Luminex's Virtual|BLUE (V|B) 4995 and Virtual|BLUE 7995 are the only OAM/3995 replacement and upgrade solutions that are fully plug-compatible and require virtually no OAM application changes. Compared to existing 3995 optical libraries, V|B 4995 and V|B 7995 represent tremendous performance and scalability gains while delivering excellent total cost of ownership benefits.

Currently installed at multiple, high-profile locations, Luminex solutions are the best answer to replace the end-of-life IBM OAM/3995 optical disk system.

V|B 4995 ESCON-attached control unit integrates with EMC's industry leading Centera object-oriented Content Addressed Storage platform. The combined solution delivers a modern, robust, high performance, scalable and cost-effective OAM storage solution that facilitates compliance with the strongest regulatory data protection and retention requirements.

DATA SHEET - Virtual|BLUE™ 4995 (373 KB)

V|B 4995: Features at a Glance

	• ESCON-attached 3995 control unit • Connects directly to EMC Centera platform • Mainframe compatibility:
		• Plug-compatible with IBM 3995 optical disk libraries • Fully supports OAM applications under z/OS and OS/390
	• Centera storage benefits
		• Fixed content information storage • Content integrity • Content addressed protection • Scalable capacity • All of the proven and compelling features of EMC Centera:
			• Local mirroring • Remote mirroring • No single-point-of-failure • Non-disruptive field upgrades • Self-healing hardware architecture

V|B 7995 ESCON-attached control unit is designed to work with open systems disk-based storage products. V|B 7995 delivers all of the regulatory compliance benefits of OAM-based applications while enabling the total cost of ownership advantages of open systems storage.

DATA SHEET - Virtual|BLUE™ 7995 (328 KB)

V|B 7995: Features at a Glance

	• ESCON-attached 3995 control unit • Connects directly to open systems storage products • IBM Total Storage Proven • Mainframe compatibility:
		• Plug-compatible with IBM 3995 optical disk libraries • Fully supports OAM applications under z/OS and OS/390
	• Open systems storage benefits
		• Fibre-channel • SAN • NAS • RAID • JBOD • All of the compelling features and functions available with open systems storage:
			• Excellent total cost of ownership • Fully integrated off-the-shelf storage management packages • Local mirroring • Remote mirroring • No vendor lock-in

The JANUS Data Migration software eliminates the nightmare of complex data migrations and conversions. With JANUS software, data migration from existing 3995 optical libraries to V|B 4995 and V|B 7995 solutions is automated, efficient and virtually pain-free.