Confidently Use The Hp Lto 2, C7972a Tape With Ultrium 448 Tape Drives

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Protection of corporate data is vital for your business’s future growth and sustainability. Without a reliable backup storage system, you might not be able to continue your business operations as viruses, software malfunctions, natural disasters and human errors can damage your vital business data.

LTO ultrium is a world-leading tape format, which dominates the backup media industry.

Three technical tape experts Quantum, IBM and HP are the co-developers of this cutting-edge LTO format. Multi-vendor interoperability is the most cost-efficient feature and main selling point of LTO backup format. Scalable LTO roadmap has created great attraction for value-conscious customers and budget-constrained organizations.

HP ultrium 448 tape drive family, incorporating the LTO2 ultrium technology, offer the speed and reliability demanded by the SMB customers. The HP LTO2 tape solution is ideally designed for complex data centers, midrange computing systems, servers, financial institutions, departmental backups and small organizations. Thanks to the increased track density, the HP LTO ultrium2 cartridge can hold ...
... 200GB / 400GB information. HP C7972A, LTO2 cartridge is built tough to optimize the performance under increased workloads and support high data transfer rate.

The HP ultrium 448 drive can simultaneously write 16 data tracks, which has helped to achieve high transfer speed of 173 GB/hour (compressed). So the I.T staff can quickly store voluminous data in a shorter time frame, which will ultimately save your precious time. The ultrium 448 drive secures your current investment and extends the previous investment made in LTO1 ultrium technology. Ultrium 448 is fully backward compatible (record/read) with its predecessor LTO ultrium1 backup tape. Internal & external ultrium-448 drive units can be easily integrated into complex IT environments. Furthermore, the multiple drive models make media choice more flexible and provide support to a wider range of business enterprises.

Complete range of HP LTO devices helps to standardize your organization’s backup system. As your data protection needs increase, you can adopt the HP’s next generation LTO products without losing the previous back up data. HP offers its customers a broad range of backup media products that are designed for superior cost-effectiveness and longer working life. For SMB industry, you can trust the following HP tapes:

C8011A, HP DAT160 tape
C5141F, HP DLT-4 tape
Q1997A, HP AIT1 tape
C7973A, HP LTO3 tape
C7980A, HP SDLT1 tape
Q1998A, HP AIT2 tape
Q2032A, HP DAT-320 tape

The latest version of HP LTO tape family is LTO5 ultrium, which offers a staggering 1500GB uncompressed capacity. It is the perfect tape medium for medical industry, complex servers, large enterprises, CAD/CAM files and medium-sized organizations.

Preservation of backup cartridge at remote site is a prudent approach. If your data is lost or damaged, you can easily restore your mission-critical data and mitigate the consequences of data loss. HP LTO ultrium2 tape is robust enough to withstand vibrations and inadvertent drops, so that they can be safely moved to off-site locations.

HP LTO2 ultrium technology is indeed the optimal solution for today’s tough backup challenges.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets HP LTO 2 tape and HP LTO 3 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