Root6 Named Re-seller For Backup And Archive Solution From Quantum

Creative technology reseller root6 has been appointed by global storage specialist Quantum as an authorised reseller for the company’s range of SDLT data tape backup and archiving solutions introduced at IBC in September.
The new SDLT 600A is the first data tape system to be compatible with MXF, the industry-standard Material eXchange Format for interchanging media and metadata, and is purpose-designed for professional video.
“While there have been other solutions to the issue in the past, this represents a major breakthrough in terms of security and convenience,” said John Harris of root6. “Everybody loses media from time to time due to faulty disk drives or network failures and consequently is forced to re-digitise. This eliminates that problem and also makes it easy to free up space on existing storage for work in progress.”
With its built-in Gigabit Ethernet port, the SDLT 600A is a network attached device so it can be directly connected to any network and accessed by every edit workstation, networked server, graphics device, or other computer-based video equipment on the network.
Because it uses Super DLTtape II, the SDLT 600A delivers a 30 year tape archive life to protect professional video, audio and data assets better than any video tape backup.
Each cartridge holds 300GB of information and allows faster-than-real-time transfer rates of up to 288 Mb/sec.
Because each Super DLTtape II contains key MXF metadata in a tape-based file directory, media is transportable and exchangeable for seamless application independence.
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