Quantum introduces DXi7500

Bangalore

July 5th, 2007

Quantum Corp. announced the DXi7500 enterprise disk backup and replication
system, designed for linking backup, restore and disaster recovery protection
across the distributed enterprise. With the addition of the DXi7500, Quantum's
DXi-Series becomes the first disk-based backup family to extend the benefits of
data de-duplication, remote replication and disk-to-tape creation across a
product line that covers distributed sites, midrange environments, and primary
data centers.

It comes with a scalable capacity of up to 240 TB, performance of up to 8
TB/hour, a high-availability architecture, and a unique policy-based data
de-duplication approach.

The de-duplication technology in Quantum's DXi-Series portfolio is designed
to allow users to retain 10 to 50 times more backup data on fast recovery disk
and use existing WANs to replicate backup between sites, reducing or even
eliminating the administration challenge of removable media at remote sites.

"The value propositions of data de-duplication are abundantly clear, and
the technology is fast becoming a requisite for customers investing in
disk-based backup solutions," said Arun Taneja, founder and consulting
analyst for Taneja Group.

The DXi7500 offers either in-line or post-process functionality based on the
requirements of each backup job, meaning customers no longer must choose between
performance and capacity allotment when deciding on a disk-based de-duplication
solution. Additionally, the hardware-based data compression technology for open
systems disk-based backup, in the DXi7500, results in better efficiencies across
data reduction and system performance.

"Quantum's DXi7500 signifies the first time that the benefits of data
de-duplication are fully leveraged across the distributed enterprise," said
Bill Britts, executive VP of Sales, Marketing and Service for Quantum.

The DXi7500 is designed to be easy to deploy and operate. The system can be
presented to the backup software as a NAS mount point (CIFS/NFS), as a VTL with
either Fibre Channel or iSCSI connectivity, or across all presentations
simultaneously. The DXi-Series is fully compatible with all leading backup
applications and does not require that users change their existing backup
methodology or infrastructure. The DXi7500 also increases customer flexibility
by allowing some features, such as data de-duplication, replication and
integrated tape creation to be licensable options.

As part of a comprehensive solutions set from Quantum, the DXi7500 is
supported by a suite of global service offerings. Included as standard are
Quantum StorageCare onsite warranty and StorageCare Guardian, Quantum's
proactive remote support solution. Warranty extensions and upgrades, as well as
a full portfolio of product integration services, are optional. Quantum plans to
ship the DXi7500 in fall 2007.