Dell Lto Ultrium 3 Technology’s Comparison With Prior Lto 2 Backup Tape Solution

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In order to survive and compete efficiently in today’s regulatory compliance environment, you have to ensure robust data security and make your business critical information available in time. Over the recent past, the data retention laws have become more stringent, whereas the internet-driven business environment and constrained IT budget are the major factors that are intensifying the data protection needs. Creation of data backups is the single most important thing, which secures your organization’s future success. LTO ultrium, a globally renowned tape storage technology, delivers unmatched backup performance, reliable data protection and cost effectives upgrades.

Dell’s robustly engineered LTO ultrium tape solutions facilitate the IT managers to improve utilization, simplify management of huge data amounts and scale cost-effectively. Dell LTO tape solutions are specifically designed to the support the Dell’s leading server including PowerVault NAS and PowerEdge servers. Dell LTO3 technology fulfills the demands of video applications, medium sized computing systems, data mining, demanding workstations, supply ...
... chain management and workgroups at an economical cost. The recording capacity of Dell LTO3 media tape is 100% higher than LTO ultrium2 tape. So the customers can easily manage and preserve twice the amount of organizational data, without sacrificing the shelf space. 400 GB native information can be stored reliably onto a compact Dell LTO ultrium3 cartridge. On the other hand, 200GB data can be backed up on Dell LTO2 tape.

Dell LTO 3 drive family also features significantly enhanced data throughput speed. Maximum native speed of Dell LTO2 drive is 24 Mbps, whereas the Dell LTO3 drive achieves a remarkable data rate of 80 MB per second. The users are provided the flexibility to choose from a variety of Dell LTO3 drive models, which help them fulfill their specific needs. The models include internal and external drives that are available in half and full height architectures. Connectivity to the demanding computing systems and complex data centers has been made possible by the introduction of ultra-160 SCSI LVD interface.

LTO tape technology is an open standard, which allows compatibility of drive and tape among different brands. So the LTO customers can seamlessly interchange their mission-critical data across all compliant LTO platforms. Major vendors of LTO tapes are Imation, TDK, Verbatim, Quantum, Sony, Fuji, HP and IBM. HP LTO ultrium3 technology is also well-suited for storage intensive businesses and media-rich applications.

The Dell LTO ultrium3 solution provides you the additional benefit to extract stored data from LTO 2 and LTO 1 tapes. Moreover, you can write data onto LTO ultrium2 cartridges as well. A single Dell LTO3 drive offers compatibility with three different LTO tape versions, making it the media choice of budget-minded customers.

Dell’s world-class IT services and technical support help maximize your investment, simplify data management and enhance the staff productivity. Therefore, the Dell LTO3 users can easily centralize their backup resources, secure their data assets, share their sensitive business data and meet the growing demands.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets LTO 3 and dell LTO 3. 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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