Scorpion drives provide up to 24 Gbytes of data protection and removable storage
Seagate Technology, a leading manufacturer of DAT tape drives, today announced that Data General has qualified the Seagate Scorpion 24 as a backup solution in the company`s AViiON line of servers.
"Scorpion DAT drives provide excellent backup capabilities for Data General`s AViiON line," said Kevin Perry, senior director of Marketing and Business Development for Seagate Removable Storage Solutions. "The Scorpion 24 features the data integrity, reliability and performance to protect the information that Data General customers use every day."
Customers who purchase a pre-installed Scorpion 24 drive can quickly and easily ensure the safety of data stored on their hard drives and save disc space by archiving numerous large files on any DAT tape from DDS to DDS-3. Seagate Scorpion 24 drives are designed for maximum performance, with data transfer rates as high as 2.2 Mbytes per minute in compressed mode. Using a SCSI-2 interface, the Scorpion 24 features an industry-leading Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) rating of up to 320,000 hours at a 12 percent duty cycle (265,000 hours at 20 percent duty cycle).
"Seagate has an outstanding reputation for designing high-quality, innovative products and their Scorpion 24 drives provide the reliability, performance and compatibility that Data General demands in our systems and peripherals," said Jim Geronaitis, manager of storage marketing, AViiON Server Division of Data General. "We were impressed with the drive`s features like self-cleaning capabilities, high-performance heads, energy saving features and fewer electronic components."
Data General, based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported fiscal 1997 revenues of $1.5 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com.
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