Dell Lto-4 Tape, A Big Hitter In Busy Data Centers

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Business enterprises have to store and manage more detailed information about their services, products, customers along with their tax records, E-mails and financial data over longer time periods. The volume of information further increases due to the tremendous growth in un-structured data such as audio/video files, product images etc. Companies of all sizes are affected by this extraordinary data growth. The challenge for the data managers is to efficiently manage and preserve these huge volumes of data and minimize the operational costs.

LTO (linear tape open) technology has a proven track record and has gained popularity due to its openness. Therefore the users can confidently use the LTO tapes with different brands of tape drives. This means that the customers of LTO tape technology have more media flexibility and lower their storage costs. Rapid growth of LTO roadmap makes it the ideal tape storage solution for satisfying the growing needs of E-business applications.

Dell is a leading backup media expert. Dell offers cost effective and intelligent storage solutions that facilitate the enterprises ...
... to simplify the backup operations, ensure in-time availability an increase their productivity. Dell LTO-4 tape products are built tough to handle the pressure of high duty cycles in complex server environments, SMBs, financial organizations, high end workstations, public organizations and data rich media applications. Dell's rigorous testing processes ensure highest level of durability and media quality in each of its products.

A single LTO4 cartridge can preserve 800GB data. Dell LTO4 provides its users a common platform for scalability and business sustainability. Intelligently designed Dell LTO-4 drives reduce energy costs and ensure high speed backup operations at 120MB/sec (native). Dell has introduced technical advancements in its LTO-4 ultrium devices to empower the customer to achieve higher reliability and robust data protection unattainable with the prior generation of LTO ultrium.

Other reliable tape formats that are popular in SMB segment are:

SLR-MLR tape
SLR100, SLR75, SLR5, SLR7, SLR140

DDS-5 tape or dat72 tape
26046172, 200200, DGDAT72WW, CDM72, C8010A

Travan tape
TR-5, TR-7, TR-4, TR-3, TR-1

VXA tape
11100206, 11100100, 24R2136, 24R2134, 11100103, 11100200

AIT tape
sdx3-100c, sdx5-400c, sdx2-50c, Q1998A, SDX3-100W, Q1999A, sdx4-200c

Dell LTO-4 ultrium technology is a big hitter in busy data centers and storage intensive I.T environments. Higher capacity Dell LTO-4 tapes provide users the luxury to backup more volume of enterprise data onto fewer cartridges, which allows more economical and faster storage operations.

As you expand your business operations, the LTO ultrium technology can continue providing superior value and assist to maximize the storage efficiency. Special backward read/write mechanism has been incorporated in Dell LTO 4 drives that increases the productivity and secures your prior investments. Read and record functions can be performed on both LTO3 & LTO4 tape. Additionally, you can also retrieve the stored data form LTO-2 tapes with absolute integrity.

Dell LTO tape technology provides your business the industry's leading and robust data security features to ensure seamless future growth and regulatory compliance. All product and software names mentioned in the article are trademarks and sole property of their owners.

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets Dell LTO-4 tape and Fuji 26046172 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com