CRN Magazine
Enterprise organizations typically use expensive auto-loading tape libraries, which do most of the housekeeping automatically, but smaller companies generally rely on single-drive backup systems that require the manual loading and removing of tapes. This is what makes Exabyte�s new VXA-172 Packet Drive so ideal for SMB use. Read review...
Byte and Switch
Extabyte's newest VXA format tape drive, the VXA-320 PacketLoader 1x10 1U, joins the company's impressive array of tape drives for small and midsize businesses. Read review...
CRN Magazine
CRN bestows an "8 out of 10 stars: Recommended" rating to the VXA-320 PacketLoader 1x10 1U. Read review...
Network Computing - Upgraded Storage for SMBs
"In all of my tests, the VXA-320 PacketLoader restores were rapid and accurate." Read full review...
IT Week Magazine - Editor's Choice Award
"We're glad to report that we received 100% accuracy in all cases, this is a terrific unit, and wins our Editor's Choice Award!" - The Exabyte VXA-2 Packetloader 1X10. Read review...
CRN - 2004 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARDS
The Exabyte VXA-2 Packetloader 1X10 is featured as one of the "Best In Class - 12 Top Products Powered For The Channel". Read entire article...
Computer World - Enterprise SAN for Mac OS X Server, Part 2
"For the backup device, we chose an Exabyte 221L-Fibre Channel, an autoloading Linear Tape Open 2 tape library." Read entire article...
PC Magazine - Independent Review of VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U
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Government Computer News - Storage Products: Exabyte Leaps Forward with Autoloader Backup
"VXA-2 opens the door for an enormous number of small to midsize government agencies and agency branches to graduate up to automated backup for the first time..." Read full review...
PC World - Exabyte's New Tape Drive Acts Fast
"Exabyte's VXA-2 offers plenty of speed with a 6-megabytes-per-second native transfer rate (the equivalent of 4.3X DVD) and a capacity of up to 160GB per tape." Read entire article...
Network Computing - Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1X10 1U,
Terabytes To Chew On
"If you're looking for a better way to back up your company's critical data, consider the VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U from Exabyte Corp. The rackmountable 10-tape library offers reliable, unattended off-site backup at a reasonable price." Read entire article...
Reference Guide Testing Laboratories - VXA-2 Comes Up Superior in Head-to-Head Analysis
"In our opinion, the VXA-2 Packet Drive from Exabyte Corp. is the superior overall value. Equal in capacity to the Quantum DLT VS160 drive but with a significantly lower acquisition cost, the VXA-2 stands alone for its singular - and remarkable - ability to restore files from tapes exposed to tortuous environmental conditions." Read entire article...
CRN Test Center - Review: Exabyte's New Autoloader Eases SMB Backup
"...Exabyte introduced the VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10, a 1U rack-mount tape autoloader. The unit offers 1.6 Tbytes of compressed data storage with a 10-tape capacity. What's more, Exabyte uses packet-based storage technology, which improves reliability and speed." Read entire article...
VXA - Reliable Tape Backup for the SMB Market
"When Exabyte designed its newest drive, the VXA-2 Packet Drive, to deliver on the promise of performance and capacity at a cost of about $1000, it went the extra mile to make the drive and cartridge significantly more reliable than conventional drives in its class, providing a level of dependability not perviously available to the SMB market." Read entire article...
Data Storage Institute VXA-2 Packet Drive Review
"The [report] findings reveal that the Exabyte VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive outperforms a DDS-4 tape drive in terms of data transfer rate and capacity across the board in all testing conditions. The report validates that the VXA-2 Packet Drive delivers at least twice the data rate and four times the storage capacity of DDS-4." Read entire review...
Reference Guide VXA-2 Packet Drive Review
"Forward-looking VXA-2 tape format outclasses commonly used DDS-4 technology on every front. Exabyte's VXA-2 drive offers bigger capacity, twice the speed, data packetization for reliability, variable-speed operation, and endorsements by major systems makers. VXA is a format with a future." Read entire review...
Customized Versions of BRU to Ship with Exabyte Tape Libraries
"TOLIS Group, Inc. and Exabyte Corporation have entered into an OEM Agreement wherein TOLIS Group will supply Exabyte with a customized version of its BRU for Mac OS X backup software for bundling with its line of tape library products. The bundled back and restore solution will reduce configuration errors and effectively make Exabyte's tape libraries "plug and play" for Mac users."
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