subject: Midrange Companies Trust Hp Hewlett-packards Lto Ultrium 4 Backup System [print this page] There are a number of threats, which are very common and can damage your sensitive and valuable corporate data. There can be physical damage to the primary storage medium and the computer hardware is most likely to break down due to power outage or other malwares such as virus attacks and access gained by some unauthorized user with bad intentions. The hard drives of your computer are open to threats mentioned above, and there is a high risk of hardware failure.
Such incidents happen without any warning signs and hence you are left with no time to take your precautionary measures. Loss of valuable and important data can be a huge setback especially for companies who are operating in competitive business environment. This is where the backup technology plays the role of a savior. The need to keep backups has been stressed by the IT professional, and organizations who have neglected this have suffered a great deal.
With the popularity of the backup technology, many manufacturers have concentrated on the production of devices which can be used for securing precious corporate data. One of these is the HP C7974A, LTO4 backup tape cartridge and its high speed drives. HP has yet again come up with another brilliant and reliable backup system, which has been a blessing to the mid-sized companies who are looking to protect their voluminous organizational data from the possible threats of data loss.
This too, like all other products of HP, is one of the most reliable and efficient solution. The products of HP are being used by the customer all over the world with confidence, since HP has taken the lead in the production of high quality IT products. When it comes to choosing a backup solution for their vital data, one has to be very much aware of the brand, and IT managers trust HP.
The HP LTO 4 ultrium tape solution does wonders in backing up large amounts of data with excellent efficiency and provides lowest total ownership cost. This tape system offers encryption to ensure that the backed up data is safe on the tape. The HP LTO 4 media tape, part number C7974A has a native capacity of 800 GB and for compressed data, the capacity on tape can be stretched to as large as 1.6 TB (terabytes). The transfer speed of the tape drive is 240 megabytes per second. The bit density of the media has been increased by the incorporation of the new base film and the coating technology. This allows more data to be saved on the tape with less space.
The Fourth generation HP LTO ultrium 4 tape solution combines high capacity, low cost per GB and AES-256 encryption. HP Hewlett-Packards Brand specification is the industrys most rigorous and has the highest media quality standard. It has a media durability of 1,000,000 passes and is also well suited for offsite media storage. Backward compatibility of LTO 4 drives further enhances its cost effectiveness as system up-gradation would not be costly.
