Cloud computing services provider EMC has launched its next generation mainframe virtual tape library (VTL), the Dlm6000.
EMC claims that the new EMC Dlm6000, designed for use in IBM z/OS environments, is the industry’s fastest mainframe VTL with 2x the performance of its nearest competitor.
The company also said that the DLm6000 enables mainframe users to minimise their storage and replication costs and improve their disaster recovery capabilities.
The DLm6000 addresses the full range of mainframe tape workloads with a single, consolidated all-disk system and matches different workloads to the most appropriate storage, said EMC.
The VTL integrates EMC VNX7500 and/or EMC Data Domain DD890 storage systems to support all mainframe use cases.
The EMC DLm6000 is the only mainframe VTL that offers concurrent support for both primary and deduplication storage within the same platform, enabling a consolidated systems approach, said the company.
EMC Backup Recovery Systems Division vice-president of marketing Shane Jackson said the new DLm6000 not only delivers new deduplication capabilities and faster performance for mainframe users, but also a new and unmatched approach to mainframe storage and data protection.
"The complexity of managing two or three separate platforms imposed by competing solutions is eliminated and reducing tape use removes a host of limitations that made it difficult for mainframe users to meet their SLAs for batch processing, backups and data access," Jackson said.
