Imation Will Make Cartridges for Sun StorageTek T9840D Tape Drives

Imation Corp.
announced its
support for Suns’ next-generation Sun StorageTek T9840D drives, which
started shipping this week. Chosen by Sun for its reliability, media
durability and tape legacy, Imation is the global provider of Sun StorageTek
media for this new drive technology, providing up to 75GB of storage capacity
with proven media technology and enhanced performance.

"Customers can protect their media investment and virtually double storage
capacity as compared with the Sun StorageTek T9840C tape drive resulting in
both economical benefits–lowering total cost of ownership, and ecological
benefits–showing a reliable use of legacy media," said Tom Maiorano, Senior
Director WW Storage Media Business, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The integration
of Sun’s latest world-leading fast-access enterprise tape drive design and
Imation’s long-standing media expertise delivers optimized throughput and
media re-use with additional storage capacity."

"By supporting Sun Microsystems’ next-generation tape drive platform,
Imation continues to demonstrate its commitment to deliver the advanced tape
storage solutions that enterprise customers demand," said Subodh Kulkarni,
vice president, Global Commercial Business, R&D and Manufacturing, Imation.
"We are pleased to continue to work with Sun to help data center customers
maximize and protect investments in their automated tape library
environments."

The Sun StorageTek 9840 half-inch tape cartridge draws on Imation’s more
than 50-year history of technology development and manufacturing excellence,
including:

• Revolutionary Internal Tape Path Design, improving data integrity and access time by managing the tape movements completely within the cartridge. The tape rides on a cushion of air that virtually eliminates friction between the tape and guides, enabling the fastest search speeds of any tape storage system.
• Mid-point dual-hub Design with the ability to start searches from the middle of the tape, not the end, saving time by delivering faster access to data.
• Advanced, Factory-Written Servo Pattern, enabling precise read-write performance for exceptional reliability. Imation developed the world’s first servo-written cartridge and continues to lead the industry in servo-writing development.

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