Data storage and security products provider Imation, has unveiled new offerings based on RDX storage platform that enable SMBs to store, protect and connect their critical business data.
The company said that the new offering is designed for backup, disaster recovery and enables secure and efficient use of cloud storage applications.
The new RDX portfolio features include the RDX ‘A8’ multi-cartridge storage device, and a network-attached device that holds up to eight RDX cartridges of interchangeable capacities.
The new offerings consists up to 8 terabytes of native capacity storage using eight 1TB cartridges; table-top or 2U high rackmount configuration; remote management interface; and enterprise-class throughput.
The company said the new portfolio features USB 3.0 interface for single cartridge internal and external RDX docking stations, with HDD-drive data transfer rates up to 3-4 times faster than USB 2.0 when performing data backup and restore.
The new RDX removable hard disk drive system will be launched at the 2011 Storage Visions Conference at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas in the first week of January.
Imation chief technology officer and senior vice president Subodh Kulkarni said with forward and backward compatibility, interface flexibility, and high performance, the RDX system helps SMB customers establish a data storage and protection strategy that can keep pace with capacity growth demands.