SAN JOSE, CA, Oct. 21, 2009 (Marketwire) --

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/21/09 -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM), the leading global specialist in backup, recovery and archive, today announced a new family of NAS backup appliances that provides an unparalleled combination of simplicity and value for midrange users looking to deploy a data deduplication solution. The DXi6500 family offers a turnkey approach that delivers all the benefits of advanced data deduplication technology while maximizing return on investment, in part by bundling all licensed software features.

"Mid-sized companies have been holding back on implementing deduplication due to the perceived complexity of implementing it and concerns about cost," stated Lauren Whitehouse, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "Quantum's bundled approach with the DXi6500 family manages to minimize the risks of adoption while delivering deduplication with compelling value."

Simple to Deploy, Operate and Manage

Many midrange customers today struggle with an expanding set of complex or expensive backup challenges:

--  Performance and cost
--  Restore reliability
--  Remote office backup
--  Media management
--  Automated disaster recovery
--  Backup in virtualized environments
    

The DXi6500 family addresses these issues with five preconfigured appliance models designed to protect midrange environments with 3 to 30 TB of primary data. Each model offers a simple NAS interface, with built-in deduplication and a common replication format with the rest of Quantum's DXi(TM)-Series. All models are designed to be installable by the end user or reseller, and even larger models can scale easily by adding capacity on-site with no need for a service visit. In addition, the entire DXi6500 family will support integration with the leading backup software packages, including NetBackup via Symantec's OpenStorage API which provides a single point of management across sites and storage tiers, automating the process of catalog-aware backup replication and native tape creation. Every DXi6500 model also includes Quantum esXpress(TM) software, which offers optimized backup for VMware environments.

Priced for Value

The new DXi6500 family provides industry-leading value by bundling all licensed software features -- including deduplication, replication and Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage -- in the price of the appliance, which starts at $64,000 MSRP for the smallest model.