Highly Efficient Hp Lto-2 Tape Format

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LTO ultrium tape technology continues to lead the backup tape industry, and is the most reliable solution that provides exceptional compatibility and improved scalability to keep pace with the mounting data amounts. LTO tape format was developed by three giants of media storage industry including HP, IBM and Seagate.

HP’s LTO-2 ultrium tape technology reflects its superior engineering expertise and technological leadership in tape media industry. HP LTO2 tape solution is positioned as the most reliable, intelligent and economical technology, providing the users with the best balance of storage value and affordability. HP LTO 2 tape drives deliver unbeatable performance with mid-range SAS and SCSI based network servers.

With industry leading HP LTO-2 format, the data managers can be assured of superior data accuracy and long term reliability in data centers, desktop workstations, SMB industry and large databases. HP LTO2 cartridge can hold larger data volume of 200GB (compressed). Thanks to the outstanding 2:1 data compressing mechanism offered by LTO-2 ultrium drive, the data transfer rate and storage ...
... capability gains a 100 percent increase. In this way, the users can save more floor space and money as they can fulfill their storage requirements with lesser number of storage tapes. Fewer backup tapes means reduced IT costs and operator interventions, ultimately leading to greater storage performance and high speed backups.

HP manufactures full line of leading tape formats. For your convenience, I have also listed below some of the top selling HP-branded tape cartridges:

HP LTO ultrium tapes
C7975A, C7973A, C7974A, C7972A, C7971A

HP DDS-DAT tapes
C5708a, C8011A, C8010A, C5718A

HP RDX cartridge
Q2043A, q2040a, a2041a, q2042a

HP AIT tapes
Q1997A, Q1998A, Q1999A

Use of cleaning cartridge helps to prolongs drive and media life. Clean your LTO-2 tape drive with highly durable HP-branded C7978A cleaning cartridge, which provides 15 to 50 cleans.

Super fast transfer rate of 48 Mbps assists the users to backup their precious data assets within shorter time span. At this speed, you can store 0.5 TB data in 2.5 hours. Consistent data streaming is essential for time-critical applications and busy data centers. Consistent performance has been made possible with the introduction of “dynamic data rate” functionality, which intelligently alters its tape speed from 8 to 24 MB/s to match with the fluctuating rate of host system.

If you are a current user of LTO-1 ultrium technology and are planning to migrate to the next generation LTO2 format, then your IT investment will be secured as you will have the capability to perform write-and-read operations on the LTO 1 tapes as well. HP ultrium-2 drives are fully compatible with LTO-1 media cartridges. HP LTO-2 ultrium drives can also be installed with 1U rack mount. Base film of HP LTO2 cartridge is very durable and its ultra fine surface helps to stabilize tape movement and provide higher read/write accuracy during increased workloads. Good news is that the HP LTO-2 cartridge works brilliantly and is compatible with all LTO2 drives.

HP LTO-2 technology provides low ownership cost, which facilitates the customers of budget-constrained organizations to meet their exploding backup requirements.

Device and software names mentioned in the article are trademarks and are sole-property of their owners.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets HP LTO 2 tape and C7972A. 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