SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced the results of industry analyst firm
Enterprise Strategy Group's (ESG) evaluation of Quantum's DXi6900
deduplication and backup appliance and related data protection
offerings. ESG Lab's testing confirmed the DXi6900 provides
enterprise-class performance while reducing complexity with
capacity-on-demand scalability. Further underscoring these
strengths, the DXi6900 recently won the Silver medal in the
Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2014 Products of the Year
Backup Hardware category.
ESG Lab Validation Highlights
ESG Lab performed evaluation and testing of the Quantum DXi6900
in the areas of performance, data reduction, scalability and
flexibility, as well as how it fits into the Quantum ecosystem. Key
findings included:
- Sustained Performance: ESG Lab validated that Quantum's
DXi6902 was able to sustain 16.3TB per hour of multithreaded
enterprise backup throughput. A single Quantum DXi6902 disk backup
system could be used to protect more than 130TB of data in an
eight-hour shift using less than 20TB of disk space and restore
individual files in a matter of seconds.
- Benefits of Variable-Length over Fixed-Length Dedupe:
Quantum DXi® variable-length deduplication provided 85
percent data reduction for both structured and unstructured data,
using full and incremental backup schedules, compared to just 50
percent reduction for the fixed-length deduplication method tested.
The greater data reduction results in easier integration into an
organization's existing backup environment and substantial disk
capacity and network bandwidth savings in large environments.
- StorNext Advantage: ESG Lab found that the
StorNext® file system's intelligent metadata management,
storage optimized for balanced performance, data integrity checking
and Dynamic Disk Pools technology work together to improve
availability and performance.
- Simple Scalability: With "pay-as-you-grow" scalability,
capacity can be added with a simple license key, reducing the
complexity of capacity and performance planning.
- Insightful Management: Quantum Vision™ reporting
software effectively provides insight into the status and health of
the DXi6900, enabling users to manage remote sites and multiple
technologies more easily though the entire data lifecycle.
- Cloud-ready: The DXi6900 works seamlessly with Quantum
Q-Cloud™ Protect to provide a cloud-based data protection and DR
service using encrypted, deduplicated replication to optimize
off-site protection and recovery.
Supporting Quotes
Tony
Palmer, Senior Lab Analyst, Enterprise Strategy
Group
"Quantum continues to excel at providing flexible,
robust, high-performance data protection. With the DXi6900, Quantum
enables customers to retain more data for fast and reliable
restores and longer retention periods while minimizing impact on
backups, and its tiered storage approach ensures data resides on
storage matched to its business value. Comprehensive infrastructure
management and analytics provided by Quantum tie the global
environment together into a single, manageable entity."
Robert Clark, Senior Vice
President, Product Operations, Quantum
"The validation and
accolades offered by ESG Lab and the editorial staff at
Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com add to the growing
body of industry praise for the DXi6900. Data center workloads
increasingly demand the ability to protect data across sites and in
the cloud, and the DXi6900 is proving to be a superior choice for
customers to address that need."
Additional Resources
- Read the complete ESG report "Quantum DXi6900 Deduplication
Appliance, Powered by StorNext 5": www.quantum.com/dxi6900esg
- Read about the DXi6900 in Storage
magazine/SearchStorage.com 2014 Products of the Year Backup
Hardware category:
http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/feature/Quantum-Corp-DXi6900-Deduplication-Appliance
- Learn more about DXi6900: www.quantum.com/dxi6900
- See how BlackBridge Networks built its cloud backup and DR
service on DXi:
www.quantum.com/customerstories/blackbridge/index.aspx
- Learn how Santa Barbara City
College protects its virtual environment with DXi:
www.quantum.com/customerstories/sbcc/index.aspx
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out
storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for
capturing, sharing and preserving digital assets over the entire
data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more
than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most
demanding data workflow challenges. With Quantum, customers can Be
Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage foundation to maximize
the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and
wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost
and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, Be Certain, DXi, Q-Cloud, Quantum
Vision and StorNext are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
"Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains
"forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements
of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. Specifically, but without limitation,
statements relating to 1) benefits and value to customers from
using Quantum's offerings and solutions, including DXi6900 and
StorNext solutions, Quantum Vision software and Quantum Q-Cloud
Protect and 2) customer demand for and Quantum's future revenue
from such offerings and solutions, are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. All forward-looking
statements in this press release are based on information available
to Quantum on the date hereof. These statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
Quantum's actual results to differ materially from those implied by
the forward-looking statements. More detailed information about
these 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
"Risk Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2015 and in Quantum's Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 6, 2014. Quantum expressly
disclaims any obligation to update or alter its forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Public Relations Contact:
Bob
Wientzen
Quantum Corp.
(720) 201-8125
bob.wientzen@quantum.com
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