Hp’s Highly Compact Dat160 Tape,the Smart Midrange Backup Solution

By Author: Mark Paul
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As much as it is important, it is also the most neglected area of computing. Yes, we are talking about backups here. Many people either forget to or intend to avoid keeping backup copies of their important data. Forgetting is justified to some extent but not doing it intentionally. This is because everyone who uses a computer knows the fact that data cannot withstand the test of time and security without a backup plan and a backup is as essential to your work as the data itself.

There are many ways in which data can be lost; it can be the failure of a physical medium on which data was stored such as the hard drive of the computer itself which can stop working at any time and has all your data stored inside without any protection, it can be due to physical damage or theft of the computer or even certain malicious practices which have existed in the cyber world since time immemorial; unauthorized access or hacking, inappropriate software and virus attacks.

This can be a threat to the businesses which have incorporated the use of computerized systems in their daily operations. For such a business environment, where ...
... computers play a vital role in every day situation, the data keeping can be a very tricky part for the IT department. Loss of data in such cases can mean a lot of harm done to the business and this can be more than just monetary loss.

To save the businesses from such nightmares, the backup technology has brought some light to the tape drives being used as backup devices to secure data onto them. Tape drives are an amazing way to backup your data. They are devices that can be used to both read and write your data which is stored on a magnetic tape. This is the most preferred source of backup as tape drives are known for long archival lives and stability. HP has come up with its backup device, HP DAT-160 tape media system.

Through the years HP has established itself as one of the leading brands in the computer industry. All around the world customer put their trust in HP’s never failing reliability and validity. The HP DAT-160 tape storage system has yet again proved HP to be a life saver for many computer users. Before this, people had stuck to the old conventional methods of floppy disks and pen drives which were never enough for large amounts of data.

The HP DAT-160, C80011A tape has a native capacity of 80 GB. This can be increased to around 160 GB for the storage of compressed data. Its transfer rate is 2 mbps. With these outstanding features, the HP DAT-160 tape media format provides the highest storage capacity and backup performance. The tape length is 155 meters providing the new “wide” format which provides greater capacity. The HP DAT-160 tape part number C8011A has been built to work perfectly with other HP and even non HP products.

Business enterprises trust Odsi.co.uk that is well-renowned for the exquisite range of tape media products. So all of your storage needs can be cost efficiently fulfilled with our high quality backup products.

Mark Paul
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