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Introducing HP TurboSTORE/XL II by Tim Canepa--Commercial Systems Division Hewlett-Packard is proud to announce the introduction of two new products, TurboSTORE/XL II (HP36387A) and TurboSTORE/XL II With On-Line Backup (HP36388A). TurboSTORE/XL II features new high performance data compression that dramatically increases performance and capacity of your backup devices. The addition of ANSI and IBM labeled tape support increases your ability to manage offline data while reducing operational errors. Newly featured parallel restore devices allow fast data recovery from disaster situations, and on-line backup without redundant disk mirroring minimizes your planned down time, increasing your system's overall availability. Refer to the related article "HP STORE/XL Enhancements" in this Communicator for more detailed information on labeled tape, DDS, and fast search features also supported with this XL Release of HP STORE/XL. PRODUCT OVERVIEW TurboSTORE/XL II and TurboSTORE/XL With On-Line Backup II are yet another step towards increasing your system's availability. New product features are targeted at decreasing system down time, reducing system recovery time and increasing data manageability. For those users requiring continuous operation, the on-line backup option provides a solution for their availability needs. With the introduction of high capacity DDS support and software data compression, unattended data backup becomes a reality with the potential of storing nearly 4.7 Gigabytes of data on one DAT tape. PRODUCT FEATURES Both products offer the following features with the exception of on-line backup, which is specific to TurboSTORE/XL II With On-Line Backup (HP36388A): * Software Data compression * IBM and ANSI compatible labeled tape support * Data restore from parallel devices * On-line backup without redundant disk mirroring (HP36388A only) * Full compatibility with HP STORE/XL * DDS support * Fast search to minimize time to locate individual files on DDS Software Data Compression Through the use of software data compression, great increases in backup performance can be achieved. To increase flexibility, two different data compression algorithms are provided. The first is designed for high performance providing approximately 2:1 data compression effectively doubling backup device performance and capacity. The second algorithm provides high data density (approximately 3.6:1), maximizing media capacity for unattended solutions. Of course since data compression is wholly dependent on the type of data being compressed, some sites will experience higher than average compression while others will experience lower than average compression. Databases and ASCII files experience the highest compression while program files and libraries experience the lowest compression. With the use of the low compression, high performance data compression algorithm, dramatic improvements can be witnessed even when backing up to a 7980XC. IBM and ANSI Compatible Labeled Tape Support By providing IBM and ANSI compatible tape formats, TurboSTORE/XL II allows you to track and catalog your system backups. In fact, TurboSTORE/XL II supports parallel backup to labeled tapes providing a high performance solution while increasing data manageability. Use of labeled tapes also reduces the probability of operational errors by protecting against tape miss-mounts. Labeled tapes are supported by the base STORE/RESTORE subsystem on this XL Release allowing full compatibility with tapes created by TurboSTORE/XL II. Data Restore From Parallel Devices TurboSTORE/XL II now allows you to restore data from parallel devices reducing your data recovery time. Only tapes created from a parallel STORE can be recovered in this manner, although sequential devices can be used for any type of data restore. On-Line Backup Without Redundant Disk Mirroring For those environments where 24-hour-a-day operation is critical, TurboSTORE/XL II with on-line backup (HP36388A) can be ordered. No application modification is required to take advantage of this high availability feature. The only impact on application processing is a short period of time where the application is stopped to ensure complete logical integrity. After the backup is started, applications can continue processing throughout the duration of the backup. Full Compatibility With HP STORE/XL The tape format of TurboSTORE/XL II is fully compatible with the format of TurboSTORE/XL and HP STORE/XL. This allows complete freedom of interchange between HP 3000 Series 900 systems. DDS Support TurboSTORE/XL II supports the use of the high capacity storage technology available with Digital Data Storage (DDS). DDS media are compact Digital Audio Tape (DAT) cassettes. Although much smaller than 1/2-inch tape reels, each DAT cassette has a capacity of 1.3 Gigabytes of storage. When used in conjunction with compression features, the capacity increases to approximately 4.7 Gigabytes of total capacity. This version of HP STORE/XL also supports the use of DDS devices. Fast Search to Minimize Time to Locate Individual Files on DDS TurboSTORE/XL II supports fast search technology for DDS devices allowing fast individual file access and recovery despite the media's enormous capacity. Fast search is also supported in this version of HP STORE/XL.