Data protection and big data management firm Quantum has upgraded its DXi8500 appliances with increased storage density and power savings, creating an efficient disk backup and deduplication application for enterprise customers.
DXi8500 updates and security enhancements are designed to help customers improve data protection efficiencies while meeting the service level agreements (SLAs) and security needs.
The upgraded 3 TB disk drives claimed to deliver 50% improved storage density, 42 % more power savings and 25% higher performance.
Quantum also announced that the new DXi8500 encrypts data at rest without impacting performance.
The DXi8500 now supports 3 TB drives for a maximum of 330 TB of usable pre-deduped capacity in a 19-inch rack. It also improved performance to 11 TB per hour and reduce power consumption from 7000 kWh to approximately 4000 kWh for 330 TB.
Quantum now provides encryption for data-at-rest via the new 3 TB Self Encrypting Drives (SED) and Full Disk Encryption (FDE) drives, protecting against a data breach resulting from physically removing a drive from the DXi8500.
With the DXi Accent software, the upgraded DXi850 encrypts data-in-transit using an AES 256-bit encryption algorithm. The encryption of data-in-transit enables customers to leverage DXi Accent’s abilities to reduce network bandwidth usage by deduplicating data on the host prior to sending it to the target.
The DXi 2.2 software includes a new Secure File Shred feature, which provides a form of space reclamation that enables customers to delete specific backup files from a DXi appliance.
It aslo includes all scalar libraries to support the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) open standard for centralised encryption key management, with SafeNet KeySecure key manager certification.
