Specialist distribution company in the Siltek Technology Supply Chain Group, Intelligent Systems (IS), has revealed extended support for drive technologies in the Spectra Logic Gator architecture.
According to Gerrit de la Rey, product manager at IS, Spectra Logic now supports the Exabyte M2 and Ecrix`s VXA-1 tape drives in its Spectra 12000 and Spectra 64000 automated tape library systems. "The inclusion of these two drive technologies provides additional drive options for users of these tape libraries.
"In addition, use of Spectra Logic`s Shared Library Services (SLS) allows logical libraries with various drives, interfaces and media types to be configured - allowing different tape technologies to be matched to appropriate data centre applications," he adds.
Spectra Logic`s SLS keeps the environments separate, yet fully functional, and all within the same physical library. Maximum capacities vary from technology to technology and eight VXA-1 drives can be installed in a Spectra 12000 while the Spectra 64000 can accommodate as many as 32 drives, the latter offering a compressed storage capacity of 42 terabytes (TB) (21.1TB native).
Deploying Exabyte M2 tape drives, however, the Spectra 64000 could have a compressed storage capacity of as much as 96TB (38.4TB native). "There is an unmistakable trend to re-centralise storage in the data centre and organisations face the challenge of successfully integrating multiple media types, drive types and operating and software environments within the enterprise," says Bob Abraham, president of Freeman Reports. "Automated tape libraries with the ability to partition and share resources in such heterogeneous environments provide an unprecedented degree of flexibility and ease in achieving centralised storage."
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Intelligent Systems
A specialist distribution company in the SILTEK Technology Supply Chain Group, Intelligent Systems provides storage solutions that underpin many of the diverse business applications so prevalent in the business world today, including: Storage Area Networks, Data Warehousing, Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Document Imaging, e-Commerce and Hierarchical Storage Management. The company holds distribution or sub-distribution rights to a broad range of storage technologies and products, including hard disk-based subsystems, optical technology, tape devices, high-performance connectivity and software management products. Intelligent Systems applies its considerable expertise to building solutions to satisfy individual storage requirements of a variety of specific business applications. The company can be contacted on +27 11 315 3120 or on its Web site at www.intsys.co.za
Ecrix
Ecrix Corporation is an innovator in tape storage and developer of VXA, an award winning tape technology that features advanced backup and restore capabilities in products that deliver market leading value and reliability. Ecrix is privately held and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. For more information about Ecrix, please visit the company`s web site at www.ecrix.com or telephone 303.402.9262.
Exabyte Corporation
Exabyte Corporation is a leading supplier of tape storage devices and network storage solutions for the data intensive application and database server markets. Exabyte engineers, manufactures and markets 8mm and the MammothTape technology tape drives, premier storage media and libraries for MammothTape, DLTtape and LTO (Ultrium) tape technologies. NetStorM, Exabyte`s network storage initiative, is designed to optimise the performance capabilities of its drives, autoloaders and libraries with other vendors` SAN offerings. The company`s products are available exclusively through an extensive network of OEM, distributor and reseller business partners worldwide, all backed by the company`s award-winning service and support.
For additional information about Exabyte and for sales, call 1-800-EXABYTE. For support and customer service, call 1-800-445-7736. Please call (+65) -271-6331 for Asia/Pacific and (+31)-30-2548800 for European inquiries. To have investor information faxed, call 201-946-0091, or download information from the investor relations` room on the company`s Web site. For investor-related questions, please call 303-417-7511 or e-mail investor@exabyte.com. Visit Exabyte on the World Wide Web at www.exabyte.com and www.m2wins.com.
Spectra Logic Corporation
Spectra Logic Corporation is a leading manufacturer of high-performance tape automation products providing mission-critical data protection for companies worldwide. Spectra Logic tape library products offer capacities from 60 Gigabytes to hundreds of Terabytes. The Boulder, Colorado-based company`s products operate on a broad range of platforms and utilise a wide range of interface configurations to take advantage of rapidly evolving SAN as well as direct-attached storage architectures. For more information, contact Spectra Logic by phone at (800) 833-1132, or visit the company`s web site at http://www.spectralogic.com.
VXA is a registered trademark of Ecrix Corporation. VXA AutoPak, Discrete Packet Format, Variable Speed Operation, and OverScan Operation are trademarks of Ecrix Corporation. All other trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, or registered trade names are property of their respective holders.
Exabyte is a registered trademark, and M2, MammothTape and NetStorM are trademarks of Exabyte Corp. LTO and Ultrium are US registered trademarks of HP, IBM and Seagate. DLTtape is a trademark of Quantum Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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