Imation develops 'Disk-As-Tape' media cartridge

Imation Corp has published details of its new Ulysses technology – claimed to be the first ‘disk-enhanced removable media cartridge’. The Ulysses solution was developed to ‘radically accelerate tape automation by integrating a hard disk drive (HDD) into a standard tape cartridge form factor for deployment in any tape library environment’.

The new technology addresses the needs of tape users looking for a disk- to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) solution to improve restore time without having to adopt a new system or invest in hardware or software modifications.

Imation says that a Ulysses-equipped library can restore files up to 10 times faster than a tape-only library.

Ulysses is a Serial ATA (SATA) 2.5-inch disk drive in an LTO Ultrium cartridge. Used with the Ulysses tape drive emulator, this disk-enhanced removable media accelerates backup and restore performance and resides within an existing tape library. The emulator fits in any standard tape drive bay and is recognised by the host, backup software and storage management software as a standard tape drive.

The Ulysses technology can be simply integrated into a legacy tape environment - delivering the performance of disk at almost the same cost as tape.

http://www.imation.com/ulysses

•Date: 4th October 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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