subject: Dell Lto-2-l Tape Drive Is Designed For Lto Ultrium2 Backup Tape Media [print this page] Creation of data backup and reliable extraction of recorded information is a mandatory requirement. Government legislations, introduction of new commercial applications, heightened security concerns and rush to E-commerce are driving the data storage demands. LTO ultrium tape format continues to deliver the performance, cost-effectiveness, scalability and compatibility demanded by todays storage-intensive IT environments.
Dell has a vast experience in tape media industry. Dell offers high quality backup tape products that deliver longer life expectancy and superior performance, thus protecting your backup media investments. The second generation Dell LTO-2 tape provides secure, intelligent and economical backup solution to the relentlessly growing demands of SMB industry. Dell LTO ultrium2 cartridge offers 200GB / 400GB storage capacity, which is a 100% enhancement over its predecessor LTO-1 ultrium backup tape.
Dell LTO-2-L represents a full-height LTO2 drive that is based on the slim 5.25 inch form factor. Dell LTO-2-L drive has been specially developed for enterprise and mid-sized server environments. In addition, the drive delivers higher operating efficiency with Dell PowerVault NAS and PowerEdge servers. Introduction of new advanced features enable the Dell LTO-2-L drive to efficiently perform backup operations at an impressive native speed of 24MB/sec. With the help of its 64MB data buffer, the drive ensures uninterrupted backup performance and faster throughput speed, making it the ideal tape drive for enterprise applications.
LTO-2-L drive offers a remarkable un-compressed backup rate of 86.4 GB/hour, which is almost 62.5% higher than LTO1 drive. Additionally, Dell has incorporated Digital Speed Matching mechanism in LTO-2-L drive that allows it to adjust its speed to match with the servers transfer rate. As a result, the tape wear-and-tear significantly reduces and the MTBF rating boasts to 250,000 hours. Dell LTO ultrium2 devices are reasonably priced and feature lower operating cost, thus providing a high-performance solution to the budget-constrained organizations.
LTO technology offers the additional benefit of media interoperability, which makes the data storage and retrieval extremely flexible. In addition, the users are also provided greater choice in vendors. The LTO ultrium tapes are also being offered by Sony, Imation, Quantum, Maxell, Verbatim, HP Hewlett Packard, Fuji, IBM, TDK and many more.
For the readers interest, I have listed down part numbers of few LTO ultrium2 cartridges:
LTX200GWW, Sony LTO2 tape
MR-L2MQN-01, Quantum LTO2 ultrium tape
16598, Imation LTO 2 tape
D2405-LTO2, TDK LTO-2 ultrium tape
C7972A, HP LTO 2 tape
08L9870,IBM LTO-2 ultrium tape
183850, Maxell LTO 2 ultrium
For more storage-intensive data centers, Dell offers next generation LTO 3, LTO ultrium4 and LTO 5 tape products. The respective compressed capacity of these LTO generations is 400GB, 800GB and 1.6TB or 1600GB. The Dell LTO ultrium5 tape technology features a super fast backup rate of 504 GB/hr (un-compressed). Thats why it is widely used in large complex IT environments and enterprises workgroups.
Dell LTO-2-L drive can be easily integrated into complex IT infrastructures, and can be flexibly configured externally as well as internally.
Therefore for reliable and smooth backup operations, confidently install the Dell LTO ultrium2 solution.
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