QUANTUM DLT TAPE DRIVE BACKUP SOLUTION TO BE OFFERED BY COMPAQ

COMPAQ PROLIANT AND PROSIGNIA SERVERS OFFER LEADING CAPACITY AND
PERFORMANCE BACKUP OPTIONS

SHREWSBURY, MASS., FEBRUARY 13, 1996 -- Quantum Corporation (NMS: QNTM)
today announced that Compaq Computer Corporation is now offering Quantum's
DLT 2000XT tape drive product as an option for use with several Compaq
servers.

The Compaq ProLiant and ProSignia servers will now feature the Quantum DLT
2000XT tape drive as a storage solution for customers looking for leading
performance and capacity in backing up large databases and file servers.
The new Compaq 15/30 GB DLT drives are now available worldwide.

Compaq previously offered the Quantum DLT 2000 backup solution with its
ProLiant and ProSignia servers and has upgraded to the Quantum DLT 2000XT
tape drive. Compaq customers benefit from the considerable increase in
capacity of the Quantum DLT 2000XT, without any increase in price.

"Compaq continues its leadership in the server market for mission-critical
applications -- a market that has come to depend on the reliability and
performance of Quantum's DLT tape drive products," said Gina Bornino, vice
president and general manager of the Specialty Storage Products Group for
Quantum. "This further demonstrates Quantum's commitment to providing
solutions for our OEM customers worldwide."

'Our strategy for delivering solutions for the distributed enterprise
includes providing customers with high-performance, reliable and
highly-available backup solutions," said John Thompson, director of
Systems Platform Marketing at Compaq. "We began offering Quantum's
high-end tape drive products as options for our ProLiant and ProSignia
server lines last year with Quantum's DLT product line. With the recent
announcement of the Compaq 15/30 GB DLT Drive and the Compaq DLT Tape
Array, we continue to offer customers LAN backup products that meet
today's demanding business critical requirements."

ABOUT QUANTUM DLT TAPE DRIVE PRODUCTS

The DLT 2000XT tape drive is an extension of Quantum's DLT 2000 tape drive
family. With 50 percent greater capacity, the DLT 2000XT tape drive is
priced the same as Quantum's DLT 2000 tape drive.

Data compression expands the capacity of the DLT 2000XT tape drives to 30GB
compressed while providing a speedy 2.5MB/second compressed data transfer
rate. The DLT 2000XT tape drive offers the exceptional durability
customers have come to expect from Quantum products featuring a head life
of 30,000 hours, an increase of 300 percent over the DLT 2000. In
addition, Quantum has increased the tape cartridge life to 1,000,000 media
passes, which is 200 times better than competing 8mm, 4mm, and QIC-DC
products.

ABOUT QUANTUM

Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation designs, manufactures and markets
storage products for today's digitized world. The highest volume global
supplier of hard disk drives, Quantum is widely recognized as the
industry's quality leader. The company sells a broad range of storage
products to OEM and distribution customers worldwide. Quantum's sales for
the fiscal year ending March 1995 were $3.4 billion. The company's world
wide web home page address is http://www.quantum.com.

Quantum Corporation
500 McCarthy Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-894-4000
 
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