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New Quantum Px510 Re-Defines Data Center Tape Automation With
Enterprise Features at a Price Point Well Below the Competition
Tape Library Supports Tiered Storage and Consolidation Strategies With a Dense,
Rackmount Building Block Approach Delivering Unsurpassed Flexibility and Value
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: DSS),
a global leader in storage, today announced the PX510, a data center-class tape
library designed to deliver unsurpassed customer value through an innovative
enterprise feature set at a price point well below the competition. Designed to
meet evolving customer needs in the growing, yet under-served 100-400 cartridge
slot midrange automation market segment, the Quantum PX510 supports enterprise
customers that are consolidating storage systems and combining disk- and
tape-based solutions as a solid foundation in a tiered storage model.
With the introduction of the PX510, Quantum has extended its leadership
position of delivering the broadest set of backup, recovery and archive systems
that can be used as flexible building blocks to optimize storage resources. The
PX510 offers enterprise-class reliability, high-availability features,
scalability and functionality comparable to Quantum's flagship PX720 enterprise
library. While the PX720 is a freestanding system, the PX510 is packaged in an
18U rackmount form factor. The PX510 library is well positioned within
Quantum's existing tape automation portfolio between the PX720, which offers up
to 720 cartridge slots in a single frame and scales to five frames, and the
modular, 100 slot M2500 tape library.
"Quantum's PX510 tape library is designed to meet the needs of a growing
midrange market which is in the midst of a wave of storage consolidation," said
Brian Garrett, analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). "On-line,
near-line and off-line information stores are bursting at the seams as
increasing attention to corporate governance and compliance regulations drive
the need for increased retention and reliability. With the PX510 tape library's
innovative feature set and excellent value proposition, Quantum is
demonstrating an aggressive go-to-market strategy in a well established
channel. ESG expects the PX510 will delight customers and win market share."
Over the past few years, the declines in the price of disk storage and the
growth of virtual tape library (VTL) technology have received much industry
attention. However, an even more compelling value proposition has emerged in
the tape library market. The combination of increased tape cartridge capacity,
increased cartridge slots per library and substantial decreases in library
footprints have all combined to significantly reduce the price per gigabyte
(GB) equation for customers as they seek the best combination of disk-based
backup and tape automation as a foundation for a tiered storage strategy.
Quantum has played a leading role in this shifting cost paradigm as a pioneer
and leading VTL supplier and with its introduction of the PX720 enterprise
library in late 2003. The new PX510 further embodies this paradigm shift, with
a price per GB that is at least 80 percent less than that of comparable tape
automation systems of just a few years ago. The PX510 delivers up to 160
terabytes (TB) in 18U, or more than five TB per rack unit. When combined with
Quantum's DX-Series VTL systems and Optyon(TM) In-line Data Compression
technology, the PX510 enables customers to maximize complementary disk and tape
backup, recovery and archive performance and reliability with the flexibility
to scale to hundreds of terabytes, while making best use of valuable rack
space.
Quantum's PX510 is aggressively setting the standard for value compared to
competitive enterprise and midrange tape automation offerings from companies
such as ADIC and StorageTek. As an example, a typical midrange customer
implementation of the PX510 with five LTO-2 drives and 201 slots will be
available at an MSRP of more than 40 percent below a competitive offering from
StorageTek using the similarly-positioned SL500 library with five LTO-2 drives
and 256 slots at a current MSRP.
In addition to the price advantage of the PX510, it has a number of innovative
features that set it apart from the competition and addresses customer
consolidation and tiered storage strategies. Quantum's innovative and
patent-pending FlexLink(TM) system is designed to allow customers to scale or
descale the PX510 library on demand without a field service call and without
bringing the library offline. Because the PX510 consists of independent
modules, FlexLink does not require additional equipment or cables. Also, unlike
competitive libraries such as the StorageTek SL500, customers implementing the
PX510 are not penalized with a high-priced initial "base unit" and monolithic
"master and slave" architecture when scaling which creates a single point of
failure and cannot be redeployed once implemented. Quantum's FlexLink system
allows customers to descale and redeploy PX510 modules, adapting as customers'
storage needs change and, thereby, providing the flexibility to balance current
needs with future requirements.
"Quantum focused the design of the PX510 to meet changing customer needs within
the growing midrange market, delivering a library system that is extremely
flexible and setting a new standard for customer value in the industry," said
Ted Oade, director of automation product marketing for Quantum's Storage
Systems Business Unit. "Our research shows that more than one-third of
customers reassign their automation investments in the first few years after
purchase, so we knew it was critical that the PX510 not only provide pain-free
scalability but also descale just as simply to achieve maximum long-term
customer value."
The PX510 is extremely dense at 18U per module, with up to 10 tape drives and
171 SDLT or 201 LTO cartridge slots and native performance per module of up to
2.9 TB per hour. The PX510 is shipped with high availability features such as
redundant power supplies and fans, as well as hot-swappable tape drives as
standard. Quantum also offers Web-based tools for remote management,
diagnostics, upgrades and operations built into the PX510 at no additional
cost. Additionally, Quantum's PX510 provides customers true mixed media by
magazine through the various SDLT and LTO tape drive options offered.
PX510 Availability
Quantum plans to begin taking customer orders and to ship the PX510 tape
library through the company's network of channel and value added reseller
partners in the third calendar quarter of 2005.
About Quantum
Quantum Corp., a global leader in storage, delivers highly reliable backup,
recovery and archive solutions that meet demanding requirements for data
integrity and availability, with superior price/performance and comprehensive
service and support. Quantum offers customers of all sizes an unparalleled
range of solutions, from leading tape drive and media technologies, autoloaders
and libraries to disk-based backup systems. Quantum is the world's largest
volume supplier of both tape drives and tape automation and has pioneered the
development of disk-based systems optimized for backup and recovery. Quantum
Corp., 1650 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 944-4000,
http://www.quantum.com/.
NOTE: Quantum, the Quantum logo, DLT and DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum
Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. FlexLink and
Optyon are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically,
without limitation, statements relating to (1) customer benefits from using
Quantum's PX510 tape libraries, (2) future sales, market share and availability
of such libraries and (3) pricing of such libraries and of competitive
offerings, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe
Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties. As a result, actual results may
differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described
herein include, but are not limited to, operational difficulties, unforeseen
technological limitations, the ability of competitors to introduce new products
that compete more successfully with our products, changes in market conditions
and unanticipated changes in customers' needs or requirements. More detailed
information about these risk factors, and additional risk factors, are set
forth in Quantum's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed
in the section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations -- Risk Factors," on pages 38 to 49 in
Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 2, 2005 and pages 38 to 49 in Quantum's Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2004;
and those described in any subsequently filed reports. Such reports contain and
identify important factors that could cause actual events and results to differ
materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking
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looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
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CONTACT: Sean Lamb of Quantum Corp., +1-408-944-6727, or
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