Breece Hill announced two new entries in the market for backup technologies for small-l and medium-size businesses that are poised to take advantage of the need for high-capacity, low-maintenance data storage.

The Linear Tape Open (LTO) Ultrium tape format serves as the basis of the new Q16 autoloader and Q40 library from Breece Hill. The entry-level Q16 provides a single drive with two eight cartridge magazines to deliver up to 12.8TB capacity in a compact, 2U device for unattended, 'hands-free' backup operations appropriate for small businesses. Midsized environments will benefit from the Q40's space-efficient 4U rackmountable design with a 40-cartridge capacity of up to 32 terabytes. To provide for future growth, the innovative Q40 design allows users to start with a single tape drive and 24 slots and add a second drive and 24 slots when capacity and performance requirements increase along with data loads.

The Q16 and Q40 have been thoroughly tested and are certified to work with industry-leading servers, operating systems, and backup software. Both products are available standard with a SCSI LVD interface, barcode reader and network-based management capabilities. Tape cartridges are stored in removable magazines for bulk loading of media and provide a convenient storage unit for transporting media offsite. Each magazine may be removed separately or all at once by the LCD panel on the front, eliminating the need to take the unit offline to insert or eject cartridges.

The Q16 and Q40 provide expansion capability for Breece Hill's backup/recovery, compliance and archiving appliances, extending tape storage capacity of its data protection solutions. Designed for 100 percent field serviceability, the products are backed by a one year return to factory warranty.

For more information, see www.breecehill.com . ENS