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EXBY News Exabyte Magnum 224 LTO Tape Library Now Shipping with Native Fibre Channel; First Entry-Level, Expandable Capacity LTO Library to Offer FC
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2006--Exabyte Corp. (OTCBB:EXBY), the leading innovator in tape backup and recovery systems, today announced the Magnum 224 LTO(TM) (Ultrium(TM)) Tape Library is now available with a native Fibre Channel (FC) interface. The Magnum 224 delivers an unprecedented combination of plug-and-play backup simplicity and capacity-on-demand scalability in a compact and extremely affordable package loaded with high-end features.
Developed expressly for SMB/departmental organizations, the Magnum 224 LTO Tape Library is available for $7850 (estimated U.S. street price) with a single native FC LTO-3 drive and one 12-cartridge magazine that delivers speeds of 576 GB/hour(a) and total capacity of 9.6 TB(a) in a compact, 2U rackmount enclosure. Users may purchase and install a second 12-cartridge magazine for $350 (estimated U.S. street price) bringing total cartridge capacity to 24 cartridges and total data storage capacity to 19.2 TB(a). The Magnum 448 eliminates the need for and associated costs of a Fibre Channel interface to the automation controller by using a feature built into the LTO tape drives called Automation/Drive Interface (ADI).
"Our LTO libraries have proven that the small to midsized business market and departments within larger environments are best served with high-performance automation. By providing Fibre Channel at an SMB-affordable price, with an easy out-of-the-box experience, Exabyte helps protect the customer's storage investment with true enterprise-class reliability and performance," said Exabyte president Tom Ward.
The Exabyte Magnum 224 delivers a complete list of important features as well as user-friendly installation and configuration. Each library comes standard with a barcode scanner, Ethernet-based remote management, a single Import/Export media drawer, and a rack mount kit. Other library vendors may charge hundreds or thousands of dollars extra for these key library components.
Pricing and Availability
The Magnum 224 Fibre Channel LTO Tape Library with one LTO-3 FC drive and one 12-cartridge magazine is available now from Exabyte resellers for $7850, and additional 12-cartridge magazines are available for $350 (estimated U.S. street prices).
The Magnum 224 is protected by a standard 1-year warranty that includes 5x9 next business day on site service (OSS). An optional 2-year warranty with OSS service extension is available for less than $450 (estimated U.S. street price).
About Exabyte Corporation
Exabyte Corporation is the leading innovator and provider of tape storage products. For more than 20 years, the company has raised industry standards in engineering quality for tape drives and tape automation. Exabyte's groundbreaking VXA Packet technology is the capacity, speed, reliability, and value leader in small-to-midsize business tape storage and tape automation solutions. With patented and award-winning VXA Packet Technology and ExaBotics, Exabyte's VXA(TM) and LTO products are ideally suited for SMB and departmental servers, workstations, LANs, and SANs. Exabyte has a worldwide network of OEM, distributor and reseller partners that share the company's commitment to innovation and customer service, including IBM, Apple, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Fujitsu Ltd., Imation, Tech Data, and Ingram Micro. The company is also a founding member of the VXA Alliance, an industry group focused on providing information and education to the marketplace on the benefits of the VXA Packet tape format. For more information, call 1-800-EXABYTE or visit www.exabyte.com.
(a) Data capacities and transfer rates assume a compression ratio of 2:1. Actual compression varies depending on the nature of the data and the drive and media quality.
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