Unmatched Performance And Data Security Offered By Ibm Lto Ultrium 4 Tape Format

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The data administrators face tough challenges as they have to manage the exploding corporate data and infrastructure complexity. The multi-functional IT departments and rush to E-business have intensified the backup storage challenges. Business enterprises, financial institutions and data-intensive organizations looking for in-expensive and intelligent backup technology that offer long term investment security and robust data protection can confidently adopt the industry’s leading LTO media technology. This high performance tape-based technology is the foremost choice of IT managers as it offers multi-vendor interoperability. This remarkable capability makes LTO ultrium technology leading tape media standard and far superior to other rival tape media formats.

IBM has been providing innovative and state-of-the-art tape storage solutions since 1952. IBM also co-invented the exceptionally cost-efficient and intelligent LTO tape format. IBM LTO ultrium4 tape solution satisfies the data protection and long term storage challenges faced by the mid-sized organizations, fast paced businesses and demanding server environments. ...
... Thanks to the increased recording density, greater data amounts can be safely backed up onto LTO ultrium4 media cartridge. Quickly backup massive data amount of 800GB (native) onto IBM LTO ultrium4 media tape and enjoy un-interrupted backup performance under increased workloads.

IBM LTO 4 tapes, available in rewritable and WORM-enabled models, provide exceptional durability and superior protection against severe environmental conditions. Part number of IBM LTO4 cartridge featuring the WORM mechanism is 95P4450, whereas the rewritable LTO4 tape is 95P4436. Users can seamlessly connect the IBM LTO4 drives, featuring LVD SCSI ultra160 and 3 GB/second SAS interfaces, to a boarder range of open system servers. So you don’t have to worry if your IT environment is multi-functional or complex, IBM has designed the right tape drive for the most demanding restore and backup demands.

Organizations using the LTO2 and LTO3 media technologies can upgrade their system without any fear of losing their backed up data. Thanks to IBM LTO4 drive’s remarkable backward compatibility, data can be seamlessly restored from LTO ultrium3 and ultrium2 tapes. Readers will certainly be astonished to know that IBM LTO 4 drives also provide customers the luxury to store data on LTO ultrium 3 cartridges.

As LTO is an open tape technology, the customers can benefit from its remarkable multi-vendor compatibility feature. IBM LTO 4 tape cartridges deliver unmatched performance and impressive compatibility with other branded LTO 4 drives. Similarly other LTO4 tape brands including TDK, HP, Maxell, Fuji, Quantum, Sony and Dell are precision-engineered for superior data protection and deliver superior performance in tape libraries and storage area networks. HP LTO 4 tape solution clearly outshines with its low ownership cost and longer useful life.

The data security level has been further raised by incorporating the hardware-based data encryption functionality in IBM LTO ultrium4 solution. Furthermore, the WORM technology overcomes the accidental data erasures and modifications. A small cartridge memory chip has been embedded in LTO 4 backup tape to help accelerate the load/unload cycles and data searching speed.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets LTO4 media and IBM LTO4 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
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