
• Global Hot Spares ensure continuous operation
if a drive fails. The Hot Spare automatically
comes on-line and rebuild starts if a disk failure
is detected
• ECC Protected Memory assures data integrity
and continued up time by implementing Error
Correcting Checksum (ECC) and Parity checks
on all data paths. Potential corruption cannot go
undetected
• Phone Home error notification automatically
generates an E-mail alert in the event of a failure
• Drive initialization and verification identifies
attached drives which exhibit poor performance
or soft failures
• Capable of measuring performance during
normal operation and during the drive
initialization process