Simple, Scalable and Turnkey Deduplication

nTier Deduplication appliances ship as a turnkey, pre-configured solution that is ready to use.

Protecting a wide range of data sets ranging from 2.5 TB TO 20 TB for 12 weeks, nTier Deduplication helps you dramatically reduce your storage consumption with an average of 20:1 reduction in average business environments, providing a logical capacity of over 700 TB of data.

Easily Add Deduplication Technology

nTier takes the hassle out of setting up deduplication backup in your environment, arriving ready for integration into your existing infrastructure. Install your nTier as a virtual tape library (VTL), and you are ready to target your nTier deduplication appliance with your existing backup applications, including Bakbone, Symantec, Legato, and many others.

Scale from SMB to Enterprise

The nTier family scales to meet your storage demands, from 34 TB to over 674 TB of logical storage. Add capacity in appropriately-sized increments, which arrive preconfigured and are ready for immediate use. nTier also increases in capacity as higher capacity disk becomes available.

Remote Replication with Global Deduplication

Deduplication storage systems open the possibility of affordable remote replication over a WAN—because little data needs to be transmitted to maintain a remote replica. If you have multiple remote sites, you can synchronize deduplication through a central nTier, globally deduplicating data from across the organization, minimizing not only disk space, but also network demands.

Seamless Tape Integration

With nTier Deduplication, you can easily move data from the nTier to tape, through your backup software or through nTier Deduplication's integrated copy to tape functionality. With Spectra's expertise in tape libraries, you can be sure that the nTier connects seamlessly to tape libraries, eliminating the tape and disk integration issues experienced with other data deduplication solutions.

Technology you know and trust

nTier appliances feature FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with deduplication technology, giving you a tested and proven deduplication solution that is ready to implement into your environment.

• Keeps more backup data available near-line for a longer time, while maximizing storage capacity
• Hybrid post-process deduplication means no performance impact to backup jobs
• Only unique data resides on the system along with the deduplication index
• Global deduplication centralizes data storage and eliminates replication of redundant data
• More efficient storage utilization to minimize physical space consumed, for "greener" storage
• Minimizes bandwidth requirements, costs, and replication time between sites to optimize disaster recovery

Physical Characteristics

Standard Warranty

nTier with Deduplication is warranted for one year from the date of shipment from the factory. This warranty includes a SpectraGuard Next Business Day service contract. SpectraGuard Next Business Day service includes the following:

• Next business day delivery on customer replaceable parts.  On verification that a part has failed, a replacement will be shipped from factory to arrive onsite the next business day. 
• Access to a SpectraGuard technical representative any business day (not including evenings, weekends, or Spectra Logic recognized US holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (customer local time).
• Software and firmware updates
• 24/7 access to the SpectraGuard Knowledge Base and online documentation

Service Options

The following upgradeable service options are available to customers purchasing nTier with Deduplication.

SpectraGuard Next Business Day On Site

• Access to a SpectraGuard technical representative any business day (not including evenings, weekends, or holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (customer local time).
• Service visit from a field service representative, upon verification that the unit has malfunctioned.  If Spectra Logic is notified by 4:00 p.m. (customer local time), a field service representative will be dispatched that day for arrival the following business day before noon.

SpectraGuard Same Business Day On Site

• Round-the-clock telephone to a technical support representative – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• Four-hour response, on-site service 5 days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

SpectraGuard Four Hour On Site

Our SpectraGuard Four Hour On Site service sets the standard for customers who require enterprise-level support. This service provides all of the features from our standard services plus:

• Call priority when contacting SpectraGuard Support
• Round-the-clock telephone to a technical support representative – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• Parts replacement within 4 hours, 365 days a year.  After it has been determined a part is defective, a field engineer will be dispatched to be onsite within 4 hours to replace the failed part
• Onsite disk spares, including a spare data disk and boot disk
• Onsite factory engineer response for hardware or software escalations, when necessary and available

Warranty and Service Limitations

All standard warranties and service uplifts are subject to the limitations, disclaimers, and additional terms and conditions set forth in the Warranty and Hardware Support Agreement.