Jim O’Connor Daniel Thompson
Bus-Tech, Inc. PAN Communications, Inc.
781-272-8200 978-474-1900
jim.o’connor@bustech.com bustech@pancomm.com
Bus-Tech, Inc. Certifies Quantum’s DXi Disk Backup Products for
Mainframe Data Library
Offering Enables Deduplication and a Converged Backup Solution
Burlington, Mass. – March 2, 2009 – Bus-Tech, Inc., a leading provider of virtual tape solutions for mainframe
environments, today announced the interoperability of its Mainframe Data Library (MDL) with Quantum’s
DXi7500 disk-based backup and replication system. The combined solution offers the ability to take advantage of
Quantum’s flexible policy-based deduplication technology and provide data centers with a single backup vehicle
for both mainframe and open system server environments.
Data center managers are now able to combine open system and mainframe servers into a single, unified backup
process where the two had historically remained separate. Doing so simplifies data backup for the enterprise and
reduces the overall cost associated with data protection.
“The qualification of Bus-Tech’s MDL and Quantum’s DXi7500 provides enterprise customers a single backup
strategy including data deduplication for both mainframe and open system server needs, thereby improving overall
data management and operations efficiency in the data center,” stated Bus-Tech President, Al Brandt.
Interoperability was confirmed based on testing at Bus-Tech’s laboratory in Burlington, Massachusetts. As part of
the certification process, the MDL was tested with Quantum’s DXi7500 in dual FICON and ESCON configurations
and connected to the DXi7500 via NFS. Bus-Tech is currently in the process of certifying interoperability via a
direct interface to the DXi7500’s VTL engine. The combined solution underwent stress and functionality tests to
help ensure users can perform normal tape processing without any changes to their existing applications or JCL.
The MDL in combination with the Quantum DXi7500 provides a cost effective solution for using disk for
mainframe and open system backup and recovery.
“We are extending the benefits of deduplication to both mainframe and open environments, thus reducing disk
backup requirements by 90% or more and enabling remote replication of backup data over wide area networks,”
said Jim Jonez, senior director of disk product and program management at Quantum. “With the combination of
Bus-Tech’s MDL and Quantum’s DXi-Series disk, data centers in a mixed mainframe and open systems
environment can now utilize a common data repository and storage management solution.”
About Bus-Tech, Inc.
Bus-Tech, Inc. was founded in 1987 as a leading provider to Original Equipment Manufacturers of connectivity
solution for the data center. In 2002, Bus-Tech introduced its Virtual Tape solutions for the mainframe, which have
been deployed by customers in 17 countries around the world. Bus-Tech, Inc. is privately held with headquarters in
Burlington, MA. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech web site at
http://www.bustech.com, send email to info@bustech.com, or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200.