EMC Data Manager EDM Now Supports Sony PetaSite and DTF Tape Drives.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998-- Hardware/Software Combination Provides High Performance Backup & Restore Solution For Networked Environments Fibre Channel Loop Community Exhibit Area, N-246, November 16, 1998- Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. today announced that the EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Data Manager (EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management (TM)) online backup Using the Web to store copies of data for backup. There are numerous providers on the Internet that charge for storage, and fees are typically based on capacity. Online backup services provide offsite backup, which is essential for disaster recovery. See backup types. solution from EMC(R) Corporation, the world's leading supplier of enterprise storage systems and software, now supports the PetaSite(R) mass storage library and the 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. (TM) high performance computer tape drive. The Sony PetaSite mass storage libraries, in conjunction with EDM and EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. (R) Enterprise Storage systems and software, provide a high performance backup and restore solution for the enterprise from one centrally managed location. EDM, with the PetaSite system, now gives users scalable capacity from 5.4 terabytes to 2.3 petabytes (uncompressed) and online database backup for continuous business operations, all managed from an intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. interface. EDM supports all major 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). (R) and Windows NT(R) platforms. "Fast, centralized, online backup of multiple UNIX and Windows NT databases and applications is a key requirement for companies struggling to make sure their growing amounts of information are properly protected," said David Donatelli, EMC's Vice President and General Manager, EDM. "The power of EDM, combined with the Sony PetaSite system, provides users with a tremendous advantage in backup performance, reliability and flexibility." "We are pleased to have EDM support for our PetaSite library and DTF tape drives," said Ichiro Segawa, vice president of data systems for Sony Electronics. "Sony's DTF technology provides an excellent migration path into the future. The combination of EDM and the Sony PetaSite library is especially suitable for large distributed database applications that require scaleable capacity as well as superior performance." The PetaSite mass storage tape library allows users the freedom to configure a library to their needs; in terms of capacity, data throughput, access times, room dimensions and future migration considerations. PetaSite provides a modular and flexible path of storage, starting with 5.4 TB and scaleable up to 2.3 PB of uncompressed capacity with DTF-1 tape drives as well as the ability to house 828 DTF tape drives. Each Sony DTF-1 tape drive provides a sustained data transfer rate of 12 MB/sec or 42.3 GB/hr (uncompressed) and up to 20 MB/sec or 72 GB/hr utilizing the ALDC ALDC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (IBM) ALDC Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors (GB) ALDC Advanced Learning Development Center ALDC Advanced Lossless Data Compression built in compression. Editor's Note: More information about Sony products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sony.com/professional, or readers may call 1-800-686-SONY. Additional press information is available at http://www.sony.com/news. The Broadcast and Professional Company of Sony Electronics is a leading U.S. provider of video and audio equipment for the broadcast, production, business, industrial, government, medical and education markets. Sony offers a wide array of products and systems for image capture, production and display. Sony also provides specialized equipment and systems for data recording, duplication, electronic photography/publishing, video conferencing, high definition video, interactive and security applications. In the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 1998, Sony Electronics had record sales of $10.5 billion. |
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