Tecmar unveils WangDAT DDS-3 4MM DAT tape autoloader.LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1997-- 200 GBs of capacity, DDS-3 technology, eight cartridge magazine makes this one of the largest capacity autoloaders available in a 5.25 inch full height form factor Tecmar Technologies Inc., the first manufacturer to ship DDS-3 DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. tape drives into the channel, Wednesday announced a 200 gigabyte, eight cartridge magazine based autoloader, the WangDAT 3900 LD8. The autoloader's internal drive mechanism incorporates the WangDAT 3900 drive, which is based upon the latest generation of DDS-3 technology and supports the stringent reliability requirements of an autoloader in a high duty cycle environment. With the introduction of the WangDAT 3900 LD8, Tecmar now offers a comprehensive line of 4mm DAT tape products. The new Tecmar DAT product portfolio now includes data transfer performances ranging from 366 kilobytes/sec to 2.4 megabytes/sec and capacities from 2 gigabytes to 200 gigabytes. With the incorporation of the WangDAT DDS-3 tape drive, the 3900 LD8 autoloader provides one of the industry's fastest sustained data transfer rates of 2.4 megabytes/sec compressed (1.2 megabytes/sec native). The WangDAT 3900 tape drive with its new hyper A Greek work meaning "above" or "more than." It is used as a prefix to technical concepts and products to convey a more advanced or more automatic capability. metal heads, more precise tape transfer mechanism, built-in internal head cleaner, and additional media related features all support the WangDAT 3900 LD8 autoloader's rated MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) The average time a component works without failure. It is the number of failures divided by the hours under observation. MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures of 180,000 hours at 20% duty cycle. The capacity of the new autoloader is achieved through a low cost eight cartridge magazine design that is compact and self contained as a single unit of media. The magazine incorporates all required media related functions including magazine door, cartridge locking, write enable/disable, and a separate optional cleaning slot for use in place of one data cartridge (1) A cartridge used to hold computer data. See cartridge. (2) (Data Cartridge) A 5.25" QIC-style magnetic tape technology that originally used the DC-6000 model designation. Tandberg Data (www.tandberg. . For additional user information and flexibility, the WangDAT 3900 LD8 also includes a front panel LCD display and user options for selecting individual cartridges or initiating drive cleanings. "The WangDAT autoloader retains the price/performance and reliability advantages of its internal DDS-3 Model 3900 drive mechanism, and further supports Tecmar's mission of providing high performance tape storage solutions for the networking environment," said Amar Samra, Director of Product Marketing for Tecmar Technologies. Samra further stated, "Its low cost design at approximately 2 cents per megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. , in a 5.25 inch form factor, clearly positions the WangDAT 3900 LD8 as a price/capacity leader in its class." Evaluation units of the WangDAT 3900 LD8 are currently being delivered to key 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 customers, VARs and resellers. Scheduled for volume production in early second calendar quarter of 1997, the WangDAT 3900 LD8 autoloader comes configured as an external unit with integrated power supply, fully loaded DDS-3 eight cartridge magazine, cleaning cartridge and other required accessories. The suggested retail price with a two-year warranty is $4,900. Additional eight cartridge magazines loaded with DDS-3 media, with a suggested list price of $449 each, will be available under the Tecmar QualityTape brand. Tecmar Technologies, a subsidiary of Tecmar Technologies International Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :TTI TTI Texas Transportation Institute TTI Thoracic Trauma Index TTI Transmission Time Interval TTI Travel Time Index TTI Travel Technology Initiative TTI Technology Transfer Initiative TTI Traffic and Traveller Information TTI Technology Transfer Institute ), is a leading provider of high performance tape storage solutions for the networking storage environments. The company's product line features Wangtek quarter-inch cartridge tape drives ranging from 525MB to 2.5GB, Wangtek Travan mini cartridge drives with 8GB capacity, WangDAT 4mm DAT tape drives ranging from 2GB to 24GB of storage capacity and QualityTape, a comprehensive line of 4mm, DC6000 and Travan media. Tecmar Technologies' products are sold worldwide to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), distributors and value-added resellers. The company's home page on the World Wide Web is http://www.tecmar.com . 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NOTE TO EDITORS: Tecmar, Tecmar Technologies, Wangtek, WangDAT and QualityTape are registered trademarks of Tecmar Technologies Inc. All compressed capacity are based on a 2.09:1 data compression ratio Data compression ratio, also known as compression power, is a computer-science term used to quantify the reduction in data-representation size produced by a data compression algorithm. . CONTACT: Tecmar Technologies Inc. Amar Samra, 303/702-7015 E-mail: amar_samra@tecmar.com http://www.tecmar.com or JPR JPR Jon Peddie Research (California) JPR JBuilder Project File (file extension) JPR Journal of Proteome Research JPR Journal of Plankton Research JPR Journal of Psychosomatic Research Communications Judy Smith, 818/992-8867 E-mail: jprcommun@aol.com http://www.jprcom.com |
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