Avax
carries a range of
tape and related
products for the iSeries (AS/400) range from IBM. None of our units
require special software drivers or patches, thus ensuring that
integration is simple and straightforward, and that no problems occur
when the OS/400 operating system is upgraded or IBM releases patches.
Examples
of Avax's solutions are set
out below.
If
you prefer to browse our product list according to platform, please
proceed to the
Products
By Platform Directory; our main
Product
Directory is also an excellent starting point for
identifying solutions to your back-up related problems.
Products & Solutions
Backup Solutions

Data Protection Unit
disk-to-disk backup appliance
Backup
your iSeries machine (and any Windows, Linux or Unix systems that you
have) at network speed to a Data Protection Unit (DPU) backup
appliance. DPU systems are available with capacities from
250GB
to 8.8TB internal and up to 92TB with add-on disk.
Available with removable
media or in
RAID format, data can also be archived to tape (optional) or via a
high-speed link to an off-site data vault (DPV) for immediate secure
off site archiving.

Paranoia2
In-line tape encryption unit
Paranoia2
is the
simplest and fastest way to add encryption to any AS400/iSeries system.
The Paranoia2 box installs between the system and the tape
drive.
Just vary off the drive, install the unit, set your
encryption
keys and vary back on.
No changes to your backup
procedures or software.
- TE40
ultra-SCSI tape interface/emulator
-
- Connect almost any 4mm, 8mm or DLT tape
drive (including Sony AIT)
to feature 6501 or 2729. Complete emulation of 3490 or 3590 drives for
"plug and play"
operation.
- 3490/3490E
Plug Compatible sub-systems
- Avax
offers a complete family of plug compatible 3490 and 3490E drives and
stackers (3590 coming soon!), including a high-speed 9MB/sec unit.
All of our 36 track (3490E) drives will read and
write 18 track (3480/3490) format.
-
Auto Load 9
Track Tape Drives
- Plug
compatible, high performance, auto-loading reel-to-reel tape drives
compatible with all models of iSeries (AS/400) and RS/6000.
Need to transfer data to and from non iSeries (AS/400) sites? We also
offer data interchange software
to allow you to attach a 1/2" drive to almost any platform (e.g. Intel
based) and read and write tapes in iSeries (AS/400) compatible format.
-
High security in-line
data encryption units
- Encrypt / decrypt data on the fly
between the iSeries (AS/400) host system and a high speed SCSI tape
drive. No changes need to be made to your OS or
backup procedures.
-
SCSI Switches
- Used to
share devices or to switch all the peripherals between a live and
back-up system in a failback situation; making more use of existing
peripherals by allowing them to be shared across multiple platforms.
-
Extenders
- A hardware
device which allows a SCSI bus to operate over a distance of up to 40
kilometres using fibre optic cables; a major step forwards for high
availability distributed processing, delivering the advantage of both
speed and distance for open SCSI working.
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