Terabyte-scale removable USB storage:
The KangaruDataBank, from Interactive Media Concepts, an 8-drive bay, USB-connected disk system that scales to just short of 1TB of capacity. Based on the removable KangaruDrive, it is positioned as an alternative to low-end NAS products, KangaruDataBank connects to a server's USB 2.0 port, and delivers a transfer rate of 700MB to 800MB/min-or about 93Mb/s. A two bay unit equipped with one 80GB drive starts at $599. Additional 120GB KangaruDrives are priced at $300.
Shipping holographic media:
The HMD120 and HMC050, from Aprilis. Available in a disk- or card-form factor, Aprilis' holographic media promises capacities of 200GB per disk, and data transfer capacities of 200MB/s. It is available to OEM vendors developing removable storage applications.
Disk-based backup, restore and archival appliance:
Axion, from Avamar, a hardware and software solution. With its "Snapup" technology, Axion works by performing point-in-time backups of a system and writing them to a disk-based appliance. Furthermore, thanks to commonality factoring technology, Axion reduces the amount of data needed to store a complete backup image by 98%, eliminating the need for tape archival.
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