The DXi6700 solution integrates the most advanced storage technology into an easy-to-install, preconfigured appliance that includes all software licenses in the base price and that integrates directly into Fibre Channel backup environments. The DXi6700 appliances give disk-to-disk performance of up to 3.5 TB/hour and provide an easily-shared backup and restore resource for all leading backup applications using a simple Fibre Channel VTL interface. For disaster recovery protection, the DXi6700 solution replicates encrypted backup data between sites using global deduplication to reduce typical network bandwidth requirements by a factor of 20 or more. And when it comes to long-term retention, the DXi6700 solution is designed to provide direct tape creation in conjunction with leading backup applications.