What is a storage emulator?
Emulation of any
drives
The MTDE magnetic storage emulator is an electronic device aimed at companies using traditional SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) bus storage media, such as tape drives (so-called rewinders), streamers, magneto-optical disks. The solution meets the needs of telecommunications operators with digital telephone exchanges that use the aforementioned storage media. The MTDE emulator replaces the magnetic drives used on telecommunications exchanges for both billing and system data transmission.
Thanks to the use of modern electronic circuits and specialized software, the MTDE device is suitable for emulating any drives using magnetic media recording and magneto-optical disks.
How does the storage emulator work?
Virtual storage
The MTDE storage emulator, from the point of view of the system in which it is installed, is visible as a standard physical drive, such as a magneto-optical drive, streamer, tape drive. The device behaves identically to the original drive.
The emulator is equipped with three connectors: SCSI, Ethernet and power supply. The SCSI and power connectors are used for direct connection in place of the emulated physical drive. The Ethernet connector is used to connect to the control computer, where either data read from the system or data to be written is stored. Specialized software is installed on the control computer that allows remote operation of the emulator in the same way as if a standard SCSI device were operated. All operations are performed on the so-called virtual media. Virtual media is a part of the hard disk capacity of the control computer, which is used to store information transferred to/from the emulator. The data stored on the virtual media can be made available to other systems via an IP network or in any other way according to the customer’s requirements.
Benefits
Improved reliability
Reduce costs associated with central data archiving
Eliminate the need for manual operation of drives
Increase reliability of systems
Extend the life of systems using SCSI mechanical media
Ability to use the device as an additional buffer to protect against data loss
MTDE storage emulator functionality?
Ensuring data security
MTDE emulators eliminate the need for manual handling of traditional storage media (inserting media, pulling out media), thus allowing easy implementation of an efficient data archiving system. The use of an MTDE emulator extends the life of systems using often hard-to-reach mechanical magnetic and magneto-optical SCSI drives. Emulators significantly reduce maintenance costs (OPEX), eliminating the need to purchase very expensive specialized SCSI drives and media. The use of MTDE emulators significantly increases the security of data stored in systems by providing an additional data buffer in the control computer’s disk space.
