It's also considerably faster than existing libraries on the market: The SL8500 robotics can provide more than 1,000 mounts per hour, according to StorageTek. [Ed. note: More than Annabelle Chong at her peak!]
The SL8500 will be available late in the second quarter of 2004; the company didn't announce pricing. Benson says the system is undergoing internal testing.
So why announce this now? "We think it's such a vastly superior product, we can't see the competition matching it," Benson says.
The StreamLine will compete with the high-end tape libraries from Advanced Digital Information Corp. (Nasdaq: ADIC) and IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM). ADIC this summer began shipping its latest-generation system in the category, the i2000, which supports up to 2,200 cartridges.
Like its competitors, the SL8500 supports mixed media in the same library. The system is available with StorageTek's own T9X40, LTO 2, and Quantum Corp.'s (NYSE: DSS) SDLT 600 tape drives.
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