SAN JOSE, CA, Oct. 12, 2009 (Marketwire) --

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/09 -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) has validated that the integration of Quantum DXi(TM)-Series disk-based backup and deduplication appliances with Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage API provides a comprehensive data protection solution for multi-site environments. The ESG Lab report verifies that the DXi7500 Enterprise platform and the remote-office focused DXi2500-D integrate easily with NetBackup OpenStorage API to protect data via a single point of management. The combination of remote replication and direct tape creation was shown to support high performance backup and restore as well as long-term retention and deep archive requirements. The evaluation also demonstrated the value of the latest Quantum Vision(TM) 3.0 software for managing and monitoring Quantum disk and tape solutions.

"The combination of Quantum's data deduplication, replication, and tape creation with Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage API provides a unique approach to optimizing a data protection strategy for distributed enterprises," said Brian Garrett, vice president of ESG Lab. "Customers now have a way to achieve high performance backup and restore with automated disaster recovery and long-term retention, all from a single point of management."

Seamless Management of Backup Data Throughout Its Lifecycle

ESG Lab found integration of Quantum's DXi(TM)-Series systems and tape libraries with NetBackup OpenStorage API data protection solution in NetBackup version 6.5.4 to be seamless. In its evaluation, the lab used NetBackup to manage backup data through its lifecycle: from a remote office to a data center, then to tape for low-cost offsite retention. For the replication phase, the DXi-Series system copied and moved the backup data using Quantum's deduplication technology, reducing bandwidth requirements by more than 90 percent. The replication operation was initiated automatically through policies set and managed inside NetBackup. The NetBackup catalog automatically tracked both the original and copy and could read from both. This application-aware replication automated disaster recovery protection for remote sites while maintaining a single point of management through NetBackup.