Ibm Lto Ultrium 4 Is An Economical Backup Tape Technology For Midrange Systems

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The ever-increasing backup storage demands are being fueled by the stiff regulatory compliance needs, robust data security concerns and business continuity challenges. Tight budgets, shrinking data center space and exponential data growth have further amplified the backup needs. The data administrators are striving to mitigate risk, protect and manage the enormous amount of information while maintaining superior data integrity. The optimal tape solution for the rigorous data protection needs is the LTO ultrium format, which ensures compliance with the strict industry regulations and provides superior storage value.

IBM, a global tape leader since 1952, continues to deliver new innovative technologies and robust tape media products. IBM is also the co-inventor of LTO (linear tape open) technology. IBM LTO tape products are carefully engineered to help manage the increasing storage needs and reduce the operational costs.

IBM’s fourth generation LTO4 ultrium tape format is well-suited for commercial applications, mid-range storage requirements, servers, high end workstations, video applications, financial databases ...
... and enterprise workgroups. In comparison to the LTO3 ultrium tape, the media capacity of LTO4 cartridge is almost double. Un-compressed storage capacity of LTO ultrium3 tape is 400GB, whereas the IBM LTO4 tape has the ability to preserve 800 GB data. Thanks to the significantly improved recording capacity, the customers of IBM LTO ultrium4 technology can save more shelf-space and their precious I.T staff time. Fewer LTO4 backup tapes means reduced manual interventions and operational costs, thus resulting in higher operating efficiency.

IBM TS2340 is a high speed LTO4 drive that is has become the top choice for time critical applications. IBM TS2340 is an external drive that reliably backups and retrieves large data files within a shorter time frame. IBM LTO4 drive offers an unrivaled throughput speed of 240MB/s (compressed). IBM TS2340 drive offers investment protection and superior storage value. It can read LTO ultrium 2 and LTO ultrium3 tapes. Furthermore, the IBM TS2340 drive can also write data to LTO ultrium-3 tapes.

IBM has also launched its next generation LTO5 ultrium tape products that offer a staggering storage capacity of 1.5 TB (uncompressed).

LTO ultrium format is far superior and more advantageous than other tape-based solutions. LTO devices allow media interoperability, which enhances your ROI and enables efficient data transfer across different branded LTO backup systems. Imation, Sony, Quantum, TDK, Dell, HP, Maxell, Fuji and many other tape media giants are manufacturing LTO ultrium-4 cartridges.

AIT, VXA, DLT, SLR, DAT/DDS and SDLT tape are some of the other industry leading tape-based backup technologies that are preferred by the data administrators for long term storage.

Protection of corporate data against malicious access is essential for ensuring regulatory compliance. IBM LTO4 technology can help you by encrypting the data. That way the users can confidently backup, archive and share their sensitive business information. Data encryption functionality incorporated in IBM LTO ultrium4 technology is hardware based.

IBM LTO tape solution facilitates the organizations to manage the rapidly growing demand for reliable, efficient and economical data backups.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets LTO 4 tape and IBM LTO 4 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
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