Quantum Sold 1,000 DXi6701/02 D2D Appliances

Quantum
Corp.
has sold more than 1,000 DXi6701/02
disk
backup
and
deduplication
appliances,
driven by broad adoption in the first year of shipping.

The DXi6701/02 is
the most successful branded systems product launch in Quantum’s
history, and since then customers across the globe have deployed it
to meet their data protection needs.

It was developed on
the premise that customers shouldn’t have to make trade-offs in terms
of features, performance and price when choosing a de-dupe solution.
It’s up to twice as fast as competitors in its class. With all
software licenses included in the base price, scalability across
midrange and enterprise environments and it also continues to offer
the best TCO. It has been adopted as a solution for mid-sized
companies as well as in a scale-out approach for some of the world’s
largest enterprises.

Since its
introduction, the DXi6701/02 has been recognized by customers,
industry analysts, trade organizations and publications for the
benefits it delivers.

Honors
include:

• Disk-Based Product
  of the Year – Enterprise at the 2012 Storage Awards: The Storries
  IX.

• Storage Product of
  the Year at the 2012 Network Computing Awards in London.

• Product of the Year
  finalist in the Backup Hardware category of the Storage
  magazine/SearchStorage.com 2011 Product of the Year Awards.

Tested by The
Evaluator Group, they confirmed that the DXi6700 family provides a
price-performance advantage over all competitors in the mid-range –
surpassing the closest systems in speed at nearly half the published
price – and that it leads in the areas of ease of use, scalability,
and management. The firm noted "The
DXi6701 and DXi6702 systems were found to easily surpass Quantum’s
performance specifications during evaluation. The DXi6700 delivered
industry-leading performance in this market segment under real-world
scenarios."

In addition, the
DXi6700 family was included in a study conducted by industry analyst
firm IDC on ROI provided by Quantum’s entire DXi-Series portfolio,
spanning entry-level to enterprise. The study quantified the savings
in storage media costs, increases in staff productivity, reduced
downtime, and average payback that DXi-Series solutions deliver. For
example, DXi customers saw the systems pay for themselves in seven
months, and over three years saw an average return of $4.75 for every
$1 invested.

William Ormond, enterprise system engineer, Information Technology, ACDI/VOCA, said: "We
chose the DXi6702 as our deduplication solution for more efficient and
effective data protection and were soon seeing dedupe ratios as high as
37 to 1. With its significant price-performance advantage and easy
integration with our backup software, the DXi6702 enabled us to maximize
our data protection within our budget."

David Weston, IT Infrastructure manager, Oxford University Press, said: "We
were looking for an innovative data protection solution, tailored to
our specific needs and being able to deal with a constantly changing
environment – DXi6700 has met our requirements best. The great thing
about DXi6700 is that it integrates seamlessly into our broad data
protection environment, using deduplication to solve our backup
challenges. Moreover, we are impressed by the high deduplication rate
that DXi6700 is delivering; the cost per terabyte is significantly lower
than any competitor’s product."

Robert Clark, SVP, Data Protection, Quantum, said: "Customers have
responded well to the idea that there’s no need to compromise when it
comes to protecting their data, and they place a high value on the
ability to manage tomorrow’s data growth with today’s budget, so the
market success of the DXi6701/02 shouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s
perfectly suited to today’s economic and data volume realities, with a
scalable approach that protects a customer’s investment long into the
future."