Compare Broadcom Storage Management for Mainframe vs. CA Vtape Virtual Tape System (CA Vtape)

Get the Most Out of Your Storage Media Investments
Storage Management for Mainframe solutions from CA Technologies are designed to help maintain a high level of data availability and protection across the enterprise. Our solutions support the industry’s broadest range of storage platforms including IBM®, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), Oracle (StorageTek™) and others. Manage these platforms using a consistent interface without the need to learn multiple niche utilities.

CA Vtape Virtual Tape System (CA Vtape) is a completely software-based virtual tape system designed to help you improve tape utilization and processing performance.
It redirects tape mounts to direct access storage device (DASD) virtual volumes to accommodate instantaneous mounts and instant recalls from DASD.

Using existing tape and mainframe hardware, CA Vtape can maximize your current capital investments while eliminating or defraying further hardware purchases. This mainframe solution can help reduce bottlenecks in your enterprise, decrease floor space requirements and increase processing performance with:

Real-time tape monitoring
IBM System z® Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) virtualization and compression processing