subject: Dell Lto 3 Backup Tape System Offers Connectivity To The Lto 2 And Lto 1 Tapes [print this page] A consistent message from the government and industry regulations is to preserve the corporate data for longer time durations. The fundamental and the most important strategy in a data protection program is creation of data backups.
The volume of corporate data continues to expand at an astounding rate. Therefore more data-center space will be needed to preserve the backup media. That is why the organizations are clamoring for more space-efficient, in-expensive, easy-to-use and scalable backup systems. LTO (Linear tape open) format offers you all of these benefits at an affordable price. It is an open tape format, thus providing customers the cost-saving multi-vendor interoperability.
Proven reliability, superior quality and economical backup performance of Dell-branded LTO solutions make it the foremost choice of IT managers for the uncompromising backup storage needs. Dell LTO3 format delivers outstanding value and reliability to the high end workstations, medium sized organizations, financial institutions, enterprise workgroups and small IT environments. Furthermore, it is also well-suited for management information systems, video applications and supply chain management.
A single Dell LTO ultrium3 cartridge can preserve an exceptional data amount of 400 GB / 800 GB. It can store double the amount of information than LTO ultrium2. So the data set needed for backup operations will be reduced by 50 percent, and the I.T staff can efficiently perform the daily routine tasks.
Dell LTO 3 drives are available in two different design architectures, which are full height and half height. The Dell LTO-3-060 is a half-height model, and LTO-3-080 drive is based on full height architecture. So the Dell LTO3 users can easily connect the drives to a variety of computing environments and maximize their tape investments. The full height LTO 3 drives achieve 160 Mbps compressed data transfer rate, and the half-height drives offer 120 Mbps. With such high data transfer speed, the IT managers can satisfy the demands of time-critical applications and modern backup software.
The LTO2 and LTO-1 cartridges will also work with Dell LTO 3 drives. This remarkable compatibility will help to extend the investments made in LTO2 & LTO1 systems. The LTO1 tapes are read compatible, and the next generation LTO2 cartridge is fully write & read compatible. Dell has developed robust cartridge shell for the LTO ultrium tapes. So the users can count on Dell LTO media tapes for safe off-site storage.
In every dimension, the total ownership cost of Dell LTO3 technology is lesser than competing formats. The stiff demands of government legislations can be cost-effectively fulfilled, as WORM (write once, read many) technology has been added to the LTO ultrium3 format. Data backed up on a WORM tape cannot be modified or erased. That means the common operating errors such as accidental over-writings and data deletions can be prevented. 250,000 hours MTBF rating of Dell LTO3 drives is far superior to other tape-based formats, making it the product choice of todays data rich organizations.
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