Guardian 4400 1U NAS server for workgroups

Quantum Corporation has introduced the Guardian 4400 network attached storage

(NAS) server, the latest addition to its Guardian NAS family of products.

Guardian 4400 features maximum RAID 5 transfer rates of 160 megabits/second,

swappable drives, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and two capacity points, 480GB and

640GB, in a high-density 1U (rack unit) design.

Quantum also introduced Version 2.1 of the Guardian Operating System (OS).

This newly enhanced OS, features the addition of Backup Express for Guardian

software. Backup Express for Guardian, an embedded software application, allows

users to complete a variety of backups within the backup window while reducing

network traffic by backing up Guardian servers directly to a SCSI-attached tape

drive, or tape library (optional).

With Backup Express for Guardian, the backup process can be managed via

client-based graphical user interface ­ bypassing the traditional network-based

backup server. Customers seeking maximum scalability can interconnect up to five

Guardian servers via Gigabit Ethernet, and then backup all units to a single

tape drive or library.