Once again, JSE-listed storage specialist Maxtec Limited has proven to its clients that superior quality products remain invaluable. Validating this fact is computer reseller Gentron, which has purchased over 130 Tandberg SLR5 (Scalable Linear Recording) storage drives, reporting only two failures over a four-year period.
"Gentron supplies end-users, such as manufacturing/repair facilities as well as the retail industry, across Africa with complete computer systems and solutions. Time and distance considerations demand products that are reliable, and which conform to industry standards. Tandberg storage drives provide us with a competitive-edge to accommodate our clients` diverse storage requirements," says Ernst Skinner, managing director of Gentron.
The Tandberg SLR5 drive is a standalone tape backup SCSI device, affording scalable data storage capacity of up to 8GB, 4GB native and 8GB compression, as well as transfer rates of up to 2.7GB per hour. The device offers a cost-efficient tape storage management solution for entry-level NT/NetWare small business servers and individual NT/Unix workstations.
"The product`s superior reliability, coupled with a three-year warranty, allows for less than 1% of field returns per year and includes an added security/user-friendly feature, TapeAlert, providing the user with diagnostic messages and recommended actions," explains Maxtec account manager, Nithia Munsamy. "The world`s largest providers of PC-servers, workstations and midrange systems (Acer, Bull, Compaq, Fujitsu-Siemens, IBM and Sun) have chosen Tandberg Data on the basis of these outstanding features."
PC-server backup and restore, archival storage, disaster recovery and data interchange, are critical tasks within an organisation that require optimal reliability. Based on linear scan technology, SLR enhances Tandberg`s reliability feature and is reputable for its superior storage capacity, performance capabilities and trustworthiness.
Based in SA, Gentron can comfortably reassure its clients that despite of difficult environmental conditions in Africa such as dust, heat and mobility issues with potential for system damage and possible data loss, the SLR5 device will measure up to the task in executing unfailing data backup.
Dynamic technical changes within the industry necessitate constant innovation. The new Tandberg SLR7 has only recently been introduced to the South African market and promises to deliver low cost ownership, quality performance and high-quality service and support.
It stores up to 40GB of data and features a 21.6GB per hour (6MB per second) transfer rate (capacity and transfer rate assume 2:1 data compression). The solution provides a complete data backup, file transfer and archiving solution for IT systems and network environments and carries the proven reliability of Tandberg drives, while extending the range of the scalable and backward-compatible SLR technology into the entry-level markets and upwards.
All major operating systems and software applications support these products.
"Tandberg drives are designed to remain compatible with newer generations of information storage products, in meeting the growing storage requirements of small and medium-sized organisations with scalability and backward compatibility features, low cost of ownership and long-term investment protection," says Munsamy.
"Reliability can not be compromised when it comes to backup; that is why Maxtec only offers best-of-breed solutions, which include Tandberg," Munsamy concludes.
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Maxtec is SA`s industry leader in the provision of comprehensive information technology storage and storage related services to all sectors of the economy. Its services include consulting, outsourcing, implementation, repair, maintenance, education and training.
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