Reliable Attributes Of Hp Sdlt 320 Tape Drive And Sdlt-1 Tape Media

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Higher storage capacity, low operational cost, improved data reliability and greater server performance are required by the modern business organizations.

SDLT tape format offers state-of-the-art features that help organizations handle these storage demands in a cost efficient manner.

Hewlett Packard’s backup storage devices are the top choice of data administrators. HP SDLT-320 drive, representing the SDLT1 technology, delivers exceptional compatibility at an affordable price. HP has employed latest technologies to ensure that the SDLT tape drive provides excellent results with HP products including Alpha Server systems, DLT tape StorageWorks controllers, ProLiant DL servers and ProLiant ML servers. HP SDLT 1 tape cartridge provides long term protection with increased capacity of 320 GB (compressed). Leading enterprises prefer HP SDLT technology due to its lower ownership cost and superior data performance.

Thanks to the backward compatibility feature, the HP SDLT-320 drive ensures robust protection to your investments. Good news is that the intelligent HP SDLT 320 drive provides its users the ...
... ability to perform read operations on the DLT-IV tape cartridges as well.

Leading manufacturing brands of SDLT-1 tapes are:

09W085, Dell SDLT 1 tape
35L1119, IBM Super DLT 1 tape
183700, Maxell SDLT 1 tape
C7980A, HP SDLT 1 tape
MRSAMCL01, Quantum Super DLT 1 tape
SDLT1-320, Sony SDLT 1 tape
16260, Imation SDLT 1 tape

Best thing about the HP SDLT tape products is that they are exhaustively tested by HP with the major operating systems & software. These tests assure that the HP SDLT backup devices deliver outstanding compatibility and better serve the storage demands, thus resulting in greater business value. HP SDLT tape products are tested with CA ARC-serve, Tape-Ware and VERITAS Backup Exec. Stringent compatibility testing programs designed by HP ensure that the SDLT tape devices provide unprecedented performance with the leading HP and non-HP operating systems and backup applications. Native speed of SDLT-320 drive accelerates to 57.6 GB/hour.

HP SDLT-320 drives work seamlessly in high demanding environments and during heavy duty cycles. SDLT-320 drive is more reliable and powerful than other conventional tape drives. HP has added a unique “DRTape” recovery tool to its SDLT drives. The conventional data recovery mechanisms that were related to the manual download from CD-ROM have been replaced by the high performance DRTape recovery utility. DRTape data recovery tool provides excellent results with HP ProLiant servers. This new tool has been embedded in the HP SDLT-320 tape drive’s firmware. DRTape recovery tool assists the SDLT-320 drive to completely recover the server data and software.

The HP SDLT-320 drives support the following leading operating system backup storage applications:

OpenVMS

HP-UX

HP UNIX Tru-64

Caldera – Open Server, Open UNIX, UnixWare

Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0

Novell NetWare

Linux - SuSE and Red Hat

The customers can be assured of unparalleled media durability and efficient recording performance with the advanced HP SDLT-320 drive. This drive is intelligently designed for longer working life, seamless backup operations, high density recordings, low operations cost, reduced wear and tear, and massive recording capacity.

Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets HP SDLT-1 tape and DLT IV 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