LTO-4 HH Drive Available From Quantum

Quantum Corp. announced the availability of its LTO-4 Half-Height (HH) tape drive.
Well suited for midrange and enterprise customers concerned about
disaster recovery and companies seeking affordable backup for their
remote offices, the drive offers the same performance, security and
reliability as full-height LTO-4 tape drives. In addition, the LTO-4 HH
drive provides up to 800 GB native capacity and transfer rates up to
432 GB/hr — doubling the capacity and increasing the performance by 50
percent over the previous generation LTO drive — in a space-saving,
half-height form factor.

"Quantum has developed an easy-to-use storage solution that offers
the same performance and capacity as competitors’ full-height
offerings," said Kevin Koski, product manager, server storage at Equus,
a Quantum reseller. "Customers not only achieve the highest in LTO-4
performance but also are able to realize the benefits associated with
the smaller format taking up less data center space."

As data continues to grow, IT managers are faced with the challenge
of adding storage systems to accommodate this growth while managing the
power and cooling demands of these systems for cost and regulatory
reasons. To help customers address this challenge Quantum’s LTO-4 HH
includes a feature called Green Mode, which reduces power consumption
by shutting off power to components inside the drive when it’s idle or
on standby (not reading or writing data). In addition, even when the
drive is actively operating, the power used by Quantum’s LTO-4 HH is
less than many competitors’ LTO-3 and LTO-4 full-height and half-height
tape drives. Finally, by incorporating Quantum’s exclusive
FastSense variable speed feature, the company’s LTO-4 HH drive
maximizes the native transfer rate, completing backups faster but using
less power than other LTO-4 drives on the market.

With security breaches continuing to make news headlines, data
integrity and security is more important than ever. Quantum’s LTO-4 HH
addresses this by providing AES 256-bit native encryption, as
recommended by the federal government for classified data, and WORM
cartridge support. Another exclusive feature designed to make Quantum’s
LTO-4 HH the most reliable drive in its class is SmartVerify which
concurrently verifies all data written to the tape, thus nearly
eliminating the time needed to verify backup operations.

Quantum’s LTO-4 HH drive is designed to be simple to install and
integrate into the data center using the latest industry standard
interface — Serial Attached SCSI. It also allows customers the
opportunity to leverage their previous media investments with backward
read-and-write compatibility to LTO-3 media and backward read
compatibility to LTO-2 media.

"Organizations continue to struggle with increased data growth and
retention without increased budget, and now on top of that they have
the additional challenges of addressing security and power
consumption," said Tom Hammond, product manager for Quantum. "As a
leader in backup, recovery and archive, Quantum’s LTO-4 HH provides
customers a secure, high-performance tape backup solution that is
reliable and power efficient — all at an affordable price."

Pricing and Availability
Quantum’s LTO-4 HH drive is currently available through the
company’s resellers in internal, tabletop and 1U rackmount
configurations and includes Symantec Backup Exec QuickStart
software at no additional cost. The LTO-4 HH standalone drive
complements a variety of Quantum’s LTO-4 automation solutions already
shipping. Pricing for the LTO-4 HH drive begins at $3,849 MSRP.

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