High Capacity Dell Lto-4 Tape Media Solution

By Author: Frank Miller
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IBM, Hewlett Packard and Seagate joined their efforts to invent a new open tape medium known as LTO ultrium format. These media giants initiated the LTO tape consortium, which is responsible for licensing management, media certification, development of LTO generations and specifications. LTO tape format has been carefully engineered keeping in mind the reliability and scalability to fulfill the future growth needs.

Dell manufactures a wide range of data storage devices that help to optimize the storage performance and deliver unparalleled reliability at an economical cost.

Dell LTO-4 tape is a competitively priced storage solution that provides higher storage capacity and ultra high speed backups with superior integrity.

If you are a customer of high end network server, data rich business application, large scale enterprise, financial institution or departmental server, then you can count on the outstanding media compatibility and robust data protection capabilities of Dell LTO-4 ultrium technology. Exceptional storage value, affordability and durability of Dell LTO4 ultrium technology provide data ...
... managers complete peace of mind.

Dell LTO 4 cartridge can house 800GB data in native mode, and the data transfer speed of LTO4 drives reach up to a mind-blowing 120 MB/sec. Dell LTO-4 drive features advanced security technologies including drive-level encryption mechanism and WORM technology. Drive level encryption eliminates the need for complex and expensive software.

3 GB SAS interface enables the users to install the Dell LTO-4 drives in a broader range of complex server environments. Dell LTO-4 ultrium devices have been designed for higher server compatibility, longer working life and lower ownership cost. Data compressing ability to Dell LTO-4 ultrium drive is 2:1 that extends the transfer rate to 240 Mbps and media capacity to 1600 GB.

Dell offers a broad range of tape formats. Other media tape cartridges developed by Dell are:

Dell LTO 4, ultrium 4 tapes
341-4640, 341-4647

Dell LTO 1, ultrium 1 tape
09W084

Dell ultrium-3, LTO 3 tape
0HC591 and 341-2647

Dell LTO 2 ultrium tape
340-8701

Dell SDLT 1 tape
09W085

Dell LTO-4 is the most efficient and reliable option for today’s IT environments. Dell has intelligently designed the LTO-4 ultrium drive to deliver excellent performance with the previous generation LTO-3 and LTO-2 data tapes. Write and read operations can be performed on LTO 3 cartridges, while you can retrieve the data files from LTO-2 tapes. Clear and well defined roadmap of LTO standard helps to protect the users’ I.T investments and assists them to upgrade their data storage system at an affordable cost. Dell LTO-4 tape drives perform excellently with lesser energy consumption, thus helping to reduce the operating and maintenance costs over time.

Dell also offers superior enterprise services, which enable the IT professionals and data managers to maximize system uptime, and optimize the performance of their backup systems and IT technologies. Dell provides its customers technical assistance and expert advice to help increase ROI and reduce total ownership cost. Dell services arm your IT staff with the latest skills and up-to-date knowledge, which ultimately helps to increase productivity and overall efficiency.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets LTO4 tape and Dell LTo4 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
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net