ProStor Systems Announces Availability of RDX Removable Disk Technology with HP ProLiant Servers and Workstations

Wednesday August 20, 2008

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ — ProStor Systems, the leading developer of removable disk (http://www.rdxstorage.com/) storage systems, continues to expand market penetration of its removable disk storage solutions by announcing the availability of RDX® technology with entry-level HP ProLiant servers and HP xw series workstations. These removable disk backup solutions are easy to use and affordable, and allow small businesses to store data off-site as part of their disaster recovery plans. HP StorageWorks RDX removable disk cartridges [view link] , in 160 GB and 320 GB capacities, are available immediately.

“The adoption of RDX technology proves that users value the speed and reliability of disk, but need high-capacity removable media for data protection and disaster recovery applications,” said Steve Georgis, CEO and president of ProStor Systems. “Today’s announcement of the availability of RDX technology with entry-level HP servers and HP workstations provides customers with an integrated data protection solution that offers all the performance attributes of disk and the offsite storage capabilities of removable media.”

With a current installed base of more than 85,000 end users worldwide, RDX backup and data retention solutions have captured 90 percent of the removable disk market for business server and workstation backup. A recent IDC report estimates that revenue from removable disk solutions will exceed $500 million by 2012.*

“Increasingly, SMBs are looking at low-cost, high-capacity removable storage to meet their ever growing data storage needs,” said Robert Amatruda, research director tape and removable storage at IDC. “By adding ProStor’s RDX technology to its removable portfolio, HP is demonstrating its commitment to address customer needs beyond its current set of complementary storage solutions.”

RDX technology reduces the typical data backup window from hours to minutes and allows users to back up 100 GB of data in less than an hour. Additionally, RDX disk systems include a dock and cartridge that contains a mobile 2.5-inch hard disk drive in a shock-proof design. Its robust design ensures customers have a secure, durable backup system that can withstand environmental contaminants and sustain a fall of up to one meter. View a video [click here] of the HP StorageWorks RDX removable disk system.

RDX solutions are compatible with most popular backup software. The removable disk systems are forward and backward compatible, meaning today’s docks will work with tomorrow’s cartridges and vice versa. For example, the highest capacity RDX cartridge currently available is fully read/write compatible with the very first RDX systems shipped two years ago.

About ProStor Systems

ProStor Systems (http://www.prostorsystems.com/) is the leader in enterprise-class removable disk storage systems for backup and data preservation providing the benefits of online storage with the economics of offline storage. ProStor InfiniVault(TM) virtualizes removable disk with network disk to dramatically lower data retention costs and power consumption. The ProStor InfiniVault (http://www.prostorsystems.com/infinivault.php) data preservation operating system also simplifies how IT professionals in departments and small through mid-tier companies can provide users with low- cost, long-term data availability to meet even the most stringent governance, regulatory and legal retention requirements.

ProStor’s InfiniVault won a bronze award as Product of the Year in the backup and disaster recovery category by Searchstorage.com. ProStor Systems is the developer of RDX technology, the de facto standard in removable disk. Available worldwide through a variety of OEMs, RDX solutions provide the performance and reliability of disk while exceeding the removability and long- term retention benefits traditionally associated with tape.

For more information about ProStor Systems or InfiniVault, visit http://www.prostorsystems.com or contact the company at info@prostorsystems.com or 303-565-3100.

*Source: IDC, “Worldwide Removable Hard Disk Drive 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis: the Quest for a Viable Tape Replacement,” Doc #210169, January 2008.

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