running IBM i to help them meet the challenges of managing rapid change, reducing business risk and achieving higher service levels in a more cost-effective manner. IBM i can support the data protection needs that small, midsized and large organizations face as they deal with backup for today’s explosive growth in data and information.

1. IBM Systems and Technology
Reliable and efficient backup
and recovery for IBM i on
IBM Power Systems servers
Protect More. Store Less®.

2. 2 Reliable and efficient backup and recovery for IBM i on IBM Power Systems servers
Tackle tough backup and recovery
requirements in IBM i environments
Many businesses today rely on IBM® Power Systems™ servers
running IBM i to help them meet the challenges of managing
rapid change, reducing business risk and achieving higher service
levels in a more cost-effective manner. IBM i can support the
data protection needs that small, midsized and large organiza-
tions face as they deal with backup for today’s explosive growth
in data and information.
In this scenario, IBM System Storage® ProtecTIER® solutions
can deliver inline deduplication and can protect and retain data
longer and save money by helping to reduce energy, floor space
and maintenance requirements. Fully qualified and certified for
IBM i environments, ProtecTIER solutions can support busi-
nesses of different sizes to harness the power of deduplication to
manage increasingly complex backup demands.
Help accelerate both data backup
and recovery
With data growing at an exponential rate and backup windows
IBM System Storage TS7650
shrinking, businesses need deduplication solutions that can
support both high-performance data backup and rapid data
recovery. Solutions from other vendors may deliver impressive Capacity to more efficiently respond to
backup performance, but they are known to be slow in restoring growing data demands
data. With its revolutionary and patented inline deduplication ProtecTIER has a unique deduplication technology that helps
algorithm, ProtecTIER helps eliminate redundant data in the disk repository of a single ProtecTIER server to scale up to
near-real-time that is at the same time as data is being received 1 PB without affecting performance. With a deduplication ratio
from the IBM i server. As a result, a single ProtecTIER solution of 25:1, as much as 25 PB of backup data can be stored on a sin-
can provide up to 2500 MB/sec sustained backup throughput gle ProtecTIER server. Unlike hash-based deduplication prod-
and faster restores at up to 3200 MB/sec sustained recovery ucts whose hash table grows linearly with the amount of data
performance. stored, ProtecTIER can manage a petabyte repository with only
a 4 GB index file. The ProtecTIER non-hash-based approach
also helps reduce the risk of data corruption resulting from
unique data being discarded due to a potential hash collision.

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Tested in production environments and ProtecTIER can significantly lower the total cost of ownership
certified for IBM i for the complete backup and recovery solution by up to
Since the introduction of ProtecTIER in 2005, IBM has 96 percent by helping to reduce the costs associated with moving
deployed more than 182 PB of physical capacity behind and storing physical tape cartridges. Furthermore, the combina-
ProtecTIER servers around the world, in various production tion of IP replication and deduplication can significantly reduce
environments representing a broad range of performance and the bandwidth requirements between the primary and DR sites,
capacity requirements that signify more deployed physical which represent significantly lower cost compared to a tradi-
capacity than any other vendor in the market today. ProtecTIER tional replication operation.
has also been specifically qualified and certified for IBM i envi-
ronments in testing conducted by the IBM i development team Extending the benefits of ProtecTIER
in Rochester, Minnesota. IBM i testing has shown deduplication IBM i support extends the benefits of deduplication to a broader
ratios to be comparable to or better than open systems. set of users and environments. From its June 2009 introduction,
ProtecTIER presents a TS3500 virtual library to IBM i hosts the ProtecTIER IBM i support has included native replication,
using the same fibre channel connectivity available for physical and it can offer key advantages such as support for IBM i 7.1 and
tape. A single ProtecTIER server can be shared between open VIOS with NPIV. With our global network of employees and
systems hosts and IBM i hosts. ProtecTIER can integrate more IBM Business Partner, we can deliver the expertise and resources
smoothly into each Backup Recovery and Media Services needed to design, integrate and support this technology for
(BRMS) environment and helps provide complete support for organizations of various sizes around the globe.
BRMS and native IBM i save commands, although BRMS is
strongly recommended. For more information
To learn more about how IBM ProtecTIER deduplication solu-
Making ProtecTIER more effective in an tions can help you protect data more efficiently and reliably in
IBM i environment environments where IBM i is running on IBM Power Systems
The ProtecTIER native replication technology helps enable the servers, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business
automated electronic replication of backup data between a Partner, or visit: ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/protectier
primary location and off-site storage locations for more
enhanced disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity. By Additionally, IBM Global Financing can help you acquire the
eliminating the need to transport physical tape cartridges, IT solutions that your business needs in the most cost-effective
ProtecTIER solutions can support faster and more reliable data and strategic way possible. We can partner with credit-qualified
recovery, allowing systems to get back online more quickly in clients to customize an IT financing solution to suit your busi-
the event of a disaster or major system outage. ness goals, support enable effective cash management and help
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This type of a DR solution is especially effective in large envi- one of the smartest choices to fund critical IT investments and
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due to the labor requirements for handling tape. Instead, the
primary ProtecTIER can be set up with smaller virtual tapes.
Using native IP replication, each of these tapes is designed to
replicate to a remote site forming an effective DR solution.

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