Press Release
Bus-Tech, Inc. Announces Support for DAX Archiving Solutions' smartDAX Technology for Mainframes
Products Offer CD/DVD Storage Option for Mainframes
Burlington, Ma. and Haarlem, The Netherlands - February 20, 2003 - Bus-Tech™, Inc. and DAX Archiving Solutions today announced a co-marketing agreement that will result in solutions that will provide for storage of mainframe tape data sets on CD/DVDs. The new solution will provide a long-term storage media for data with long data retention requirements. Mainframe shops could also employ the offering as a self-contained VTS system, replete with HSM software and removable media. The solution will support IBM mainframes with z/OS, MVS and VSE operating systems.
The Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) operates as a tape sub-system on IBM's System/390 or zSeries mainframes. The MAS connects directly to System/390 through one or two ESCON attachments and emulates up to 32 IBM tape drives. Applications running under z/OS, OS/390 or VSE can attach to one of these drives and use it as they would a real tape drive. But instead of creating or reading real tape cartridges the MAS stores application tape files on to the smartDAX device via NFS. The smartDAX unit is a NAS Head device with scalable disk cache. The processor in the smartDAX unit controls the NFS mount point, runs the Hierarchical Storage Management software and controls the CD or DVD jukebox. The smartDAX solution is available in a number of models and is capable of an infinite scalable archive that can grow to multiple Terabytes or even Petabytes of data.
The different smartDAX models can hold anywhere from 100 to 700 media and support CD-R, DVD-R and DVD-RAM. One system can grow up to 6.6Terabyte using double-sided media. Installation is a breeze, as it is a true appliance and just needs to be plugged in and booted up. The systems support the creation of automatic duplicates of the media for off-site archiving and media can be taken off-line while they continue to be tracked. Data safety and integrity over time, without costly data refreshing maintenance, is guaranteed by using SEC compliant Write-Once (WORM) optical media.
"We are very excited about our ability to support the smartDAX product set," stated Al Brandt Bus-Tech, Inc.'s Vice President of Operations. "This addresses concerns for long-term data retention that many of our customers have expressed a desire for. The added ability to offer complete VTS functionality at a very affordable entry point, should make this a very attractive solution to many mainframe shops."
"This is a great opportunity for DAX to enter the mainframe environment", according to Kees Machielsen, CEO of DAX Archiving solutions. "DAX Archiving Solutions has a 7-year track record in providing large, reliable and safe digital archives in the Enterprise environment for mission critical applications. Together with the Bus-Tech, Inc. MAS device the smartDAX digital archives are a perfect solution as data migration target for long-term storage of mainframe data, at a very attractive price point unparalleled by any other available storage solution in this arena."
About Bus-Tech, Inc.
Bus-Tech, Inc., founded in 1987 is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for the data center to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company's powerful suite of adapter and platform solutions satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing professionals for high-bandwidth, high-availability and high-performance connectivity. With more than 15,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech, Inc. is a recognized leader in the data center interconnect market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with locations around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech, Inc. and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech, Inc. World Wide Web site at http://www.bustech.com, send email to , or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200.
About DAX Archiving Solutions
DAX Archiving Solutions is the leading manufacturer of Network-Attached Data Archives for CD and DVD. The DAX Archiving technology and system architecture are sophisticated and unique in the world of data archiving. DAX is part of the Chess Group (founded 1989), which specializes in electronics and embedded software design. DAX Archiving Solutions has worldwide headquarters in the Netherlands and operations across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. For more information about DAX Archiving Solutions, please visit the Web site at: www.daxarchiving.com, send e-mail to , or call 800 341 1050 for US and +31 23 5149170 for Europe.