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Agenda Market Dynamics Gator Architecture Compatibility and Competition Customer List and Summary

Market Dynamics

Enterprise Class Storage Market Storage is Growing – Rapidly! –"The average organization is growing annual storage at a phenomenal rate, about double each year," Bob Passmore, research director at the Gartner Group Storage is being centralized –“In many respects, this gives the IT administrator the best of both worlds. Clients requiring file access still get the performance benefit… [and] The IT manager can take advantage of the efficiencies of storage consolidation…” Scott McIntrye board of directors of the Storage Networking Industry Association

Enterprise Class Storage Market New storage technology (such as SAN and NAS) to alleviate problems –“The general market direction is not in question. Getting an organization's lifeblood data to flow swiftly and uninterrupted where and when the business demands is becoming ever more critical to an enterprise. “ - David G. Hill, Research Director, Aberdeen Group Not enough IT talent – "A single human can manage 200 gigabytes of storage, working full time. If [the data were] in a SAN, the same person can manage 2 terabytes of storage." Bruce Kornfeld, director of marketing for Dell

Gator Architecture

Designed to provide: –Highest Storage Density –Flexibility –Ease-of-use –High Availability and Reliability

Storage Density Smallest Footprint –Must fit 19-inch rack specifications –Minimize space associated with robotic movement Designed specifically for AIT tape format (not a DLT library retrofitted for AIT) –Reduced picker throw due to smaller tapes/drives Small Motors – due to counter balanced rack-and-pinion picker

Spectra Specifications Maximum 640 cartridge slots and 32 tape drives Capacity: 83.2 TB* Throughput: 1.79 TB/hr* 40 U Rack Space Dual Entry/Exit Port (30 cartridge capacity) *AIT-2 drives, 2.6:1 compression ratio 19” 70”

Flexibility & Investment Protection Shared Library Services (SLS) –Based upon Quad Interface Processor (QIP) design –Logical partitioning allows Gator to accommodate: Different operating system with different backup software Different interface requirements –In-band communication eliminates reliance on network connection for robotic control –Mix & match connectivity interfaces SCSI QIP (SQIP) Fibre QIP (FQIP) LVD SCSI QIP (LQIP) – Q Gigabit Ethernet – planned for future

Traditional Library Sharing LAN Data Path Control Path

SLS Model LAN Data Path Control Path

Flexibility & Investment Protection SLS Continued –Mix & match tape formats Sony AIT-2 (AIT-3 thru AIT-6 when available) Exabyte Mammoth-2 Ecrix VXA-1 –Logical library unload Grow over time –Add more slots for additional capacity –Add more drives/QIPs for additional throughput – without shutting down the library –Dynamically reallocate logical library needed

Capacity AIT-2AIT-3AIT-4 # of Slots Compressed (Native) TB(16.5TB)85.8TB(33TB)171.6TB(66TB) TB (32TB)166.4TB(64TB)332.8TB(128TB)

Performance AIT-2AIT-3AIT-4 # of Drives Compressed (Native) MB/s (96MB/s) 499.2MB/s (192MB/s) 998.4MB/s (384MB/s) MB/s (192MB/s) 998.4MB/s (384MB/s) MB/s (768MB/s)

Quad Interface Processor (QIP) QIPs provide in-band control of library and connectivity to systems Why Spectra Logic built its own: –Ensure interface compatibility. –Competitive Advantage: Gator is the only tape library with hot swappable interfaces and redundant dual ports. –Redundancy – if a QIP or port on a QIP goes down, robot control can be failed over to a functional port/QIP

NAS LAN Spectra Linux NT MAC Novell UNIX SAN RAID Future Growth

Gator Control Panel (GCP) –Touch-screen, color LCD –Remote GCP (RGCP) – access GCP remotely from desktop Cartridge Packs w/ Certified Media Pack-based Entry/Exit for quick load/unload Easy Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) –Hot swap of drives, QIPs and power supplies (Spectra only) –Assisted Self Maintenance Program Ease-of-use

Color touch-screen GUI RGCP for remote desktop configuration and diagnosis SNMP and alerting capability (Q1 2001) User Interface - GCP

High Availability with Spectra n+1 redundant power supplies (64000 only) Robot control from any QIP via CAN Bus Hot Swap: drives, power supplies (64000) and QIPs

Counter balanced Rack-and-Pinion picker – less wear, quicker motion, smaller motors. Hot Swappable – robot can be hot swapped while robotic commands are queued. Intelligent Picker Gator Robot picking and placing tapes.

Compatibility and Competition

Compatibility Operating Systems – –Windows NT, Linux, Sun, HP, IBM and Macintosh Backup Software - –ARCServeIT –Omniback –IBM-Tivoli TSM –Legato Networker –Veritas Backup Exec and Netbackup –Workstations Solutions –Native Windows NT backup

Compatibility HSM Software - –OTG –Windows 2000 –Legato –Veritas Over 30 software packages, see web for compatibility details.

Spectra vs. Qualstar Spectra TB Capacity 32 AIT-2 Drives 1.8 TB/hr Rackmountable TLS TB Capacity 12 AIT-2 Drives GB/hr Not Rackmountable Vs.

Spectra vs. StorageTek STKL TB Capacity Not rackmountable 864 GB/hr 61.3” width Vs. Spectra TB Capacity 32 AIT-2 Drives 1.8 TB/hr Rackmountable

Spectra vs. ADIC Vs. Spectra TB Capacity Rackmountable 32 AIT-2 Drives 19” width Scalar Expansion Mods 80.7 TB Capacity Not Rackmountable 24 AIT-2 Drives 88.5” width

Spectra vs. Quantum/ATL Spectra TB Capacity P3000 x 3 26TB Capacity each or 78TB for all three. Vs.

Customer List and Summary

Gator Customers

Service Options Next Business Day (NBD) –We ship a replacement unit to arrive next business day and failed unit shipped back to Spectra Logic upon swap. 4 Hour Response –Replacement unit is on site within four hours of support call. Assisted Self-Maintenance (ASM) –In addition to NBD or 4 hour response, ASM puts spare parts on-site for hot-swap by user.

Summary Gator Architecture designed to provide: –Highest Storage Density –Flexibility for: Shared Library Services™ Growth and new technology –Ease of Use –High Availability and Reliability History Log Document # 6644 RevisionDateDescriptionName Rev. A12/01/2000OriginalJeff Wells History Log Document # 6644 RevisionDateDescriptionName Rev. A12/01/2000OriginalJeff Wells