Dell Sdlt-320 Is The Best Tape Drive For Sdlt 1 Backup Media

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Nowadays, the organizations have to manage tremendous amount of data, which continues to multiply at a rapid rate. Furthermore, the tight IT budgets, introduction of new commercial applications, rush to E-commerce and regulatory compliance requirements present stiff challenges to the data administrators. SDLT (Super digital linear tape) is the right tape-based solution for today’s IT environments. SDLT tape media technology provides superior storage value, and the perfect balance of performance, speed and affordability that is demanded by the enterprise applications.

Dell backup media products are carefully designed to deliver unbeatable performance, long term reliability and enable cost-effective scalability as your storage needs increase.

Dell SDLT tape solution assists the I.T administrators to efficiently manage their data-center and optimize their tape investments. Dell SDLT 1 tape solution is widely used in medium-sized organizations, high end workstations, financial institutions, small networks, enterprise workgroups and demanding server environments. Dell 09W085, SDLT1 backup tape can hold 160GB / ...
... 320GB data.

Dell SDLT-320 is a high-performance tape drive family that has been designed for the first generation SDLT1 tape media. SDLT 320 drive achieves an incredible backup rate of 116 GB/hour (compressed). Therefore, the users can save more time and reliably create data backups. External and internal SDLT-320 drives are available in 5.25 inch half-height form factor.

SDLT tape format has been the backbone for SMB industry for the past decade. SDLT format combines the powerful attributes of magnetic tape technology and optical media format. The SDLT 320 drive features an advanced servo, which records data to the back side of SDLT-1 tape media. On the other hand, the unique LGMR (Laser Guided Magnetic Recording) system writes the data on the tape reel’s upper surface. This innovative approach has helped to pack more volumes of data on a compact Dell SDLT 1 backup tape.

Sony, Imation, HP, Fuji, Quantum, Maxell and IBM are some of the popular SDLT-1 tape brands. Dell’s tape media portfolio features the foremost technologies. Some of them are listed below for the readers’ convenience:

Dell LTO-3 tape, 0HC591
Dell dlt-iv tape, 09W080
Dell LTO 2 tape, 340-8701
Dell LTO ultrium 1 tape, 09W084

These Dell tapes are ideal for SMBs. For large and complex IT environments, you can trust Dell LTO4 and LTO5 ultrium tapes. Their respective part numbers are 341-4647 and 02H9YH.

Dell SDLT-320 drive offers a rapid speed of 16MB per second. SDLT-320 drive’s slim form factor makes it an attractive option for the space-constrained business enterprises. Dell has robustly designed the SDLT1 backup tape to provide an incredible useful life of 1 million head passes. Its storage life is thirty years. Reliability of Dell SDLT 320 drive is also unbeatable. At a 100% duty cycle, the SDLT320 drive delivers a remarkable 250,000 hours MTBF. Therefore, the enterprise server customers can confidently handle their rigorous backup demands at a low cost per GB.

Dell SDLT1 technology provides a superior method for managing the increasing volumes of data.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets SDLT tape and 09W085. 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
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