History 2004: Tandberg Switches from Quantum to Exabyte Partnership

Tandberg Data has revealed a new mid-range library, the 3800, that can contain from 2 LTO-2 tape drives and 20 cartridges up to 8 drives and 143 slots with a 5-media entry/exit port and SCSI and native FC interfaces in a 20U form factor.

It features Web management software and a partitioning function to allow 4 virtual libraries to be set-up.

Price is €27,890 with 2 drives.

While until now, Tandberg distributed only Quantum’s mid-range libraries, this time the Norwegian firm seems to have turned to Exabyte for its newest devices (apparently the same as the Exabyte’s Magnum 8×143), which proves yet again that relations between Tandberg and Quantum have visibly deteriorated.

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 203 on December 2004 from the former paper version of Computer Data  Storage Newsletter.