New Advanced Exabyte Vxa-2 Tape Drive

By Author: Frank Miller
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Business analysts recommend that ongoing backup routine is the only possible solution that enables the companies to minimize and avoid the chaos caused by the data loss. Each day terabytes of information is being generated by the financial, government, educational, and business organizations. Therefore the data administrators are carefully focusing on more scalable, durable, economical and high capacity backup tape formats.

Exabyte gathered all of its technological resources and utilized its vast technical expertise to devise a new tape storage format, which could meet the above mentioned requirements at an affordable price. At last Exabyte succeeded to develop a new high performance VXA tape format that is many times reliable than other competing technologies. VXA tape format delivers excellent performance in workstations, data intensive applications and network servers.

Second generation VXA-2 tape technology is specifically engineered for superior value and unprecedented performance. Exabyte VXA-2 tape is the most economical replacement for the aging tape technologies. Exabyte VXA-2 tape drive has the ...
... ability to write 80 GB native data in less than four hours. Exabyte VXA-2 drive features SCSI interface and is available in both external (stand alone) and internal configurations. Exabyte VXA-2 tape, part number 11100221, has longer useful life and offers 160GB compressed capacity.

Exabyte has developed a new storage method for the VXA tape format. VXA format's innovative data packet recording method is designed for 100 percent reliable data archiving and storage. Exabyte VXA-2 is a value priced tape technology that assures cost effective storage. High performance VXA tape format is supported up by the global technology leaders including Toshiba, Fujitsu, Apple, Compaq and IBM.

For optimal drive performance, enhanced reliability and longer working life, Exabyte offers VXA cleaning cartridge (11100209) that is equally compatible with VXA-2 drive and all other Exabyte VXA tape drives. Exabyte VXA-2 drive can write/read the VXA-1 tapes as well. You can use the below listed VXA tapes with Exabyte VXA-2 drive:

Part number 11100221, Exabyte VXA 2 tape
Part number 11100103, Exabyte VXA 1 tape
Part number 11100100, Exabyte VXA 1 tape
Part number 11100106, Exabyte VXA 1 tape
Part number 11100200, Exabyte VXA 1 tape

Exabyte VXA-2 drive can reliable perform its read/write operations at 12 Mbps (compressed). Superior data packet recording technology of VXA format helps to lower its cost per GB. VXA is the most reliable and affordable tape format for transferring data to remote locations. Unmatched data integrity is ensured by the VXA-2 drive's new over scan operation (OSO) system. Over scan system reads the recorded data packets during the write operations. If there is an error or the data packet is damaged, then the drive will re-write that specific data packet. With VXA tape technology, the users are provided with unparalleled data performance in the backup storage industry.

Unlike traditional tape drives, the Exabyte VXA-2 drive makes adjustments to its tape motion speed to match with the host's transfer rate. That's why back hitching does not occur in VXA tape drives, which enables them to deliver unbeatable media reliability for mid-range backup storage needs.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets VXA Tape and Exabyte VXA-2 Tape. He has vast experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping buyers who have the backup needs and guide clients about the technology.

Frank Miller
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net