Compelling Features Of Lto-5 Backup Tape Media Technology

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Volume of digital data is continuously growing at an exponential rate. Additionally, compliance with the government legislations is also essential. That is why the organizations have to reliably preserve their organizational data for longer time periods. HP (Hewlett Packard) is a global specialist in backup storage and archiving solutions.

HP along with two other media giants IBM and Seagate (now Quantum) joined their efforts, and introduced an open tape standard called LTO ultrium. This innovative tape format is now the market leader, and is the most reliable tape medium for modern business applications and storage intensive IT environments. LTO 5 tape is the newest generation, which delivers unparalleled performance in large-scale enterprises, emerging business applications, financial organizations, large databases, client/server environments and mid-range enterprises.

HP LTO tape products are precision engineered to far exceed the IT managers’ expectations. With latest HP LTO5 tape solution, the customers will have to spend lesser time doing their routine backup and archival operations. HP LTO-5 ultrium ...
... tape technology provides unprecedented backup performance and better storage consolidation with a tremendous 3 TB recording capacity and 1 TB/hr data transfer rate (compressed).

HP LTO-5 ultrium tape media and drives are built tough to efficiently address the exploding needs of complex I.T environments and data centers. Shelf life of HP LTO5 cartridge is more than 30 years, making it ideal for regulatory compliance requirements. Furthermore the HP LTO-5 drives also secure your prior investment in LTO technology. The LTO5 ultrium drives are backward compatible with previous two versions of LTO. The LTO-3 tape media cartridges are read-compatible, and its next generation LTO 4 tape is fully write-and-read compatible. The HP LTO-5 drives provide excellent reliability at a super-fast rate of 140MB/second (native).

HP LTO-5 technology is optimal for long-term data protection. It offers the powerful combination of WORM and hardware-based AES data encryption that secures the data against un-authorized access and accidental data erasures. HP LTO-5 technology enables easy off-site storage. Robust HP LTO5 ultrium cartridges provide you complete peace of mind when being transported to remote sites.

HP LTO5 drives offer Ultra320 LVD SCSI, 6 GB/sec SAS and 3 GB/sec SAS host interfaces, which provides connectivity to a broader spectrum of I.T infrastructures and servers. “Dynamic data rate” is an exclusive feature incorporated in HP LTO-5 drives, which keeps the tape drive streaming even with variable in-coming data rate. The HP LTO5 tape drives alter their speed to match with the transfer rate of host system.

All of these HP tape cartridges are a reliable choice for today’s competitive business requirements and stiff data legislations. HP LTO-5 is the best backup tape technology that you can count on!Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets lto 5 tape media and lto 3 media. 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
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Email: rob@tape4backup.com