iLayer Intelligent ManagementPresented by Ryan Duffy, Product Marketing Manager for Quantum's Tape Automation Products

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iLayer Intelligent Delivers Value Automates Management– Automates Tasks– Saves up to 75% administrative time

Simplifies Growth– Flexible growth options– Non-disruptive scalability

Improves Reliability, Availability and Serviceability– Reduces service calls by 50%– Decreases time to resolution by 35%

Data Protection and Security– EDLM proactively protects DR and archive data– FIPS validated encryption solution

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Common set of features, tools and reports Standardize management process and procedures Minimizes training needs Eases growth, transition to higher capacity products

Scalar i80 Scalar i500Scalar i40 Scalar i6000

Entry Automation Midrange Automation Enterprise Automation

Common iLayer Library Management

iLayer Management Across the Portfolio

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iLayer Simplifies Tape Management

Easy to use interface– Local op panel and remote

management use same GUI

Easily check system status– Green, Yellow, Red indicators– Quickly drill down into specific

devices

Capacity and Configuration statistics

Quickly launch into other management tasks

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iLayer Saves Time by Automating TasksFlexible alert delivery

– Identify multiple recipients– Use severity level for delivery

rules

Report creation and delivery– Schedule report creation– Customize reports– Save as report templates– Identify recipients for

automatic delivery– E-mail (manual and

automated)– Export (manual)

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Capacity-on-demand– Software enablement of

additional slots– Fast, non-disruptive growth

Two ways to grow– Expansion Modules sent as needed– Advanced installation of Expansion

Modules

Tape consolidation– Partitioning

Create virtual libraries to assign to different applications

– Savings can be higher than 80% Floor space consumption Power and cooling costs Maintenance costs Management time

iLayer Offers Flexible Growth Options

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Suspectmedia

cartridges

Improved reliability and service– Proactive monitoring– Advanced diagnostics– Repair wizards– “Learns” over time

Redundant components or high availability– Redundant power– Control path failover and data path

failover– Redundant Robots

Media and drive reports– Reduces disruptions to operations– Improves performance

iLayer Improves Your Service Levels

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Certificate N. 1445Scalar Key Manager

Library security– Media Security Notifications– Login-Based Access Control

Three User Accounts: Admin, User, Service LDAP support

Network security– Defines network access– Independent of network security

Encryption for mobile data– Tape based encryption– FIPS Validated key management– Highly secure, using one key per tape– Simple to use

Integrated with the library Can manage keys across your organization

Securing Your Library, Cartridges and Data

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Time Savings•80% of Scalar

customers experience reduction of management time over previous library

•Up to 75% reduction in library administrative time

Reliability• 93% of Scalar customers experience

an increase in library reliability compared to their previous solution

Satisfaction• 97% of Scalar customers are

satisfied with their library• 99% of customers are satisfied with

the service they receive from Quantum

Recommend Quantum•99% of Scalar

customers would recommend Quantum Scalar libraries to others.

Customer Benefits

Results of iLayer Intelligent Management