Product Overview

Breece Hill Technology's Q1 desktop DLT tape drive delivers a cost-effective, highly reliable solution for the small office or home office networked environment. For users interested in beginning a data backup program and anticipating the need to upgrade in the near future, the Q1 is a perfect entry-level device.

Product Highlights

In this stand-alone, attended desktop unit, you can back up 80 GB of data, and transfer 43.2 GB per hour with compression.* The plug-and-play installation is simple since the Q1 is compatible with any popular desktop computer system as well as all major operating systems including UNIX™, Windows NT™, Novell™ and others. And you won't need to purchase additional software.

The tape drive is mounted on Breece Hill's universal load plate, which protects your investment and enables you to scale up as your data capacities grow. Just pull the drive out and slide it into any Breece Hill library. It's ready for automation.

The tried and proven DLT technology low stress tape path provides long media and head life through extensive operation.

We pride ourself on exceptional, quick-response customer service. We deliver on that by having the most knowledgeable in-house technical support team around. Breece Hill offers various service and maintenance options on each product, and our standard 3 year warranty gives users additional peace of mind.

* Based on published DLT8000 specifications back to top:

Product Overview

The Q7 and Q47 provide high-capacity library solutions for general data storage, archival or system backup. They are also well-suited for "near on-line" storage and cataloged retrieval of large files (i.e. image files) and large sequential data sets. The Q7 offers 1.96 TB compressed data capacity and generates 36 GB/hr data throughput*. The Q47 provides up to 4.2TB of compressed data capacity and throughput rates of 72 GB/hr*. The libraries pack a powerhouse of capacity and performance into a small footprint.

Product Highlights

Universal Load Plate Design
One of the many key features in Breece Hill's engineering design is the patented universal load plate on which tape drives are mounted. This allows you to use them not only in your Q7 and Q47, but in any other Breece Hill library as well by swapping them between libraries in the field. The universal load plate feature enables drives to be field replaceable, and protects your investment by enabling you to scale up as your data capacities grow.

Embedded Intelligence
Embedded intelligence distinguishes Breece Hill's libraries. The company's patented robotic positioning system consisting of a "learning algorithm" automatically and continuously re-calibrates to compensate for any changes in the library's physical environment. The robot can sense changes in the physical environment and then adjust for those changes, significantly reducing downtime and lowering overall service costs. The library barcode reader generates faster inventory times than other comparable products. Moreover, extensive recovery routines are enabled in a power-out situation. The library not only remembers what it was doing, but completes the action when power is restored, significantly reducing downtime and service costs.

SAN Connectivity
With the information explosion, it's important to know that the Q7 and Q47 provide universal compatibility with any SAN or NAS architecture. So you can be prepared to take your company to the next level of sophistication as your storage goals and priorities change.

Easy Library Management
Recognizing that a company's data is its most valuable asset, Breece Hill designed the Q7 and Q47 for secure yet easy data access. A front locking door opens to expose the carousel, robot and media. Drives, power supplies and electronic modules are easily accessed from the rear of the unit, and can be replaced quickly at your site. Maximum uptime and high availability is ensured with continuous access to data through power-on exchange of tape drives.

Compatibility
Like all Breece Hill libraries, the Q7 and Q47 interface with any major operating system including UNIX™, Windows NT™, Novell™ and others. They are qualified with all leading storage management applications affording you great choice and flexibility in your software selection.

Professional Services and Technical Support
We pride ourselves on exceptional, quick-response customer service. We deliver on that by having the most knowledgeable in-house technical support team around. Breece Hill offers various service and maintenance options on each product, and our standard 3 year warranty gives users additional peace of mind. Moreover, our professional services team provides technical analysis and consultation to help you identify storage strategies and implement solutions, taking you where you want to go.

* Based on published DLT7000 specificationsback to top:

Product Overview

Breece Hill Technology's Q4.30/50 mid-range DLT tape library provides outstanding value with features normally reserved for enterprise class products. Housing 1 to 4 drives and 30 or 50 cartridges, data capacity reaches 4 TB and sustained transfer rates hit 173 GB/hr*. Flexible connectivity offers powerful and innovative methods for attaching to any major operating system as well as to SAN environments. Available DataIQ™ Network Interface facilitates network monitoring and control. Independence in tape technology provides scalable tape storage solutions.

