Maureen Slavin, Senior Manager, Storage Product Enablement, Oracle, discusses the StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library in an OPN PartnerCast video. The growth and diversity of data is chiefly responsible for the need driving this product, according to Slavin. The SL 150 has great appeal for the entry level and mid-level markets, she says. Expansion by the customer of up to 450 Terabytes (TB) in 21U rackspace accounts for much of this appeal, she asserts. Oracle Fusion Middleware makes management of all this storage extremely easy to use and very cost effective. Suport for the SL150 is very partner friendly, further adding to the product's appeal.
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The Oracle white paper "StorageTek SL 150 Modular Tape Library: Simpler and Smarter than Quantum" describes the SL 150 as the only system in its class that can easily and seamlessly scale without replacement from entry- to midrange from 30 slots and 45 Terabytes (TB) to 300 slots and 450 TB of data storage for more capacity in a smaller footprint than comparable Quantum products. SL 150 users can deploy and expand as need arises with up to 75% lower acquisition costs than competitor Quantum's Scalar i40, i80, and i500 tape libraries. Access to the white paper requires registration and log in.
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V3 Technology Awards 2012 named Oracle's StorageTek SL150 modular tape library as Best Business Intelligence Vendor and winning Best Business Storage, Cinzia Mascanzoni reports. The competition numbered over 300 entries from more than 100 companies. In a linked article by V3 writer Madeline Bennett, Sean Walsh, sales manager for Oracle tape storage, related Oracle's intention to appeal to the SMB market with the SL150. Walsh also cited the Hybrid Columnar Compression capability built in to ZFS NAS and Pillar Axiom SAN storage that can reduce the amount of data stored by up to 50 times.
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