Spehere 3D's New RDX QuikStation, Accuguard Software Release and 3TB RDX Media Cartridges Now Available
Tandberg Data is now shipping a new version of its
RDX QuikStation. Now offering a new 4-bay version, upgrades to its AccuGuard software, and is equipping its RDX family of products with
3 terabytes (TB) of capacity. The software upgrades and increase in data transfer speeds can lead to up to 30% shorter backup times and a 50% smaller footprint for the data center/end user compared to the previous version.
RDX QuikStation is designed as a Purpose Built Backup Appliance to provide automated data protection, offsite disaster recovery and archiving for the high data growth environments. It is built on Sphere 3D’s award-winning and patented RDX removable disk technology which recently achieved a new milestone, shipping over 1 Exabyte of storage capacity on more than 750,000 RDX systems, demonstrating its global reach.
Expanding online data backup capacity without proportionately increasing the
backup window or growing a datacenter footprint remains one of the top
challenges for most IT administrators today.
Other Purpose Built Backup Appliances cannot deliver the same levels of integration and versatility as RDX QuikStation with AccuGuard backup software with deduplication, which automates disk-to-disk back up, reduces the storage and data center footprint, and drastically reduces the backup window. With removable storage for off-site or off-the-rack retention capability, IT administrators can now have practically unlimited backup capacity without increasing DC infrastructure costs.
The new four drive-bay version of RDX QuikStation offers iSCSI connectivity
for easy integration into existing physical and virtual infrastructures, and a
smaller 1U 19-inch rack mount form factor compared to the already existing 8-bay
version which requires a 2U space. The new RDX QuikStation overcomes single disk drive capacity limitations by spanning the data across all four drives. When a single RDX media volume is extended, it will continue to maintain all of the RDX benefits of removability and protection of customer data. For maximum performance and resiliency, the new RDX QuikStation provides two bonded Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports with load balancing and failover capabilities. Combined with high-capacity RDX removable media, the RDX QuikStation provides online storage with unlimited offline storage capacity. An onboard multi-language, web-based management console makes it easy for customers to remotely configure, control and securely manage the QuikStation from a standard web browser. Automatic software updates and maintenance are also performed through an Internet connection.
Capacity expansion with 3TB per disk drive cartridges and deduplication
with AccuGuard
Sphere 3D’s new
3TB capacity RDX disk storage cartridges increase online backup capacity by up to 50% for the company’s new and existing RDX QuikStation and QuikStor appliance customers, as well as existing customers with previous generation RDX QuikStor, RDX QuikStation, and Imation RDX Storage systems.
The AccuGuard data protection software, available with the RDX QuikStation, offers reliable automated backup and recovery. Its powerful data deduplication reduces effective data capacity by up to 20 times. AccuGuard optimizes the data at the source, resulting in drastically improved backup windows and network bandwidth. AccuGuard now offers support for SQL 2014 as well as the Windows 10 operating system.