Spectra Logic Extends MLM Capabilities Outside the Library

Spectra Logic Extends Media Lifecycle Management Capabilities Outside the Library

Boulder, CO, February 3, 2009 -- Spectra Logic has extended its Media Lifecycle Management (MLM) technology outside the library with a new MLM Reader, which is now shipping. The MLM Reader is a portable device that allows customers to check tape health on any computer through USB, without loading the tape into a library, and is designed to proactively identify faulty tape media before it is required for a data restore. Spectra’s MLM Reader gives users fast access to tape media health scores as well as specific information on individual cartridges to facilitate proactive identification of media that pose a threat.

Because a cartridge’s media quality can’t be determined visually, MLM accesses the media’s health statistics which are stored in each individual tape cartridge. MLM comprehensively analyzes each tape’s health, and indicates when to proactively migrate data from an at-risk cartridge onto new media and avoid data loss. The new MLM Reader now extends this same ability outside of the library allowing users to conveniently view MLM’s tape health information.

"Spectra’s MLM technology provides advanced media tracking and reporting for the life of a tape to proactively identify and avoid potential media failures, and therefore help eliminate data loss," said Matt Starr, CTO of Spectra Logic. "The new MLM Reader extends these benefits outside the library and will particularly interest large enterprises and supercomputing users that export large numbers of tapes from their libraries for offsite storage."

Media Health: What MLM Tracks
The MLM software is a feature of Spectra’s built-in BlueScale™ management interface that is included with Spectra’s entire T-series product line. MLM tracks over 30 non-volatile statistics about data tapes, such as export details, remaining capacity; encryption information; number of reads and writes; date of last access; born-on date; and cleaning log.

Pricing and Availability
Spectra’s new MLM Reader is now available with pricing starting at $2,500, and is designed specifically to operate with Spectra Logic’s Certified Media. MLM and the BlueScale library management software are compatible with all major backup applications, including: BakBone, CA, CommVault, EMC, IBM Tivoli, Symantec and Syncsort.

About Spectra Logic Corporation
Spectra Logic custom-builds innovative backup and archive solutions for secondary storage, to protect data after it migrates from primary disk. More than 20,000 companies worldwide have implemented Spectra Logic solutions to address tiered storage needs. With Spectra Logic solutions, no single technology is advocated at any customer site. Instead, Spectra architects a customized blend of software and hardware to create the right solution to meet each customer’s needs. Spectra Logic solutions provide features that are built in, not bolted on, so customers can easily add capacity, encryption, deduplication, energy monitoring, media health reporting, and much more—in the field, when needs change. Spectra Logic is available 24x7 to provide the best in support, worldwide. Spectra Logic’s corporate headquarters and US-based manufacturing has been located in Boulder, Colorado since the company’s founding in 1979.

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