Product Highlights

Scalability
It's tough to predict how fast your data will grow. That's why we designed scalability into the Q4.30/50. You can invest in the library, initially configured with just 30 cartridge cells. And as your data storage needs grow, the library expands to 50 with a simple upgrade kit. Scaling up is easy and can be performed in the field in a matter of minutes.

Universal Load Plate Design
One of many key features in Breece Hill's engineering design is the patented universal load plate on which tape drives are mounted. This allows you to use drives them not only in your Q4.30/50, but in any other Breece Hill library as well by swapping them between libraries in the field.

Drive Independent
Even more important though, Breece Hill's patented universal load plate design allows the library to be drive independent. This means it can support different linear tape drive technologies in the same library. Now you can combine DLT and LTO in the same unit, and seamlessly migrate to new or different linear technologies as your backup needs change.

Embedded Intelligence
Embedded intelligence distinguishes Breece Hill's libraries. The company's patented robotic positioning system consisting of a "learning algorithm" automatically and continuously re-calibrates to compensate for any changes in the library's physical environment. The robot can sense changes in the physical environment and then adjust for those changes, significantly reducing downtime and lowering overall service costs. The library barcode reader generates faster inventory times than other comparable products. Moreover, extensive recovery routines are enabled in a power-out situation. The library not only remembers what it was doing, but completes the action when power is restored, significantly reducing downtime and service costs.

Enterprise Functionality in a Midrange Product
Engineered for remote, centralized network connectivity, the 4.30/50 library offers optional DataIQ™ Network Interface. This feature is the library's network attach architecture built on open standards. A single board computer installed in the options bay and a custom Java applet called Itelaä facilitates network monitoring and control via the web, email alerts, or simple network management protocol (SNMP).

Sophisticated Remote Library Management with Data IQ™ Network Interface
From a single computer, you can configure the library, check its status, run diagnostics, operate the library or perform log activities. If you are offsite, just point your web browser to the library's Internet address and manage the library from anywhere in the world. Such efficient control functionality decreases the cost of operation and ultimately decreases the total cost of ownership.

DataIQ™ Network Interface benefits users in a number of ways: increased efficiency among IS personnel, flexible methods of library monitoring and control, software and hardware cost savings, increased library availability, easy remote management, and highly reliable backup and archival.

SAN Connectivity
With the information explosion, it's important to know that the Q4.30/50 provides universal compatibility with any SAN or NAS architecture. So you can be prepared to take your company to the next level of sophistication as your storage goals and priorities change.

Compatibility
Like all Breece Hill libraries, the Q4.30/50 interfaces with any major operating system including UNIX™, Windows NT™, Novell™ and others. Qualified with the leading storage management applications, it affords you great choice and flexibility in your software selection.

Professional Services and Technical Support
We pride ourselves on exceptional, quick-response customer service. We deliver on that by having the most knowledgeable in-house technical support team around. Breece Hill offers various service and maintenance options on each product, and our standard 3 year warranty gives users additional peace of mind. Moreover, our professional services team provides technical analysis and consultation to help you identify storage strategies and implement solutions, taking you where you want to go.

* Based on published DLT8000 specifications.back to top:

Product Overview

When it comes to data intensive applications, Breece Hill Technologies' enterprise line of libraries provide high performance storage and back up solutions with maximum data capacity and transfer rates. Flexible connectivity offers powerful and innovative methods for attaching to SAN environments. Standard Data IQ™ architecture facilitates network management and control of the tape automation process. Tape technology independence provides scalable tape storage solutions. Engineered for large, distributed, open-system environments, the Q12.420, Q15.350 and Q18.280 tape libraries leverage proven automation designs while incorporate cutting-edge innovations that vastly increase their functionality.

