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Quantum ships Guardian server

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Nisha Kurian

CHENNAI: Quantum Corporation, a company dealing in the design and service of

automated tape libraries as well as in the workgroup network attached storage

(NAS) market, is introducing Guardian 14000 NAS server (12 drives) with 1.4 TB

capacity. Quantum, which already has a market share of 70 per cent in the NAS

entry/workgroup level, intends to migrate into the mid-range level with the

launch of Guardian server priced under $ 25,000.






"The product has been named Guardian, since it protects your
investment," says Quantum country manager, (India) Sunny John. "With

Guardian we want to enter the high end level and touch the major players like

NetApps, EMC, IBM, Compaq. We would be able to give very good competition and

steal the market from them with our competitive prices and added features,"

added John. Compatible with Windows, UNIX, Linux and Macintosh environment, the

Guardian 14000 deploys quick and easy installment with no network or application

downtime. To maximize system and data availability, the Guardian 14000 server

employs RAID 5, redundant, hot-swappable hardware components and dual Gigabit

Ethernet ports. Data protection is addressed through a number of features,

including Snapshot technology, support for backup agents and the inclusion of

PowerQuest DataKeeper software for easy, automatic backup of Windows desktops

and laptops. Quantum which has the policy of providing three years warranty on

its products will be giving one year warranty in India for its products.






Recently Quantum Corporation underwent a major reshuffle where it formed a new
group called Storage Solution Group by merging Quantum ATL and the Snap

division. Initially the company had three wings - Quantum DLT, Quantum ATL and

Snap.






Apex Computers Pvt. Ltd. is the national distributor for Quantum. Apex has two
groups of channel partners - National (HCL, CMC, Tata Infotech, CMS, Tata Elxi

and Accel ICIM) and Regional Partners (Lantech Pvt. Ltd., Unique Computers,

Skylark Information Technology Ltd., Algorithm Technology Park Pvt. Ltd.,

Motherland Computers and National Electronics).





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