Sphere 3D’s Tandberg Data Subsidiary Introduces New RDX QuikStor SATA III, Providing Fast Backup for Hypervisor Virtualizat...
June 29 2016 - 8:50AM
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY), a containerization, virtualization
and data management solutions provider and parent company of
Overland Storage and Tandberg Data, today introduced RDX® QuikStor™
SATA1 III, a removable disk storage and archive system for a
seamless hypervisor integration experience with Microsoft Hyper-V
and VMware for backup, archive and data exchange2. With significant
performance improvements, the new RDX QuikStor delivers a 7x faster
speed improvement, when compared with previous generation SATA I
devices, and is designed for compatibility with all current and
future RDX media cartridges.
Hugo Bergmann, product manager of RDX storage and software
solutions at Tandberg Data, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sphere 3D
said, “The launch of this RDX QuikStor SATA III removable disk
drive is part of a program that sees our RDX platform undergo major
enhancements to exceed the needs of both physical and virtual
server deployments. In addition, the new offering meets the
compliance and regulatory requirements for backup and archive
storage for a broad range of industries while laying out the
foundation for the future of SMB and SME data protection. It also
enhances the level of security for customers as they transport
their business-critical data.”
Dimitri Schewtschenko, product manager at TAROX AG, and a
customer of Tandberg Data, shared, “We have been a fan of RDX
products since adopting our first SATA I drive in 2006. This
product provides the reliability and robustness that we require for
full system protection. The product just works. We are now excited
about the SATA III offering as it builds upon the already
impressive RDX capabilities and its design allows integration with
Hyper-V and VMware server deployments.”
The RDX QuikStor SATA III interface is a third-generation SATA
interface running at 6.0Gb/s and can support bandwidth throughputs
of 330MB/s with Solid State Drive (SSD) and 130MB/s with current
Hard Disk Drive (HDD) based media. Although SATA III specifications
provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I and SATA II
ports, the SATA III interface technology allows wider and better
RDX integration particularly for the backup and archiving of data
in professional IT, transportation and harsh environments (i.e.
extreme heat, cold, vibrations, dirt and dust) including single
server virtualization platforms. Moreover, this is the first RDX
hardware encryption aware device with a built-in component allowing
the encryption of RDX media to meet and exceed customers’
compliance requirements for backup, archive and data
transportation.
Collectively these RDX enhancements provide a high performance
and tightly integrated hypervisor user experience that is
particularly well suited for banking/finance, healthcare, defense
and video surveillance sectors that need to backup high-security
application data, and for users seeking to interface RDX to virtual
servers built on hypervisors such as Hyper-V and VMware.
Pricing and Availability
The Tandberg Data RDX QuikStor SATA III removable disk storage
and archive system is available effective immediately at a USD-list
price of $209 and a Euro list-price of €189. For more
information see
http://www.tandbergdata.com/us/index.cfm/products/removable-disk/rdx-quikstor/.
About RDX QuikStor
RDX QuikStor is a disk-based storage system with removable
cartridges that offers rugged, reliable, secure and convenient data
backup, and is ideal for global enterprises, SME and SMB markets.
The server-class device combines the benefits of tape and disk, is
hardware encryption aware, and also offers powerful deduplication
and data protection with AccuGuard™ software. Superior data
protection and retrieval is simple and painless with RDX QuikStor.
To date, the company has sold 850,000+ RDX drives with a total
capacity of approximately 1.4 exabytes.
About Sphere 3D
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY) delivers industry renowned data
management, and desktop and application virtualization solutions
via hybrid Cloud, Cloud and on-premise implementations through its
global reseller network. Sphere 3D, along with its
wholly-owned subsidiaries Overland Storage and Tandberg Data, has a
strong portfolio of brands including Glassware 2.0™, SnapCLOUD™,
SnapScale®, SnapServer®, SnapSync ™, V3, RDX®, and NEO®. For
more information, visit www.sphere3d.com. Follow us on Twitter
@Sphere3D, @overlandstorage, and @tandbergdata.
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1 Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or
SATA) is a standard computer interface for connecting hard drives
into computer systems.
2 For an effective hypervisor experience, customers need
100MBs/s or more performance. SATA III, with 300MBs/s, more
than addresses this requirement.
Media Contacts:
Eileen Elam
408-283-4734
media.relations@sphere3d.com
Nick Foot
BWW Communications
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Nick.foot@bwwcomms.com
Investor Contact:
Blueshirt Group
Michael Bishop
415-217-4968
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