ESG Lab Validation

ESG Lab has had the unique opportunity to follow the continued evolution of Quantum’s disk-based backup systems since first testing the DX100 in 2004. In 2007, ESG Lab tested Quantum’s DXi3500 and DXi5500 midrange disk-based backup appliances with deduplication and replication. In 2008, ESG Lab examined the DXi7500 as the cornerstone of a comprehensive edge-to-core data protection strategy. This report describes the results of ESG Lab’s latest testing of a Quantum DXi2500-D and Symantec OpenStorage-enabled edge-to-core data protection solution.

ESG Lab used the Symantec OpenStorage API in Symantec NetBackup version 6.5.4 to configure, automate, and track the migration of backup data residing on Quantum disk and tape products. An edge-to-core D2D2T data protection strategy was implemented using a Quantum DXi2500-D appliance located in a simulated remote office. Remote office backup data was replicated over a simulated WAN to a DXi7500 in a corporate data center with data movement carried out by the DXi systems. The direct path to tape capabilities of the DXi7500 and the Symantec OpenStorage API were used to automatically write a copy of the data to removable media in a Fibre Channel SAN attached Quantum Scalar i500 tape library.