The Compact Ultrium 448 Tape Drives Perform Excellently With Hp’s C7972a, Lto-2 Cartridge

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Shrinking backup windows and exponential growth of corporate databases, these are the twin challenges that organizations have to meet within their tight budget. Companies can satisfy the tough data protection challenges with the LTO (Linear Tape Open) format that is the top performer in all the crucial areas including cost effectiveness, scalability, reliability, compatibility and long term investment protection.

HP-branded LTO ultrium solutions, ranging from the first generation LTO1 to the highest capacity LTO5 media tape, fulfill the broadest set of backup storage demands at a low cost. Total ownership cost of HP LTO tape systems is unrivaled in their respective class. HP LTO-2 media tape solution’s superior performance, compactness and remarkable reliability make it the best system for entry level server backups, SMBs and data-rich workstations.

Another compelling reason to adopt this highly efficient tape-based solution is the exceptional flexibility provided by the multiple drive configurations. HP’s second generation LTO2 tape drive family is “ultrium-488”. The form factor of these energy-efficient ...
... drives is 5.25 inch half-height. Moreover, the SAS and SCSI drive units allow trouble-free integration and remarkable compatibility to the advanced computing systems. The tape cartridge specially engineered by HP for ultrium-448 drive is C7972A. Media capacity of HP LTO ultrium 2 cartridge is remarkable, 400GB (compressed) & 200 GB (uncompressed). As compared to LTO1 cartridge, the HP LTO ultrium2 cartridge stores twice the amount of information.

The HP ultrium-448 drives are 1.5 times faster than preceding LTO1 tape drives, thus achieving an exceptional 173GB/hr compressed speed. Organizations that have installed LTO-1 ultrium tape system and want to upgrade it can cost-effectively move onto the next generation without sacrificing their current LTO1 tape resources.

HP ultrium 448 drives offer exceptional cost benefit through their write-and-read compatibility with preceding LTO ultrium 1 tapes. So HP LTO-2 customers can use the first and the second generation LTO media tapes, resulting in higher storage value.

A large number of tape manufacturing companies have endorsed this remarkable LTO format. This has resulted in widespread availability of economically-priced LTO products. LTX200GWW (Sony), 340-8701 (Dell), 08L9870 (BM), 16598 (Imation), D2405-LTO2 (TDK) and 183850 (Maxell) are the other leading LTO2 brands.

You can be assured of complete disaster recovery until you have stored the backup media at a remote site. As the tape cartridges are transported off-site, there tapes might get damaged due to bumps, vibrations etc. But this is not true with HP-branded LTO media tapes. The base film is enclosed in a durable cartridge shell, whereas other components are embedded in the tape cartridge to protect against vibrations. This allows the HP LTO tapes to store vast amounts of business-critical data while maintaining rock-solid reliability. HP ultrium448 drive can write/read large data files without any disruptions, because it features a high-capacity 64MB data buffer. The drive ensures consistency even if the in-coming data rate is not stable. The unique “data rate matching” mechanism helps to adjust the drive speed and match it with that of host’s data rate. So the wear-and-tear on tape cartridge and drive head is sharply reduced, thus contributing to the longer useful life.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets Dell lto2 tape and Maxell LTO3. 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