June 7, 2000 5:00 PM PDT
Short Take: Quantum expands storage appliance line
Quantum has added two new models to its line of storage appliances,
beefed-up hard disks that plug into a network. The 15-GB version costs $499,
the 30-GB version goes for $799 and the 60-GB version costs $1,699. The
company also has a rack-mountable 120-GB version for $1,999. Quantum and
competing hard disk manufacturer Maxtor both make simple and inexpensive
devices that fit into the "network-attached storage" category of stand-alone
data storage devices that reside on primary computer networks instead of
being attached to a specific server or to a separate network for storage
devices.
