Breece Hill Tape Libraries Support Super DLTtape Technology; Higher Data Capacity, Performance, and Reliability Bring Storage Giants Together.Business Editors & High Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000 Quantum Corporation's 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. & Storage Systems Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S ) today announced that Breece Hill Technologies, a leading data storage automation innovator, is supporting Quantum's new Super DLTtape(TM) technology. Breece Hill's series of compact, midrange, and enterprise libraries will support Super DLTtape technology. "The specified capacity and transfer rates Super DLTtape technology offers clearly meets the future requirements of our customers," said Jim Watson
Jim Watson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Breece Hill Technologies. "Supporting Super DLT is key to expanding our series of automation products, offering customers greater choice and flexibility in linear tape drive technologies. The DLTtape(TM) series is important to us, as having established a name for quality that our customers can trust." "Breece Hill offers a complete line of storage automation solution to its customers," noted William Boles, vice president, marketing, Quantum DLTtape. "We are pleased Super DLTtape technology is part of their plan to provide their customers with added capacity, performance, and data integrity." These Super DLTtape technology-supported libraries address the increased storage needs required for Windows NT and 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). environments. The first generation Super DLTtape drive is expected to deliver more than 100 GB of uncompressed storage capacity on a single cartridge and offer a native transfer rate of higher than 10 MB/sec. Super DLTtape technology is also designed to offer backward compatibility with the existing DLTtape product family. Using breakthrough Super DLTtape architecture, Quantum will offer several generations of competitively priced tape storage drives that range in capacity from greater than 100 GB up to one terabyte and range in transfer rates from more than 10 MB/sec. in excess of 100 MB/sec (uncompressed). "Quantum's position as the industry leader in storage technology and Breece Hill's aggressive posture to provide comprehensive storage solutions, make for a good marriage for the industry as a whole," said Dennis Waid, president, Peripheral Research Corporation. "The speed and capacity of Super DLTtape technology combined with Quantum's renowned reliability makes this a natural fit with Breece Hill's automation solutions." "The robust, modular design of Super DLTtape technology benefits our customers by providing a reliable upgrade path," said George Saliba, vice president of Quantum's Advanced Products Group and DSSG DSSG Defense Science Study Group DSSG DISN (Defense Information Systems Network) Support Services-Global DSSG Distributed Storage Services Group (Indiana University) DSSG Desktop Support Services Group chief technical officer. "Backward compatibility and future scalability built on Quantum's industry standard technology enable partners such as Breece Hill to continue to deliver smart, flexible, and scalable storage solutions. We have worked very closely with our library partners to help ensure that Super DLTtape technology meets the storage needs of today and the future." Like previous generations of DLTtape drives, Super DLTtape technology is expected to support all major systems and platforms, including UNIX, Linux, Netware, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Mac OS. As with the current DLTtape product line, Super DLTtape drives are expected to be widely supported by all major Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). About DLTtape With more than 1.4 million DLTtape drives and more than 40 million DLTtape media cartridges shipped to date, DLTtape technology is 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, for backing up and archiving business-critical data for midrange servers and high-end workstations. Information on the DLTtape platform can be found at www.dlttape.com. Information about Super DLTtape can be found at www.dlttape.com/super_dlttape. About Quantum Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation (www.quantum.com) is the world's leading storage supplier in five of the seven markets it serves: desktop hard disk drives, tape drives, network attached 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, solid state systems and hard disk drives for the emerging personal video recorder See DVR. (PVR See DVR. ) market. Quantum is also the second largest supplier of midrange tape automation systems and a leading supplier of high-end hard disk drives. In 1999, Quantum became the first Silicon Valley company to issue tracking stock, replacing its existing common stock with the ticker symbols DSS and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive , which track the separate performance of the company's DLT and Storage Systems and Hard Disk Drive businesses. Both stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Selling its products through 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 and distribution channels worldwide, sales for the fiscal year ending March 1999 were $1.3 billion for Quantum's DLT and Storage Systems Group and $3.6 billion for Quantum Hard Disk Drive Group. Quantum Corp., 500 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, Calif., 95035, www.quantum.com, 408/894-4000 The foregoing statements regarding future technology, products incorporating that technology the anticipated performance and compatibility of products as well as the potential market acceptance of the products are forward looking statements and actual results could vary. Factors which affect actual results include the success of the ongoing technology development efforts, the ability to successfully integrate new technology into products in a cost-effective manner, the ability to successfully manufacture and distribute new products at sufficient volume, quality and reasonable cost, the timing of new product introductions, competition and the significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products. (c)2000, Quantum Corporation. Quantum is a trademark of Quantum Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. DLT, DLTtape, Super DLTtape, and the DLTtape logo are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion