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Procom & StorageTek Complete Test Of Tape Drives & Libraries

Procom and StorageTek testing encompassed StorageTek L20, L40 and L80 tape libraries with Seagate SCSI LTO, or Quantum DLT 7000, and DLT 8000 tape drives.

"We strive to make our solutions as easy to integrate into a customer's overall data management plan as possible, and providing vendor compatible solutions is an important part of that," said Procom Technology Senior Product Manager Kevin Judd. "The combination of StorageTek tape libraries and NetFORCE products provide a data and storage management solution that ensures the safety of all data."

StorageTek tape libraries deliver asset protection and management to distributed NT, Novell, Linux and UNIX environments. Plug-and-play capabilities enable easy installation and management right out of the box. Continuous automatic calibration keeps the library operating at full performance. StorageTek's superior reliability provides for an average failure rate of one per two million swaps.

"StorageTek's relationship with Procom demonstrates our commitment to open connectivity and enables our customers a range of options for meeting their unique requirements," said Tim Steadman, StorageTek director, Corporate Alliances. "StorageTek is committed to providing customers with solid backup and restore solutions for NAS. In time, we plan to expand the Procom certification to include additional tape drive and library technologies."

NetFORCE Series

The NetFORCE product family addresses the full spectrum of enterprise storage requirements with scalable solutions ranging from 103 GB to 17 TB, at as little as 1.3 cents per MB. Every NetFORCE product features a powerful combination of optimized software, open architecture and best-of-breed components, making them highly cost-effective and simple to install.

Procom's NetFORCE innovations include the recently introduced NetFORCE 800, which delivers enterprise-like features at an entry-level price point. The NetFORCE 1750, which has an improved architecture, will allow for future expansion. The NetFORCE 3500 and 3600 deliver high performance, feature-rich capabilities specifically designed for data intensive applications. NetFORCE with DUET enables both file level and block-level data access in the same storage solution. ProMirror's near real-time Mirroring architecture ensures data from the source filer is continuously reflected onto the target filer, eliminating any single point of failure.

About StorageTek

StorageTek, a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in Louisville, Colo. delivers a broad range of storage solutions for digitized data. StorageTek solutions are easy to manage and allow universal access to data across servers, media types and storage networks. StorageTek is an innovator and global leader in virtual storage solutions for tape automation, disk storage systems and storage networking and is a voting member of the SNIA. Because of StorageTek, customers can manage and leverage their digital assets as their businesses grow and can maximize IT productivity to ensure enterprise-class business continuity. For more information, call 800-786-7835 or visit www.storagetek.com.

About Procom Technology

Procom Technology, is a leading developer and worldwide provider of network attached storage (NAS) solutions. Since 1987, Procom has been the value leader in data storage products and currently its NetFORCE series is unmatched in price performance. In the past two years, Procom has installed more than 1,500 NAS solutions worldwide. For more information about NetFORCE, please visit www.procom.com.