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Published on: Tuesday, Tue, 17 Jul 2018 ● 3 Min Read
Bangalore, October 24, 2017 – Quantum Corp has announced that LTO Ultrium format generation 8 technology will be available in its Scalar tape libraries and StorNext AEL archive systems beginning in December 2017. This latest generation of LTO tape extends tape’s value leadership position for low-cost, highly efficient storage with 2X capacity gain and 20 per cent performance improvements over LTO-7 – ideal for coping with the massive growth of unstructured data. Quantum Scalar and StorNext AEL are the most efficient tape automation solutions available – with up to almost 10 PB uncompressed in a single 19-inch rack, and up to 144 PB uncompressed within a standard data centre aisle – enabling organizations to affordably meet long-term storage challenges by reducing data centre footprint, lowering power and cooling costs and reducing administration time.
Quantum Scalar tape libraries include many high-efficiency features that make them uniquely designed to leverage the latest LTO-8 advances:
• Converged design with optional embedded compute capabilities, enabling significant quantities of data to be stored closer to the application and reducing the load on network infrastructure.
• Self-healing and self-protecting backup and archive leveraging EDLM policy-based media health checks and automated data migration.
• In-library vaulting with Active Vault™ improves security and access to vaulted content while reducing costs.
• Library task automation with RESTful web services for easier automation of repetitive tasks.
• Best-in-class storage density, maximising rack utilisation with up to 24 PB in a single 19-inch rack.
• 80 PLUS Gold Certified power supplies, yielding power and cooling savings while reducing the environmental impact of a data centre, certified to be 90 per cent efficient at 50 per cent loading.
Quantum will leverage these technology enhancements with Quantum certified LTO-8 media to deliver multitier solutions for persistent data growth and protection challenges in areas such as media and entertainment, cloud-based cold storage, video surveillance, university research and autonomous driving.
The combination of LTO-8 technology with Scalar and StorNext AEL tape automation offers better storage densities than proprietary tape technologies, and with Quantum certified media, LTO bit error rates are equivalent to those of legacy proprietary media. LTO technology is the ideal solution for companies using tape for low-cost, long-term “big data” storage, or companies using tape as an offline copy to protect against ransomware. LTO-8 technology is scheduled to be available in December 2017 for Quantum’s Scalar i6000, Scalar i6, Scalar i3 and Scalar i500 libraries as well as Quantum Certified media, with other platforms following, subject to compliance verification.
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out tiered storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for capturing, sharing, managing and preserving digital assets over the entire data lifecycle.
