Shipping this week, and targeting the mid-range backup market, the LTO 68.4 and LTO 100.6 libraries incorporate Plasmon’s latest generation automation technology, and IBMtm Ultrium tape drives, to provide high-performance SAN and NAS connectivity combined with proven, patented robotics.
Priced starting at $38,595, the libraries have two basic configurations. The LTO 68.4 can hold up to four drives and 68 cartridges and the LTO 100.6 library can be configured with up to six drives and 102 cartridges for more than 10 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity.
With fast data transfer rates up to 324 GB/hour (native), and high native capacity (100 GB per cartridge), the LTO 68.4 and LTO 100.6 are ideal for backup and restore in a variety of applications required by medium to large-sized businesses, as well as government agencies.
Initially shipping with native SCSI-2 LVD interfaces, the libraries can connect via bridge to fibre-ready SAN, or natively to NAS. Native fibre attach is under development for near-term release. The units offer remote diagnostics capability and hot swappable components for on-line replacement with continuous access to data.
Kelly Scharf, director of product marketing for Plasmon said, With high capacity, low cost, best in class performance, and the flexible open format architecture of LTO Ultrium, the Plasmon LTO Ultrium models are suited for NAS and SAN installations as well as traditional backup situations.
Durable and reliable, the MSBF/reliability rate has been tested at greater than 2,000,000 swaps.
The automation contained in Plasmon’s LTO Ultrium tape libraries is designed to the demanding and rigorous standards of optical robotics. Plasmon will continue to leverage our automation expertise into new removable technologies and formats said Rob McPherson, president of Plasmon IDE. In addition to Plasmon’s long history of delivering tape automation to OEM customers, Plasmon continues its commitment to provide the best removable storage automation on the market today. he added.
John Thome, President, Chi Corporation, a Master VAR for the Plasmon LTO products said, We have high confidence in Plasmon products because of their engineering expertise, long-term track record and commitment to support our customers.
The Plasmon LTO Ultrium library series offers a wide range of tape libraries from the entry-level ten cartridge Autoloader to an enterprise class library with more than 50 TB of native storage. Future tape automation products from Plasmon will integrate other popular tape technologies.
Scharf continued, The addition of this series complements Plasmon’s existing tape, 5.25-inch optical, 12-inch TrueWORMTM technology, CD, DVD-RAM and DVD-R library products, and network attach storage solutions.
