Transitioning Program From Alliance Storage Technologies

To assist customers in transitioning from unsupported IBM 3995 libraries, Alliance Storage Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) is offering an Upgrade Program.

This program makes it easy for customers to transition from legacy IBM 3995 units to new ASTI libraries. ASTI and IBM libraries use MO (Magneto-Optical) media, making it possible to move current media to new systems without the complications and risks of data migration.

The Upgrade Program addresses two main concerns – performance and cost. Archiving capacities can be increased in a range from 220GB up to 76TB. Additionally customers can trade in their legacy systems and receive a discount on a new ASTI library. This provides greater savings with investment protection allowing a customer to continue to maintain their critical information on the current media.

ASTI libraries lowe TCO. After data is permanently written on the media, it no longer requires a constant power source to maintain the data. 50-year UDO media life also reduces media maintenance and decreases the frequency of data migration. This potentially reduces operating costs up to 75% (power and cooling), lowering TCO throughout the life of the archive. This is in alignment with ASTI’s commitment to offer a lower energy footprint and make green technology part of the long term data archiving solution.

The company provides customers with a single point of contact for upgrading their vital storage assets; in addition they use ASTI’s Professional Archiving Solutions to provide secure storage of their information for many years. This announcement showcases the benefits of the scalable product line including DAS/NAS Plasmon storage libraries.