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Historical Record Order of $700,000 Received by Qualstar
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on Tue, July 27th, 2010
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For 12PB XLS tape library
Qualstar Corporation has received a significant order for expanded configurations of its widely regarded XLS Enterprise Tape Library Systems. The order for approximately $700,000 is the largest received to date for XLS libraries, and is the largest in the company's 26 year history. The systems will be deployed at a national research laboratory to backup and archive 12 Petabytes of scientific data.
The order reflects the end customer's prior experience with an XLS purchased two years ago for a pilot system. Shipments have begun, and will be completed in the current quarter.
Qualstar's XLS Enterprise Library System comprises eight modules that can be intermixed to deliver cost-effective capacity and performance from 240 Terabytes to over 15 Petabytes. Qualstar's enterprise tape libraries use 97% less power to operate and cool than disk-based systems of the same capacity, making them the 'greenest' archive and backup storage technology in the world.
"While this is the largest order that we have received, it is just the latest one from a growing number of public and private research organizations that have discovered the superior value that XLS delivers," said William Gervais, Qualstar's President and CEO.
The order reflects the end customer's prior experience with an XLS purchased two years ago for a pilot system. Shipments have begun, and will be completed in the current quarter.
Qualstar's XLS Enterprise Library System comprises eight modules that can be intermixed to deliver cost-effective capacity and performance from 240 Terabytes to over 15 Petabytes. Qualstar's enterprise tape libraries use 97% less power to operate and cool than disk-based systems of the same capacity, making them the 'greenest' archive and backup storage technology in the world.
"While this is the largest order that we have received, it is just the latest one from a growing number of public and private research organizations that have discovered the superior value that XLS delivers," said William Gervais, Qualstar's President and CEO.
Our comments :
$700,000 is around 20% of the quarterly revenues of Qualstar.
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