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Units, Drives Installed
1,800,000
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
Source: Quantum Corporation
Figure 3-2 The Installed Base
with a projected total of over 1.5 million drives installed and over 55 million car-
tridges shipped to customers by the end of Q3, FY01.
drive makers were left far behind. Demand for the drive quickly
outstripped supply as OEMs and resellers flocked to take it on.
Library manufacturers wanted the drive in order to up total
library capacities into the multi-terabyte range. Unix Review
magazine named the DLT 7000 drive one of its Outstanding
Products for 1996. Press accounts began by stating the DLT 7000
drive's technical dominance at the high end of the midrange tape
backup market.
DLT 8000 Drive
In 1999, Quantum introduced the DLT 8000 drive, a significant
step up in performance and capacity over the market-leading
DLT 7000 drive. The DLT 8000 system delivered a 15% increase in
storage capacity (from 35GB to 40GB native), a 20% increase in
transfer rate (from 5MB/s to 6MB/s), and an important improve-
ment in reliability (from 200,000 hours MTBF to 250,000 hours).
And, of course, the DLT 8000 system delivered another important
3.8 HISTORY OF DLTtape TECHNOLOGY
FY 97 FY 98 FY 99
of DLTtape systems has grown dramatically,
Units, Media Shipped
70,000,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000
30,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
0
FY 00 Q3FY 01