-This is a tape-library emulation in disk format," said Simon Harvey, managing director of Quantum Storage Solutions. -It takes advantage of disks and also takes advantage of procedures which assume a tape system at the back-end."
The AU$90,000 DX30 Backup System can hold up to three terabytes of data, with a transfer rate up to 40 Mb per second. The sequential backup of data makes the extremely dense form of the disk possible. Only part of the disk is used at any one time, which reduces heat build up.
-It's only conceptual for us at this stage, but the concept looks very good," David Solsky director enterprise storage Secure Data Group told ZDNet Australia. -It'll certainly have its place in those organisations looking for faster storage of data and a cheaper second backup disk."
Solsky believes there will need to be a strong push to educate the market if the DX30 is likely to succeed, since superficially the device adds another layer of data storage. -That layer brings a level of functionality in terms of faster restore," he said.
-It will benefit customers who by the nature of their applications find themselves having to do frequent restores, maybe in the developer environment, and banks and services who need to do frequent restores and be able to restore quickly," said Solsky. -The companies that don't do a whole lot of restore, who use backups to get data onto tape and to an offsite facility won't need this."
Quantum expects a significant increase in the need for data storage due to government regulations of record keeping and the increasing occurrence of multimedia data, such as digital security cameras. -There's a casino in Korea with 1,000 cameras. We're talking multiple multiple terabytes of data," said Harvey.
