ADIC USES NEW LTO ULTRIUM TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE HIGH CAPACITY TAPE STORAGE.Advanced Digital Information Corporation(R)(Nasdaq:ADIC) has integrated LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. Ultrium technology from 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) into its line of AML AML - A Manufacturing Language storage libraries to create the industry's largest capacity automated tape storage library. With the new drives installed, ADIC's AML mixed media library family now offers up to 5,180 terabytes (over five petabytes) of native storage and up to 400 drives in a single library. In addition to being a capacity leader, AML libraries with the new LTO technology also set new standards for volumetric efficiency Volumetric efficiency in internal combustion engine design refers to the efficiency with which the engine can move the charge into and out of the cylinders. More correctly, volumetric efficiency is a ratio (or percentage) of what volume of fuel and air actually enters the , providing over 6,500GB per square foot of occupied floor space. Many in the industry view LTO as a viable alternative to the larger and more expensive performance drive technologies traditionally associated with mainframe storage. At 200GB per cartridge capacity and 108 GB throughput per drive, LTO Ultrium delivers the most storage in the smallest space of any tape technology. And its combination of high throughput and small size makes LTO competitive with the premium drive products in aggregated throughput. With space for 400 drives, the ADIC AML/2 can deliver a native sustained throughput rating of 21 terabytes an hour. In the AML/J, the smallest of the mixed media libraries, LTO library options can scale from 320 to 5,000 cartridges and up to 226 drives. In the AML/2, the series largest model, the range is from 3,840 to 51,840 cartridges and 400 drives. In addition to LTO technology, each of the AML libraries is designed with support for nearly 20 additional drive technologies, including 3590, 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. , SuperDLT, Betacam, DTF (Digital Tape Format) A high-performance magnetic tape technology from Sony that was based on the helical scan transport and cartridge shell of Sony's highly successful 1/2" Digital Betacam. , and optical storage. For maximum data availability systems, the AML/2 includes the option of a fully redundant robotics system, making it the only tape library in which every piece of media can be accessed by dual robotics. |
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