Carrie
09-29-2003, 12:12 AM
SOURCE:C|NET (http://news.com.com/2100-1015-5083158.html)
Data-storage company Quantum plans to unveil on Monday an automated storage tape system dubbed "Mako," with hopes the product will take a bite out of rival Storage Technology.
The new Mako PX720 is what's known in the industry as a tape "library," a refrigerator-size box that contains a number of tape drives, slots for hundreds of tape cartridges and a robotic system for moving the cartridges around. The Mako unit holds up to 20 drives and 732 slots, and boasts a total capacity of up to 146.4 terabytes, according to Quantum. A terabyte is approximately 1 trillion bytes.
A chief selling point of Mako is the unit's modular design, said Michael Hardy, vice president for strategic alliances at Quantum. Customers can buy additional drives in packs of four, with each pack containing its own power supply and cooling units. That means the basic Mako frame can be built less expensively, Hardy said. "If you buy a half Mako, you pay half price," he said.
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Data-storage company Quantum plans to unveil on Monday an automated storage tape system dubbed "Mako," with hopes the product will take a bite out of rival Storage Technology.
The new Mako PX720 is what's known in the industry as a tape "library," a refrigerator-size box that contains a number of tape drives, slots for hundreds of tape cartridges and a robotic system for moving the cartridges around. The Mako unit holds up to 20 drives and 732 slots, and boasts a total capacity of up to 146.4 terabytes, according to Quantum. A terabyte is approximately 1 trillion bytes.
A chief selling point of Mako is the unit's modular design, said Michael Hardy, vice president for strategic alliances at Quantum. Customers can buy additional drives in packs of four, with each pack containing its own power supply and cooling units. That means the basic Mako frame can be built less expensively, Hardy said. "If you buy a half Mako, you pay half price," he said.
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