Breakthrough Features Of Hp Dat-72 Tape Devices

By Author: Frank Miller
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In today’s competitive environment, business data has become the lifeline and the most valuable asset for organization sustainability. Data managers are searching for new reliable backup technologies to get a grip over their mission critical data.

Introduction of DDS (digital data storage) tape storage created a revolution in backup tape industry. DDS or DAT (digital audio tape) is the leading tape media format that creates superior business value and provides long term protection at an affordable cost.

HP offers highly robust DAT 72 backup tape solution that facilitates the data administrators to manage information growth, reduce operating costs, and ensure in-time data availability in support of organization requirements.

DAT 72 tape is the 5th generation of DDS tape. DDS is an intelligent backup tape format that continues to flourish due to its remarkable capability to meet the exploding storage requirements in a cost effective manner.

HP has intelligently increased the recording density of DAT-72 tape drives from 122 kbpi to 162 kbpi, which has resulted in an 80% boost in media capacity ...
... over the DDS-4 tape format. Additionally HP has also increased the length of tape media to 170 meters. This enables the small sized HP DAT 72 tape to achieve higher recording capacity of 72 GB (compressed).

HP has introduced new MP (metal particle) formulation that has significantly increased the track density of HP DAT-72 tape cartridges. DAT-72 is a smart option for workgroups, remote offices and small to midrange businesses. Good news is that the HP DAT-72 tape drives are available in both internal & external models. These DAT-72 drive models feature USB and SCSI host interfaces, which empowers you to use the tape drives in broader range of IT environments including large workstations, web servers, mail applications, and departmental LAN. HP DAT-72 USB drives can be connected seamlessly to the host systems, and enable backup operations to be initiated in less than a minute.

Expanded host interfaces of HP DAT 72 drives create superior value and widen the users’ choice.

Cost per gigabyte offered by HP DAT72 technology is lower than rival tape formats. HP DAT-72 tape products provide perfect balance of price and reliability. HP DAT-72 tape technology provides you a link to the future DDS tape generations and also secures your previous investment. DDS-4 and DDS-3 data tapes are write/read compatible with DAT-72 drives. HP DAT 72 tapes are robustly designed to support high density recording at an incredible throughput rate of 23 GB/hour (compressed).

Industry’s leading DAT72 tape brands are:

HP DAT 72 tape
C8010A

Imation DAT72 tape
17204

Fuji DAT 72 tape
26046172

Maxell DAT-72 tape
200200

Sony DAT-72 tape
DGDAT72WW

Quantum DAT 72 tape
CDM72

HP DAT 72 drives feature faster data searching with an average time of 55 seconds. Reliability specifications have been significantly increased by HP. MTBF rate of HP DAT 72 drives is more than 1 million hrs.

HP DAT-72 tape devices are the first choice for software loading and operating system backup on servers. Users can benefit more from the exceptional compatibility of HP DAT-72 tape media and drives, and fulfill their storage needs at a lower cost.

In this article, all product names mentioned are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets DAT72 tape and HP DAT72 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