Tandberg Data's Exabyte Magnum 224 LTO Tape Library Now Certified on all Major Backup Software Providers for Apple Mac OS.BOULDER, Colo. -- Tandberg Data Tandberg Data (OSE: TAD) is a company focused on data storage products, especially streamers, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. They are the only company still selling drives that use the QIC format (also known as SLR), but also produce VXA, LTO and DLT products, along with Corp., a leading global supplier and manufacturer of professional tape information storage products, today announced the Exabyte Magnum 224 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. [TM] Tape Library, available with a native Fibre Channel (FC) interface, has been certified by the four leading backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. providers for Apple's Mac OS, including BakBone NetVault[TM], 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. ([R]) Retrospect([R]), TOLIS BRU[TM], and Atempo Time Navigator[TM]. The Magnum 224 delivers an unprecedented combination of plug-and-play backup simplicity and capacity-on-demand scalability in a compact, feature-rich, affordable package. "The Exabyte brand, now a part of Tandberg Data, has a long-standing commitment to serving the data-intensive storage needs of Apple users by offering powerful, plug-and-play tape storage solutions that feature Fibre Channel connectivity," said Kelly Beavers, Vice President, Product Marketing, Tandberg Data. "That commitment has been the driving force behind our ongoing collaboration with Apple and its backup software providers to design storage products with the specifications and software compatibility that deliver the outstanding quality that customers have come to expect from products serving the Apple market." About the Magnum 224 Developed specifically for SMB/departmental organizations, the Magnum 224 LTO Tape Library is available for $7,850 (estimated U.S. street price) with a single native FC LTO-3 drive and one 12-cartridge magazine that delivers speeds of 576 GB/hour1 and total capacity of 9.6 TB1 in a compact, 2U rackmount enclosure. Users may purchase and install a second 12-cartridge magazine for $350 (estimated U.S. street price) bringing total cartridge capacity to 24 and total data storage capacity to 19.2 TB1. The Magnum 224 eliminates the need for and associated costs of a Fibre Channel interface to the automation controller by using a feature built into the LTO tape drives called Automation/Drive Interface (ADI). The Apple-configured Magnum 224 delivers full-featured capabilities as well as user-friendly installation and configuration. Each library ships standard with a barcode scanner See bar code scanner. , Ethernet-based remote management, a single import/export media drawer, a rack mount kit, 12-cartridge magazine upgrade, and TOLIS BRU backup and recovery software. Other library vendors may charge hundreds or thousands of dollars extra for these key library components. The Magnum 224 is protected by a standard one-year warranty that includes 5x9 next business day on site service (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ). An optional two-year OSS warranty is available for less than $450 (estimated U.S. street price). Tandberg Data-Exabyte Transaction Tandberg Data recently completed the acquisition of substantially all assets of Exabyte Corporation. With the completion of this transaction, customers can now source data protection solutions from one trusted supplier that offers a wide range of data storage systems as well as storage software, media, and disk-based storage solutions. The new Tandberg Data, with its greater geographic presence and enhanced product mix, is now a more formidable global company - the second largest player in the data storage industry. Tanberg Data and Exabyte-branded tape drives and autoloaders are available through a worldwide network of partners and resellers. For additional product information or to find a reseller in your area, visit www.exabyte.com or www.tandbergdata.com. About Tandberg Data Tandberg Data is a leading global supplier and manufacturer of professional tape information storage products based on the SLR (1) (Scalable Linear Recording) A line of magnetic tape drives from Tandberg Data that evolved from the QIC Data Cartridge format. See QIC. (2) (Single Lens Reflex) A camera that uses the same lens for viewing and shooting. [TM], LTO[TM], VXA See Exabyte. ([R]), and 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. [TM] tape technologies. The company offers secondary storage products based on tape drives, autoloaders, libraries, media, software and hardware components for mainstream configurations. These products are supported by all major operating systems and software applications to successfully operate in heterogeneous network information storage environments. All products are designed to offer several new generations of information storage products that meet the growing storage requirements of small and medium sized organizations with scalability, reliability and backward compatibility features that ensure cost effective operation and long-term investment protection. In addition to corporate offices and manufacturing facilities in Oslo, Norway, Tandberg Data has subsidiaries in USA (Tandberg Data Corp.), France, Germany, Norway, Singapore and Japan, as well as affiliate offices in India and China (PRC). Tandberg Data ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and is a publicly held company based in Oslo, Norway and is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (ticker=TAD). 1 Data capacities and transfer rates assume a compression ratio of 2:1. Actual compression varies depending on the nature of the data and the drive and media quality. SLR is a trademark of Tandberg Data ASA. VXA is a registered trademark of Tandberg Data ASA. DLT, DLTtape, DLT VS, SDLT (Super DLT) See DLT. and Super DLTtape are registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation. LTO is a trademark of HP, 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) and Seagate. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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