Exabyte gives the green light for LTO on Apple
Exabyte gives the green light for LTO on Apple
Apr 08, 2005: Exabyte has released the Magnum 1x7 LTO Autoloader for use with Mac OS Xserver to allow more information to be stored and retrieved much quicker than ever for the Government and enterprise customers.
It offers users 1.4 TB of capacity and a data transfer speed of up to 187 GB per hour with one Ultrium LTO-2 drive and seven tape cartridges. It will also soon be available with Ultrium LTO-3, which will double the Magnum's 1x7 capacity and speed.
Tom Ward, the president and CEO of Exabyte, said: "The Magnum 1x7 autoloader is a breakthrough tape storage product for the Apple customer because its low price makes the speed and capacity of LTO affordable for the thousands of companies that want to step up to LTO automation for their backup needs.
"We are proud that the Magnum 1x7 supports Mac OS X Server and is now available through the Apple Store. Exabyte has a long commitment to the Apple platform and the Magnum 1x7 is a significant new addition to our popular line of tape storage products for Apple users."
Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations, added: "The combination of Mac OS X Server, Xserve G5 and Xserve RAID provides an unrivalled high-performance solution for our Government and enterprise customers.
"We're excited to see Exabyte help provide excellent data protection by developing this LTO automation backup tape solution for Mac OS X Server."
The software is customised and "tuned" to automatically recognise and configure the autoloader to reduce implementation time to minutes and eliminate configuration errors.
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