DLT-S4 tape drive unveiled

Quantam has introduced the DLT-S4, a tape drive designed to meet the demands of emerging tiered storage architectures. The new drive delivers 1.6TB of storage capacity per cartridge compressed or 800GB native, and costs six cents per gigabyte. The DLT-S4 features Quantum's DLTSageTM, a suite of intelligent data protection tools that includes DLTSage WORM (Write Once, Read Many) and DLTSage Tape Security. DLTSage WORM is designed to meet the regulatory compliance requirements for unalterable long-term data storage, using a standard tape cartridge. DLTSage Tape Security prevents unauthorized access to data on tape cartridges, and is designed to be particularly useful should tapes be lost or stolen. The DLT-S4 is available as both a standalone tape drive and for Quantum's PX720 enterprise tape library, with a standalone tape drive priced $5,000. Single DLTtape S4 cartridges cost $100 each. DLT-S4 is expected to be available in Quantum's PX500 Series midrange tape libraries and the SuperLoader 3 autoloader next quarter.

by MacNN Staff