ADIC Announces Windows 2000 Certification for FastStor; Leading Autoloader Now Supported for Native Backup in Windows 2000 Environments.Business Editors REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) announced today that its FastStor(R) DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. autoloader has received Windows 2000 certification from Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , enabling it to appear as a native storage option directly within the Windows 2000 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . With FastStor, end users can now enjoy a full week or more of fully automated backup--providing better data protection, faster recovery and lower overhead--without requiring the purchase, installation or maintenance of additional software. "With smaller businesses and remote offices facing the same explosion of data as larger corporations, there is a growing need for easy and affordable automated data protection solutions to help them keep up," explained Bill Britts Bill Britt is one of the most successful Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in the Amway/Quixtar business. In 2002, together with his wife Peggy Britt, qualified for the corporations highest award; Founders Crown Ambassador. , ADIC(R) executive vice president of Sales and Marketing. "This Windows 2000 certification turns FastStor into one of those solutions. FastStor delivers greater capacity and better data protection than standalone tape drives with less management overhead, benefits especially important for small offices with limited IT resources. It also makes FastStor even easier to set up and configure, and it eliminates the need to purchase and manage extra software. Since FastStor also provides support for all the leading backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. packages, including those from Computer Associates, CommVault, Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. , and Veritas, it will also support these sites when they need the more advanced performance and features that these packages offer." ADIC's FastStor autoloader provides the capacity and performance needed to support a full week or more of unattended backup, even for demanding, high growth environments. The compact unit holds seven tapes in a chassis that is small enough to sit on a server. In a rack setting, one or two FastStor units can be mounted in only 5 rack units (less than 9 vertical inches). FastStor products offer as much as 560GB of capacity at throughput speeds of up to 6 MB/second. List price for FastStor autoloaders start at $4795. About ADIC With an installed base of more than 65,000 automated libraries, innovative storage management software, Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, and Network Attach Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) appliances, ADIC is a leading device-independent storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace. The Company offers a broad range of products designed to enhance organizations' ability to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC's automated storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Further information is available at http://www.adic.com. ADIC and FastStor are registered trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other product or service marks mentioned in this release should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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