Sony Sdt-11000 Drive Delivers Excellent Performance With Dds4 Tape Cartridges

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Customers of medium & small businesses are demanding backup storage solutions that do not require huge investment, and provide ample capacity to accommodate the burgeoning data amounts.

DDS (digital data storage) tape format, with its proven performance and superior cost-efficiency, is ideal for the rigid data protection demands. This compact DDS technology was co-invented by the global tape media expert, Sony. The fourth generation DDS-4 tape is the best solution for the corporate servers, workgroups, high end workstations, branch offices and financial organizations.

Sony SDT-11000 is a robustly designed DDS-4 drive that features faster throughput speed and compact size. Organizations with constrained space can count on Sony SDT-11000 tape drive. Voluminous 40GB compressed data can be backed up on a single Sony DDS-4 tape. Part number of this compact DDS4 cartridge is DGD-150P.

In addition to DDS-4 tape media, the SDT-11000 drive can also write and read DDS1, DDS2 and DDS3 media. Therefore, all your previous backed up data is accessible with Sony SDT-11000 drive. This provides customers ...
... added advantage of investment protection, thus further contributing to the higher storage value. Sony has introduced an innovative drive architecture, which helps to improve cooling and dust-prevention by venting the tape path area. This unique design of Sony SDT-11000 drive is called SAFE (Super Air Flow Environment). Super head cleaner is another intelligent feature incorporated in SDT-11000 drive that prevents debris accumulation, thus ensuring precise data tracking and sharply reduced error rate. Data throughput rate of SDT-11000 drive has been double from previous generation DDS-3 tape drive to 2.4 Mbps (native).

Scalable DDS roadmap keeps your organization one-step ahead of data growth.

DAT72 tape, DAT160 tape and DAT-320 tape are the next higher-capacity versions of DDS format. These DDS tapes are also offered by Sony. Their part numbers are:

Sony DAT-320 tape
DGDAT320

Sony DAT160 tape
DGDAT160

Sony DAT72 tape
DGDAT72

With compressed data, the SDT-11000 drive provides a backup rate of 17.28GB/hour. Special hubs have been embedded in Sony DDS-4 cartridge, which reduce the tape tension and enable seamless tape movement during fast search mode. The strong cartridge shell minimizes the potential deformation in event of un-intentional drops or rough tape handlings. That is why users IT professionals prefer Sony DDS 4 cartridges for off-site storage.

Major tape-based technologies competing against DDS 4 technology are VXA, LTO-1, SLR-100, DLT-4, LTO-2, SLR 140, SDLT-2, Travan and LTO-3.

Rock solid reliability and cost-effective backups are assured with Sony’s superior engineering expertise and technical advancements built into the DDS4 tape devices. Base film of Sony DDS-4 is extremely smooth and robust. This has been made possible by Sony’s unique dual-layer coating technology. Data flow with SDT-11000 drive is further enhanced with larger 10MB internal data buffer. Therefore the drive performs data storage, archival and compression operations at a faster rate, while maintaining superior data integrity.

With Sony DDS 4 tape technology, the IT administrators enjoy peace of mind.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets DDS-4 tapeand Sony DDS-4 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.

Frank Miller
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
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Email: sales@backuptapes.net