August 2008 | Quantum Storage Solution's Newsletter
 
 

Extending the Power of Data De-Duplication

Quantum Vision Sets Sights on Single Point of Management

Quantum is pleased to announce significant enhancements to its Quantum Vision management and monitoring software. Vision saves customers time by giving users centralized global monitoring, reporting and alerting tools for all their Quantum disk and tape resources – all from a single console. The new reporting and graphing features provide customers with actionable information by allowing them to efficiently monitor and compare performance, capacity growth and changes, de-duplication and replication performance of a single and/or multiple Quantum DXi7500s. These new enhancements allow for cohesive administration of all short and long-term data protection assets – key architectural elements in any data center.

For more information and pricing please contact your Quantum Sales Representative or call 800 677-6268.

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Long Term Data Retention –
5 Key Considerations

Disk-based backup is a hot topic these days in most data centers. However, most IT professionals are looking at a more comprehensive approach to short and long-term archiving. While each company’s requirements vary, the need for a solid long-term plan for archived data should be considered as a key component of the backup solution for any data center. It is imperative to consider business and regulatory requirements, TCO, environmental impact, security and ease of management while architecting the solution. Incorporating these topics into the plan will ensure a solid, long-term strategy for any type of data.
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Quantum Celebrates Shipment of 20,000th Scalar i500

Quantum is proud to announce the shipment of its 20,000th Scalar i500 tape Library. The i500 revolutionized tape-based backup technology by delivering enterprise class management, scalability and flexibility into midrange data centers. These key features, paired with its extreme reliability, have resonated with customers on a global basis, making it a powerful, time-tested solution. With new enhancements, such as advanced reporting and media integrity analysis, the Scalar i500 is poised to continue on its successful course.
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Mediaset scores a Winning Goal with Quantum StorNext

Mediaset, an Italian commercial television station, is delivering real time content with the help of Quantum StorNext, to create the atmosphere of a live event, such as a soccer game. With StorNext, multiple editors can quickly and simultaneously extract content from live ingest to create clips for real time play-out. The tiered storage environment, which also incorporates a Scalar i2000 intelligent tape library, allows Mediaset to cost-effectively manage vast quantities of multi-Petabyte content.
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