STORAGE
Spectra Logic T-Finity Named Product of the Year at 2010 Storage Visions Conference
World’s Highest-Capacity and Highest-Density Storage System Stores Digital Archive Data in a Single System, with High Availability Features and Power Efficient Design
Spectra Logic's T-Finity enterprise tape library was named Product of the Year in the Professional Media and Entertainment Storage category at the ninth annual Storage Visions Conference. The T-Finity’s modern architecture was recognized for its unique ability to meet the demanding digital archiving requirements of the content-intensive media and entertainment industry.
Key competitive features that contributed to the Spectra T-Finity award recognition include:
1. Highest density: At 72 TB per square foot, the T-Finity is the world’s highest density tape library, optimizing use of expensive data center floor space. T-Finity is up to 70 percent higher density than competitive offerings.
2. Significant OpEx/CapEx Savings. The T-Finitysaves customers up to 30 percent on initial capital investments and 15 to 20 percent on annual recurring operational expenses.
3. Most Scalable: T-Finity scales up to 180PB in a single library, offering almost 200 percent more capacity in a single library than leading competitors.
4. High Availability: Delivers up to 99.99% availability through redundant dual robotics, redundant control and communication paths, and multiple redundant components that increase uptime and support high exchange rate workloads.
5. Most Power Efficient: The T-Finity tape library uses 50 percent or less power per unit of data stored than competitive offerings, minimizing power and cooling costs.
“Spectra Logic continues to deliver on its commitment to the media and entertainment market,” said Hossein ZiaShakeri, senior vice president of strategic alliances and business development at Spectra Logic. “The Spectra T-Finity digital tape archive is uniquely suited to media and entertainment environments due to its scalability, unmatched ease of use, and extensive proactive monitoring capabilities that ensure constant uptime.We are honored to receive the 2010 Storage Visions award.”
The 2010 Storage Visions Awards recognize companies that are advancing the state of the art storage technologies utilized in consumer electronics, the media and entertainment industries, and visionary products for the digital content value chain.