Hp Sdlt-600 Drive Optimizes The Backup Performance With Q2020a, Sdlt-2 Media Tape

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As majority of the businesses turn to E-commerce, fast data access with supreme reliability has become vital for business success. Your on-line data is vulnerable to viruses, hackers whereas the other threats such as software bugs and hardware crashes can wipe out your mission-critical data.

The question is, how can you overcome such disastrous situations? The best solution is data backups, which ensures business continuity and seamless business expansion. Superior reliability, higher operational efficiency, fast data searching, seamless scalability and low ownership cost make SDLT tape (Super DLT) a market leader in SMB segment.

HP, a global tape media expert, offers high-performance SDLT tape solutions. HP SDLT-600 is the fastest tape drive, which has been specifically engineered for enterprise and corporate servers. SDLT-600 drive is based on the second generation SDLT2 technology. The performance and recording capacity of HP SDLT2 format is almost double as compared to SDLT 1 solution. Therefore, large data files can be efficiently backed up onto fewer SDLT2 media tapes and it would be a lot easier for the ...
... I.T staff to manage small data set. Compressed 600 GB information can be squeezed onto HP SDLT2 cartridge, part number Q2020A.

For greater compatibility and efficient utilization of data-center space, HP has developed SDLT-600 internal and external drives. Furthermore, the users are provided the luxury to configure these drive models with rack mount. SDLT-600 drive ensures reliable backups at 72 Mbps compressed speed. It not only saves you more time, but also delivers consistent performance, which is important in today’s internet-drive environment. HP SDLT2 provides high-end workstations, midrange computers, corporate servers and enterprise workgroups an economical, intelligent and highly efficient backup solution.

Backward compatibility and future scalability provides customers the confidence to expand their business operations. As the users migrate to the next generation, they won’t lose access to the previous SDLT resources. SDLT600 drive can restore data from DLT VS160 and SDLT1 media tapes. The users can also comply with the tough data retention legislation, as WORM functionality is supported by the SDLT-600 drive. It is the best solution to the common operating errors such as inadvertent over writings and file deletions.

HP’s tape media portfolio is extremely rich. The other popular HP tapes trusted by the SMBs are C7972A (LTO 2), C8011A (DDS 6), C5141F (DLT-4), C7980A (SDLT 1), Q1999A (AIT 3), C5718A (DDS 4) and C7971A (LTO 1).

OBDR (one button disaster recovery) is an innovative feature, which provides users the luxury to reliably restore the entire system including applications, configuration, operating system and data files. All you need to do is press the OBDR button on the SDLT600 drive. This remarkable functionality has eliminated the need for creating new data set each time you alter the network configuration. Durability and smoothness of HP SDLT2 tape’s base film has been increased by introducing a thinner magnetic layer, which enables smooth tape movement and ultimately prolongs the archival life to 30 years.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets Q2020A 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
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