Qualstar Q24 Dual LTO-8 SAS 24-slot Tape Library Bundled with ATTO XstreamCORE 8200T 40Gb/s Ethernet Intelligent Bridge P/N: Q24-XstreamCore-BNDL2

Qualstar Q24 Dual LTO-8 SAS 24-slot Tape Library Bundled with ATTO XstreamCORE 8200T 40Gb/s Ethernet Intelligent Bridge Part Number: Q24-XstreamCore-BNDL2

Add Ethernet Connectivity to Tape Libraries

what’s included in this bundle

• Qualstar Q24 with 2 x IBM LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive Installed (2U / 24-Slots / Two Year Warranty Included)
• ATTO XstreamCORE 8200T 40Gb/s Ethernet Intelligent Bridge (1U / Dual 40Gb/s Ethernet Ports / Quad 12Gb/s Mini-SAS HD Ports / Two Year Warranty Included)
• Two Optical 40Gb/s QSFP+ Modules (Auto Negotiates to 40Gb, 10Gb or 1Gb Ethernet)
• External SAS Cable for connectivity between Tape Library and Intelligent Bridge

ATTO and Qualstar have jointly certified a solution that enables data centers to share SAS LTO tape libraries across an Ethernet network using an ATTO XstreamCORE 8200 intelligent Bridge.

Data centers are experiencing a rapid shift towards Ethernet based storage solutions. The bulk of the data is unstructured data which is more effectively supported by File and Object based Ethernet storage solutions. This, along with the push towards hyper-converged infrastructures, contribute to the transition.

The flexibility of Ethernet, lower cost components and ability to use existing data center infrastructure as well as IT personnel are also driving the push towards Ethernet. This solution from ATTO and Qualstar allows IT administrators to move forward with greater versatility by designing unique, highly scalable Ethernet-based archival storage architectures.

ATTO XstreamCORE 8200 is a 1U bridge that allows Qualstar tape libraries to connect to Ethernet networks. Each bridge will allow a maximum of 64 local or remote hosts to connect with up to 16 SAS tape drives using the iSCSI or iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA using RoCE V2) protocols. Easily map tape drives to one or more hosts – and remap if necessary due to failures or maintenance downtime using a command line interface or the ATTO XstreamVIEW web based management console. The tape drives respond as if directly connected to the hosts.

ATTO XstreamCORE intelligent bridges are more than simple protocol converters. ATTO’s exclusive xCORE acceleration engine implements the entire TCP/IP stack in hardware without CPU intervention. Designed for deterministic latency, the result is hardware-accelerated iSCSI with less than two microseconds of added latency.

The bridge also includes Advanced Tape Error Recovery technology that works to reduce the impact of tape errors on the completion of backups and restores. Save time and money during installs and troubleshooting with advanced monitoring and diagnostic capabilities. A persistent time-stamped event log can gather over 40,000 software, hardware and network events.