How “Green” is Tape? How About a 6.5x Reduction in CO2 Emissions Relative to Disk…
Environmental Social and Governance, or “ESG” considerations have become a major topic for big corporations and one of the factors
Tag: Archive Storage
Beefing Up the Mid-Range – Introducing the ActiveScale P200 Platform
With the addition of the new mid-range ActiveScale P200, we have completed the platform refresh across the entire ActiveScale portfolio,
Storage Review’s Hands-On Testing of Quantum’s Scalar Ransom Block
One of the best ways to evaluate new technologies is with hands-on testing in a real-world environment rather than only
Powerful Data Protection with Half-Height LTO-9 Drives
Quantum is announcing the availability of LTO Ultrium format generation 9 half-height drives in its Scalar i3 tape libraries, Standalone
Introducing New DXi Backup Appliances
We’re excited to be introducing our newest backup appliances: The DXi9000 and DXi4800.
Our Enterprise backup customers continue to be focused on faster and faster backups and restores, as well as reducing rack space, reducing power and cooling – in other words reducing the “footprint” associated with their backup infrastructure.
The Resurgence of LTO Tape Storage
Over the past month, I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time out in the field – connecting with a lot of interesting customers at industry events and spending quality time with Quantum’s regional sales teams around the globe. One common theme across all of this seems to be a resurgence in interest in LTO technology, based on two dynamics and two use cases.
Scale Out or Scale Up? Backup is Not Primary Storage When It Comes to Architecture Design
At Quantum, we have been delivering both approaches for decades with our scale-out products, engineered for large and data-intensive workloads, and our scale-up approach for data protection. Why both? Because Data Protection and Production functions have different requirements.
Another Record Year for LTO
The LTO Program announced yet another record year for LTO capacity shipments in 2017, with more than 108,000 PB of total compressed capacity shipped. That represents a 13% annual increase over 2016 and more than double the capacity shipped just four years ago, in 2013.
Wall Street and Tape Storage
Tape storage doesn’t make The Wall Street Journal very often, but this past year the most notable business journal in the US took time to highlight the increase in use of tape for data protection. Here are some key takeaways:
Automation Is Awesome—Except When It’s Not
I’m a fan of automation from way back. Growing up, my dad sold factory automation systems, and dinnertime conversation regularly included stories about robots and automated assembly lines. What kid doesn’t like robots? It’s probably fate that I ended up working for Quantum, the market share leader in open systems tape automation for as long as I can remember.