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“Reaching this major milestone reflects the important role tape continues to play as an extremely cost-effective, energy-efficient and resilient technology for long-term data retention, archive and disaster recovery,” said Robert Clark, senior vice president, Data Protection Group, Quantum. “With this in mind, we’re continuing to build on our position as the market share leader in open systems tape automation, adding new products and features. In just the last year, for example, we’ve introduced a new high-density Scalar® enterprise library and a new Scalar LTFS appliance, incorporated LTO-6 technology and expanded our line of StorNext® archive enabled libraries for big data management.”
Scalar i500: Best-in-Class Platform
Designed for midrange and enterprise environments, the Scalar i500 offers best-in-class scalability, reliability, intelligence and management. Key features include:
• Integrated iLayer™ software for proactive monitoring and remote diagnostics that significantly reduces management and issue resolution time,
• Capacity-on-demand scalability to accommodate data growth without disruption,
• Extended Data Life Management for ensuring long-term integrity of archived data,
• Advanced security features such as access control and FIPS-compliant encryption key management that safeguard data in the library or offsite,
• LTO-6 technology for much greater performance and scalability than previous LTO generations, and
• Easy integration with disk backup to provide cost-effective tiered storage.
The Scalar i500 platform also serves as the foundation for Quantum’s StorNext AEL500, which combines automated, policy-based tiering and tape for archiving big data.
Expanded Partnership with Benchmark Electronics
Based in part on the tremendous market success of the Scalar i500, Quantum is expanding its partnership with Benchmark Electronics, a large contract manufacturer that has been supporting Quantum for more than a decade. Over the next six months Quantum will transition the rest of its tape automation manufacturing to a Benchmark facility in Alabama while retaining responsibility for all design and development, including future enhancements.
“Benchmark has been a great partner, with a well-proven record of making high quality products, and we would not have achieved the Scalar i500 $1 billion milestone without them,” said Clark. “This is the fourth time we’ve expanded our partnership, and the transition has been seamless in every case. We’re looking forward to working with Benchmark to serve the needs of a larger customer base.”
