Lto-5 Ultrium Backup Tape Technology Enhances Recording Performance With New Ltfs System

By Author: Rob Miller
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Increasing number of data retention laws and exploding volumes of corporate databases have expanded the backup storage demands. Companies of all types are clamoring for faster, durable, intelligent and low-cost data storage solutions. LTO ultrium tape is the IT managers' first choice for long term data preservation, high volume backups and superior operating efficiency.

From small to high-end network servers and data rich environments, LTO tape solution performs the storage & archival functions better than any other backup media technology. The storage demands are continuously increasing, and the scalable LTO roadmap provides IT managers the confidence that it the more reliable and intelligent tape media technology available.

As the storage demands of e-business applications continue to rise, the rapid growth path of LTO should give companies confidence that it is the best tape storage solution available. Latest generation of this extremely reliable LTO technology is LTO-5 ultrium tape. This newest generation provides significant efficiency gains and technological enhancements over the preceding LTO 4 ultrium ...
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LTO-5 technology has many compelling attributes that make it an economical solution for large financial databases, mid-range storage environments, high-end network servers, emerging business applications and supply chain management. A single LTO5 cartridge can house 3TB compressed and 1.5TB of native information. LTO 5 drives deliver super-fast transfer rate of 280 MB per second (compressed).

For greater storage value and reliability, new breakthrough media partitioning and LTFS systems have been introduced in LTO-5 ultrium format. LTFS stands for linear tape file system. It is an open source. With media partitioning technology, the customers can divide the LTO-5 tape into two segments. One of the partitions is used by the LTFS mechanism to record the system file index of the information stored in the second tape partition. The LTO-5 backup tape becomes visible to the computer system as a disk drive. LTFS technology facilitates the users to drag & drop the data files as they do with memory stick or USB drive.

LTO technology was designed to offer openness. You can confidently interchange the LTO tape products among different vendors. LTO cartridge can be used with any of the branded LTO drive. For your convenience, some of the LTO cartridges with their part numbers have been listed below:

C7975A, HP LTO5 tape
02H9YH, Dell LTO 5 ultrium tape
95P4436, IBM LTO4 ultrium tape
LTX800G, Sony LTO 4 backup tape
0HC591, Dell LTO3 tape
26220011,Fuji LTO2 tape
183800, Maxell LTO 1 ultrium tape

Small and medium enterprises are a fast growing segment in backup storage industry. LTO 3, LTO 2 and LTO 1 generations are a smart investment for today's SMBs. In addition, the other cost-effective options are AIT tape, dat160 tape, SLR-MLR tape, DAT72 tape, SDLT tape, Travan tape and DLT-4 tape technologies.

LTO-5 tape format has been designed to exceed the challenging data storage needs. LTFS technology has helped to simplify sharing of larger data files and provide faster access to the stored data. Now the IT administrators can easily standardize their backup storage system with the high-performance LTO-5 tape technology, and address the exploding storage requirements at the best price. Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets LTO-5 and HP LTO5 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com