Exabyte announces shipment of second and third library in its 8mm half-high library family.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1994--Exabyte Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :EXBT) today announced volume shipments of its EXB-480 and EXB-440 8mm Tape Libraries, extending the company's family of 8mm half-high libraries. This library family, including the EXB-210, EXB-440 and EXB-480, currently offers from 50 gigabytes to more than 1 terabyte of data storage capacity, addressing the storage needs of large networks, midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually systems and mainframes. Because all of Exabyte's 8mm half-high libraries use Exabyte's 8mm half-high drives interchangeably, users can meet their growing storage needs and preserve their investment in Exabyte architecture by adding future higher capacity drives to Exabyte's libraries. Exabyte is the only 8mm company that manufactures both libraries and tape drives, ensuring optimal compatibility and synergy between both devices. This synergy also offers a simple upgrade path. For example, the EXB-480, when configured with the EXB-8505XL 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem, offers 560 gigabytes of uncompressed data storage capacity. As users' storage needs increase, the EXB-8505XL drives can be replaced with Mammoth, Exabyte's announced 20-gigabyte 8mm tape drive, to increase the EXB-480's native data storage capacity to 1.6 terabytes and increase throughput six-fold. In conjunction with the shipment of these libraries, Exabyte has increased the libraries' reliability specification from 200,000 mean-cycles-between-failures (MCBF MCBF Mean Cycles Between Failure MCBF Multnomah County Bike Fair (Portland, Oregon) MCBF Mean Countdown Between Failures MCBF Most Critical Buffer First MCBF Mean Cycle Between Failure ) -- the specification assigned when the libraries were first announced in October 1993 -- to 750,000 MCBF, and to 1.5 million tape mounts. Six months of field data gathered for the EXB-210 8mm Library, high commonality com·mon·al·i·ty n. pl. com·mon·al·i·ties 1. a. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes: a political movement's commonality of purpose. in parts within this library family and the EXB-440 and EXB-480's successful beta programs allowed Exabyte to increase these specifications. "The shipment of these 8mm libraries represents a breakthrough in the industry," said Peter D. Behrendt, Exabyte's chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer. "With the EXB-440 and EXB-480's superior design and reliability, we are able to offer our customers better solutions for their data storage needs, including the newer applications requiring tape libraries such as HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. and video-on-demand." These new libraries will initially ship to Exabyte's original equipment manufacturer and value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). customers. Exabyte will also ship the EXB-440 and EXB-480 through distributors to resellers who have received certification through Exabyte's Qualified Library Reseller program, announced in September of this year. The EXB-440 incorporates up to four 5.25-inch 8mm half-high drives with 40 8mm data cartridges. Exabyte's innovative design allows the EXB-440 to be upgraded to an EXB-480, which holds up to 80 data cartridges and incorporates up to four 5.25-inch half-high drives, all in a package the size of a small file cabinet. The EXB-440 and EXB-480 have a sleek, modular cabinet design and can stand alone or be rack-mounted. Both libraries offer an additional fixed cartridge location that can be used either for a cleaning cartridge, or an additional 8mm cartridge. Other EXB-440 and EXB-480 features include: - Snap-in 10-pack cartridge holders that, when removed, can be covered and stored - Standard fast bar-code reader that scans labels, performing tape inventory and detecting cartridge positions - User-friendly LCD interface and operating panel - Entry/exit port to insert or remove one cartridge at a time - Easy front access to tape drives and data cartridges - Clear window to see tapes and robotics - Modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. that maximizes data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. by allowing easy serviceability (system) serviceability - The ease with which corrective maintenance or preventative maintenance can be performed on a system (e.g. by a hardware service technician). Higher serviceability improves availability and reduces service cost. Serviceability is one component of RAS. The EXB-440 and EXB-480 include a newly-designed robotics mechanism with an intelligent gripper that picks a tape from the magazine and mounts it in less than 10 seconds, and a key lock and security interlock A device that prohibits an action from taking place. for data protection. Coupled with software available from Exabyte resellers, the new libraries will completely automate operations such as hierarchical storage management See HSM. , unattended backup and restore, scheduled archiving, image storage, remote vaulting vaulting Gymnastics exercise in which the athlete leaps over a form that was originally intended to mimic a horse. At one time, the pommel horse was used in the vaulting exercise, with the pommels (handles) removed. , disaster prevention and data collection. When configured with Exabyte's EXB-8505XL 8mm tape cartridge See cartridge. subsystem, the EXB-480 offers 560 gigabytes of uncompressed data storage capacity, while the EXB-440 offers 280 gigabytes of uncompressed data storage capacity. Both libraries offer an aggregate native transfer rate of 2 megabytes per second (unit) megabytes per second - (MBps, MB/s) Millions of bytes per second. A unit of data rate. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes per second (not 1,048,576). , backing up 7.2 gigabytes per hour using 8505XL drives. When configured with Mammoth, Exabyte's announced 20-gigabyte 8mm tape drive, the EXB-480 will offer up to 1.6 terabytes of native data storage capacity, and the EXB-440 will offer 800 gigabytes of uncompressed data storage capacity. With Mammoth, both the EXB-480 and EXB-440 will offer aggregate native transfer rates of 12 megabytes per second, backing up 43.2 gigabytes per hour. Capacity and transfer rate will double with compression. The EXB-440 and EXB-480 offer distinct design enhancements over the company's popular line of full-high libraries. These include a 500 percent increase in reliability, performance that decreases the cartridge mount time from 20 seconds to 10 seconds, drives whose form factor is half the size, and a clear upgrade path with the advent of Mammoth and its successors. The EXB-440 library is expected to have an end-user price of between $40,000 and $60,000. The anticipated end-user price of the EXB-480 with drives and software is between $60,000 and $100,000. Prices for both libraries will vary depending on the configuration and software. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry analysis from the firm Peripheral Strategies of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif., Exabyte accounted for 81 percent of overall 8mm tape library sales in 1993, making the company today's undisputed market leader. Headquartered in Boulder, Colo., Exabyte Corp. designs, manufactures and markets a full range of tape storage products: 8mm, 4mm and quarter-inch minicartridge tape drives, tape libraries and recording media. Exabyte is the world's largest independent manufacturer focused solely on tape products, which it ships to original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers and distributors. CONTACT: Vibeke Arentz
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