Quantum Achieves 20,000th Shipment Of Scalar i500

Quantum, a player in the backup, recovery and archive space, has shipped 20,000 Scalar i500 Series tape libraries. The achievement underscores the continued value of automated tape technologies as a critical and cost-effective element of customers’ data protection, long-term retention and disaster recovery strategies.

The Scalar i500 combines a highly scalable design and Quantum’s integrated iLayer management features that together deliver flexibility and manageability in heterogeneous, data-intensive environments at both the midrange and enterprise level. These powerful iLayer features include tools that provide IT managers with detailed reports on tape media integrity and reliability as well as enable customers to optimise the Scalar i500 workload across tape drives by providing historical and trending analysis.

The Scalar i500 is designed to meet a diverse range of backup needs, offering users the flexibility to match the size of the system with their environment, and also reduce the time spent managing their tape resources. This flexibility also allows the Scalar i500 to complement disk-based backup systems including Quantum’s DXi portfolio of data de-duplication and replication solutions. In addition, the Scalar i500 can be centrally administered, along with all Quantum disk and tape systems, through the Quantum Vision global management and reporting software.