Quantum Dlt 4 Media Tape Provides Higher Operating Efficiency With Dlt-8000 Drive

By Author: Frank Miller
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With the increasing data retention laws and heightened security concerns, long term preservation and security of business data have become crucial to the organizational sustainability and successful business operations. DLT (digital linear tape) provides storage-intensive businesses what they need, investment protection and low operational expenses.

Quantum-branded backup storage products are robustly engineered and formulated for longer working life and greater reliability. Quantum DLT tape devices deliver proven performance and are the first choice for busy data centers. Quantum has designed an extremely robust and space-efficient DLT-8000 drive that lowers the data backup time and provides exceptional reliability demanded by the time-critical commercial applications. The drive uses the DLT 4 tape media. This powerful combination has made Quantum DLT 4 tape a market leading solution for storage intensive businesses, network servers, medium to small computing environments and branch offices.

Quantum DLT4 solution elevates the storage efficiency with improvements to ownership cost, throughput speed and backward ...
... media compatibility. DLT4 tape’s 40GB / 80GB capacity is ideal for medium and small organizations. With an increased track density of 416 tracks per inch, the Quantum DLT4 backup cartridge can accommodate more amount of information onto lesser amount of tape. In addition, the DLT-8000 drive features a 15% enhancement in data transfer speed over its previous generation drive. DLT-8000 drive’s throughput speed reaches up to 12 Mbps with compressed data.

Durability and performance of Quantum DLT4 media tape are simply unrivaled. Longer archival life of 1 million passes ensures long term investment protection, whereas the 30-year shelf life helps compliance with the stringent government legislations. Furthermore, the robust cartridge architecture allows safe transferring of backup tapes to off-sites and delivers exceptional protection against rough tape handlings.

Mainframe computing systems using Windows NT, NetWare, UNIX or other market-leading operating systems are also particularly suited to DLT-8000 tape drive. Working life of DLT-8000 drive’s head has been significantly extended to 50000 hours, thus achieving an unmatched MTBF rating of 250000 hours. So the users can enjoy superior read/write accuracy and cost-efficient backup performance under harsh working conditions. The average data access time is only one minute, so the I.T staff can be assured of fast data searching and in-time availability.

The small and medium business segment is expanding astoundingly. The close competitors of DLT4 technology in this market segment are SLR 100 tape, AIT5 tape, SDLT2 tape, RDX removable disk cartridge system, LTO2 ultrium tape, SLR-140 tape and LTO1 media tape.

Higher return on investment, low acquisition cost and rock solid reliability make Quantum DLT4 a compelling backup medium for value-conscious customers. Quantum has introduced high-grade MP (metal particle) media formulation for the development of its superior quality DLT 4 backup tapes. Special lubricants have been used to help reduce the harmful effect of pollutants and dust particles. Its uniform tape surface enables precise data tracking and smooth tape movement, thus optimizing the storage efficiency and reducing the uncorrected error rate up to 1x10-17 bits.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets Quantum DLT 4 tape and AIT 5 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