Quantum Corp. announced the availability of its LTO-4 Half-Height (HH) tape drive. Well suited for midrange and enterprise customers concerned about disaster recovery and companies seeking affordable backup for their remote offices, the drive offers the same performance, security and reliability as full-height LTO-4 tape drives. In addition, the LTO-4 HH drive provides up to 800 GB native capacity and transfer rates up to 432 GB/hr - doubling the capacity and increasing the performance by 50 percent over the previous generation LTO drive - in a space-saving, half-height form factor.

As data continues to grow, IT managers are faced with the challenge of adding storage systems to accommodate this growth while managing the power and cooling demands of these systems for cost and regulatory reasons. To help customers address this challenge Quantum's LTO-4 HH includes a feature called Green Mode, which reduces power consumption by shutting off power to components inside the drive when it's idle or on standby (not reading or writing data). In addition, even when the drive is actively operating, the power used by Quantum's LTO-4 HH is less than many competitors' LTO-3 and LTO-4 full-height and half-height tape drives. Finally, by incorporating Quantum's exclusive FastSense^TM variable speed feature, the company's LTO-4 HH drive maximizes the native transfer rate, completing backups faster but using less power than other LTO-4 drives on the market. It is designed to be simple to install and integrate into the data center using the latest industry standard interface - Serial Attached SCSI. It also allows customers the opportunity to leverage their previous media investments with backward read-and-write compatibility to LTO-3 media and backward read compatibility to LTO-2 media.

Quantum's LTO-4 HH drive is currently available through the company's resellers in internal, tabletop and 1U rackmount configurations and includes Symantec Backup Exec^TM QuickStart software at no additional cost. The LTO-4 HH standalone drive complements a variety of Quantum's LTO-4 automation solutions already shipping. Pricing for the LTO-4 HH drive begins at $3,849 MSRP.

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