Quantum Corp. announced the new DXi6800 Series deduplication appliance, which combines performance, scalability and efficiency with unique 'pay-as-you-grow' extensibility to deliver better overall value than the competitor. The DXi6800's patented inline deduplication technology, high performance file system software, and intelligent metadata management deliver up to 16 TB/hour performance, four times that of the market leader.

Incorporating 3 TB self-encrypting disk drives, the DXi6800 also provides 13-156 TB of usable capacity in a single system -- three times more scalability than the market leader while requiring just half the power and data center floor space. At a base price that includes licenses for NAS, VTL, OST, deduplication, replication, path-to-tape and DXi Accent(TM) software for hybrid deduplication, the DXi6800 offers maximum flexibility and investment protection for midrange and enterprise backup environments. Racing further ahead of deduplication pack with critical advantages: best-in-class deduplication performance, ‘Pay-as-You-Grow' scalability, and smallest footprint per TB in the industry.

Delivering key capabilities for enterprise customers: cloud-ready deduplication, redefining enterprise data availability and comprehensive data security.