You can determine the most appropriate library for your company depending on your back up window and the amount of on-line data capacity desired. The 12 drive, 420 cartridge unit provides massive storage with 33.6 TB capacity and transfers 518 GB/hr compressed data*. The 18 drive, 280 cartridge unit features the fastest transfer rates with 778 GB/hr and offers 22.4 TB capacity with compression*. Or, for a blend of the two, the 15 drive, 350 cartridge library offers 28 TB capacity and transfers 648 GB/hr data with compression*. In any of these libraries though, you'll find reliability and high availability that every IS manager needs.

Product Highlights

Universal Load Plate Design
One of many key features in Breece Hill's engineering design is the patented universal load plate on which tape drives are mounted. This allows you to use drives not only in your Q12.420, Q15.350 and Q18.280, but in any other Breece Hill library as well by swapping them in and out in the field. The universal load plate enables the drive to be field replaceable, and protects your investment by enabling you to scale up as your data capacities grow.

Drive Independent
Even more important, the universal load plate allows the library to be drive independent. This means it can support two different tape drive technologies in the same library. Now you can combine DLT and LTO in the same unit, and seamlessly migrate to new or different linear technologies as your backup needs change.

Advanced Network Connectivity
Engineered for remote, centralized network connectivity, the Q12.420, Q15.350 and Q18.280 libraries offer Breece Hill's DataIQ™ Network Interface. This standard feature is the library's network attach architecture built on open standards. A single board computer mounted on the front door and a custom Java applet called Itela,ä facilitate network monitoring and control via the web, email alerts, or simple network management protocol (SNMP).

Sophisticated Operator Interface
Library control and operation is simplified with a color LCD touch screen mounted on the front door. Here you can configure the library, check its status, run diagnostics, operate the library or perform log activities. If you are offsite, just point your web browser to the library's Internet address and manage the library from anywhere in the world. Such efficient control functionality decreases the cost of operation and ultimately decreases the total cost of ownership.

With DataIQ™ Network Interface, users benefit from: increased efficiency among IS personnel, flexible methods of library monitoring and control, software and hardware cost savings, increased library availability, easy remote management, and highly reliable backup and archival.

SAN Connectivity
With the information explosion, it's important to know that the Q12.420, Q15.350 and Q18.280 libraries provide universal compatibility with any SAN or NAS architecture. So you can be prepared to take your company to the next level of sophistication as your storage goals and priorities change.

Embedded Intelligence
Embedded intelligence is a distinguishing feature of Breece Hill's libraries. The company's patented robotic positioning system consisting of a "learning algorithm" automatically and continuously re-calibrates to compensate for any changes in the library's physical environment. The robot can sense changes in the physical environment and then adjust for those changes, significantly reducing downtime and lowering overall service costs.

The library barcode reader generates faster inventory times than other comparable products. Moreover, extensive recovery routines are enabled in a power-out situation. The library not only remembers what it was doing, but completes the action when power is restored, significantly reducing downtime and service costs.

Easy Library Management
Knowing that the customer's data is their most valuable asset, Breece Hill engineers designed the Q12.420, Q15.350 and Q18.280 for maximum uptime and high availability that is ensured through power-on exchange of tape drives. Users have easy access to tape drives, cartridges and robotics through a lockable front door. Such accessibility protects the integrity of the data by allowing the operator to manually remove cartridges containing mission critical data in the event of a power outage. Drives, power supplies and electronic modules are easily accessed from the rear of the unit, and can be replaced quickly on-site.

Maximum uptime and high availability is ensured in Breece Hill libraries with continuous access to data through redundant load-sharing power supplies, and power-on exchange of tape drives. An optional 30 cartridge locking import-export simplifies media handling and offers additional security for information sensitive backup.

Compatibility Like all Breece Hill libraries, the enterprise line interfaces with any major operating system including UNIX™, Windows NT™, Novell™ and others. They are qualified all leading storage management applications affording you great choice and flexibility in your software selection.

Professional Services and Technical Support
We pride ourselves on exceptional, quick-response customer service. We deliver on that by having the most knowledgeable in-house technical support team around. Breece Hill offers various service and maintenance options on each product, and our standard 3 year warranty gives users additional peace of mind. Moreover, our professional services team provides technical analysis and consultation to help you identify storage strategies and implement solutions, taking you where you want to go.

* Based on published DLT8000 specifications.back to top: