Quantum Corp., a global provider in storage, today announced the immediate availability of its PX500 series, a new modular tape automation platform designed to provide unique flexibility and scalability choices that deliver superior investment protection.
It is the only midrange automation family that enables customers to meet current and future scalability requirements within a platform, with far less complexity than current products, and at no additional cost.
Customers can now address expanding data growth, consolidate or distribute storage systems, meet regulatory compliance demands or combine disk- and tape-based solutions as the foundation of a tiered storage model.
The PX500 series - consisting of the PX502, PX506 and PX510 - offers independent rackmount systems of 4U, 10U and 18U (rack-unit) to meet customers' mission-critical data demands from the workgroup to the data center. The systems are based on a common, modular architecture that allows customers the flexibility to mix and match rack density, capacity and performance, best meeting backup, recovery and archive needs today and into the future at an unmatched cost per gigabyte (GB).
Designed for serviceability, each library has its own robotics and power for independent operation. Quantum's Web-based management console allows customers to learn only a single interface to monitor and manage multiple PX500 series systems either as single libraries or as one entity that can continue operating even if an individual unit is down. Additionally, all PX500 series systems utilize the same drive canisters, cartridge magazines and other key components to minimize parts and reduce complexity.
The PX502 is designed for workgroup, departmental and remote office automation and is a 4U, 2-drive library with up to 38 slots per chassis. It offers over 15 terabytes (TB) of native capacity and native performance of up to 576 GB per hour. The PX502 delivers about twice the capacity and density of similarly positioned competitive offerings and is the only library to offer features such as optional redundant power and mixed media support within each system.
The PX506 is designed for large, data intensive workgroups, departments and data centers and is a 10U, 6-drive library with up to 100 slots per chassis. It provides 40 TB of native capacity and native performance of up to 1728 GB per hour. Compared to similarly positioned competitive offerings, the PX506 delivers about 40% greater capacity and 40% greater density at a very low acquisition cost and is the only library to offer mixed media support within each system.
The PX510 breaks the 10 cartridge per rack-unit density barrier as an 18U library designed for larger, mission-critical data center environments. It offers up to 10 tape drives and up to 201 slots per chassis with native capacity of over 80 TB and native performance of up to 2880 GB per hour. The PX510 delivers more than 20% greater density than the nearest competitive offering and an acquisition cost of up to 40% less.
