ADIC To Ship DLT 8000 Drives In Industry's Broadest Line of DLTtape Libraries.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1999-- Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) today announced that it is now making available Quantum Corporation's next-generation 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. 8000 tape drive as an option in all of ADIC's DLTtape(TM) libraries and autoloaders. The new drive increases the maximum per-tape storage capacity in all ADIC DLT libraries from 70GB per cartridge to 80GB and increases throughput from 10 to 12 MB/second (compressed). ADIC pricing for the higher capacity and higher performance products will be the same as pricing for the company s DLT 7000 drive products. "This new drive is the kind of advance that will help keep DLTtape the leader for server backup throughout the enterprise," explained Bill Britts, ADIC executive vice-president of sales and marketing. "It increases capacity and performance by 15 to 20%, and it maintains full backward compatibility See backward compatible. (jargon) backward compatibility - Able to share data or commands with older versions of itself, or sometimes other older systems, particularly systems it intends to supplant. with DLT 7000 drive products and the installed base of DLTtape media. We expect our DLT 8000-based products to offer significant benefits to a wide range of applications--from Unix-based data centers and high performance workstations to Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. server-based storage devices distributed in work groups and remote offices." "ADIC's strength in the DLTtape library market will play a key role in market acceptance of this new DLTtape platform extension," said Bill Boles, vice president, marketing, Quantum DLTtape Division. "ADIC offers a broad product line based on the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, DLTtape platform, and will extend its solutions for the enterprise by rapidly incorporating the new DLT 8000 drive." Quantum's DLTtape technology is the established market leader and industry standard for client/server backup, with an installed base of more than a million drives and 30 million cartridges. The new drive uses the same media as the existing DLT 4000 and DLT 7000 drives, and can read data from earlier generations of DLT media, providing backward compatibility with the DLTtape installed base. The new drive model will utilize the same DLTtape IV media as existing DLT 4000 and DLT 7000 drives, and will be fully backward compatible Refers to hardware or software that is compatible with earlier versions of the product. Also called "downward compatible." Contrast with forward compatible. backward compatible - backward compatibility with those models. The DLT 8000 will be offered with options for both Single-Ended/Low-Voltage Differential (LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential ) interface option and High-Voltage Differential (HVD (1) (High Voltage Differential) See SCSI and differential signaling. (2) (Holographic Versatile Disc) A high-capacity optical disc from the HVD Forum (www.hvd-forum. ) SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. interconnect to support of broad range of system options, including longer cable lengths. ADIC's DLT tape library family includes: -- The award-winning FastStor DLTtape autoloader, one of the most successful tape libraries ever introduced. -- The FastStor 22, ADIC's newest DLTtape library and 1999 winner of PC Week's prestigious Best of Comdex award for best enterprise peripheral. -- The Scalar 218FC, the industry's first FibreReady(TM) tape library for direct connection to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks. -- Scalar 1000, the industry s most scalable library system, with capacity of from 118 to 788 DLTtape cartridges and ADIC s integrated FibreReady interconnect architecture. -- The AML AML - A Manufacturing Language series mixed media libraries. This product family includes some of the largest storage devices in the world, with a capacity of up to 256 DLTtape drives and more than 46,000 cartridges for storage of nearly 4 million gigabytes (4 petabytes) of data. About ADIC With more than 45,000 automated tape libraries installed and a suite of innovative software solutions and Storage Area Networking (SAN) products, ADIC is a leading global provider in the growing market to manage and protect information for computer networks. Marketed under ADIC and ADIC/GRAU brands and the brands of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners, including Dell, Exabyte and Unisys, automated tape libraries are available with DLTtape, D2, half-inch, AIT, 4mm and 8mm tape technologies, and are supported by leading backup and storage management software products for Windows NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. operating systems. The Company's own storage management tools include AMASS (Archive Management And Storage System) Tape management software for Unix from Quantum Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (www.quantum.com). Originally developed by ADIC, AMASS makes the tape library look like an infinite disk drive to the application. (R) direct data access software which provides network users shared access to information stored in automated libraries. A pioneer in marketing products for Storage Area Networks, ADIC offers Fibre Channel routers and tape libraries with direct Fibre Channel connectivity. Further product information is available via the Internet at www.adic.com. ADIC, FastStor, Scalar, and FibreReady are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. DLTtape is trademark of Quantum Corporation. All other product, trademark, company, or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. The following statement by Quantum Corporation is attached to this press release at their request: The foregoing statements regarding the roles played by Quantum and their tape library associates, and the wide application anticipated for their products, constitute forward-looking statements, and actual results could vary. Factors which could affect results include the performance of Quantum's and their associates' products, the market acceptance of those products, and Quantum's and its associates' ability to develop this market and sell their products in a competitive environment. |
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