Quantum doubles Disk backup capacity
Quantum doubles Disk backup capacity
Mar 17, 2005: The data capacity stored on disks through the Quantum's DX30 and DX100 will have the capability to be doubled, depending on the quality of the data, thanks to the release of a new host bus adaptor that Quantum has produced to compress the data.
The Optyon In-line Data Compression technology is patented by Quantum, and allows users to store more data on disk-based storage for a much longer period, meaning they can have access more critical information more quickly.
Craig Tamlin, the ANZ country manager for Quantum, believes that the technology is groundbreaking because no other vendor is using hardware compression to increasing the capacity of storage on disks.
"It will be especially useful for companies big or small with big storage needs who previously would have had to buy new disk arrays to cope with ever increasing storage. Now, however, they simply need to either install the new technology, or buy a new DX30 and DX100 with it already fitted in, and pay the extra licence fee to use it.
"With the Optyon compression, a fully-scaled DX30 can now offer 26TB of usable capacity, while the DX100 offers up to 104TB using factory default RAID 5 settings with one hot-spare disk per array, depending on the data."
Tamlin says that although this does not mean that disks will become more valuable than tape drives, it does mean that the disk drives can more data for longer, making the information more accessible to the user.
In addition, Quantum has also announced the release of its virtual library partitioning, which enables customers to partition the DX-series so that it can be shared among different groups of departments and backup software applications regardless of the operating system.
The new technology will be available next month.
Related Article: