Quantum DXi3500 and DXi5500 User’s Guide iiiContentsPreface xiiiStorageCare Guardian..................................................................................xviiiChapter 1 DXi3500 and DXi5500 System Description 1Overview............................................................................................................. 1Time Required for Backup ........................................................................ 2Confidence in Completing the Backup ................................................... 2Time to Restore Data.................................................................................. 2Features and Benefits ........................................................................................ 2Data Reduction................................................................................................... 4Data De-duplication ................................................................................... 4Hardware Compression ............................................................................ 4DXi3500 and DXi5500 Systems ........................................................................ 5DXi3500 System Components................................................................... 7DXi3500 Customer Replaceable Components........................................ 8DXi5500 System Components................................................................... 8DXi5500 Customer Replaceable Components...................................... 10Hard Drive Storage.......................................................................................... 10Virtual Tape Storage ................................................................................ 11Network Attached Storage (NAS) ......................................................... 11RAID Sets................................................................................................... 13Supported RAID Configurations................................................................... 14