New Intelligent LTO-4 Tape Drive By Hewlett-Packard

The investment of the organization is completely protected and safe as the HP LTO-4 tape drive supports the LTO-2 and LTO-3 tape media. The LTO3 tape media cartridges can be read & written, while the LTO-2 media can only be read and not written by the LTO4 1840 tape drive. The capacity and output level has been increased by Hewlett-Packard in the LTO4 tape drive. As the recording capacity of LTO4 has been increased, so the customers of HP can meet their data storage needs by using fewer number of ultrium tapes. In this way the organizations can increase their ROI and also reduces their IT costs. Most powerful WORM feature of LTO-4 ultrium tape makes it even more cost efficient storage medium.

This assists the IT managers to meet the strict compliance regulations. All the leading compatible software & hardware platforms are supported by the HP LTO4 tape drives. These backup tape drives provide 3-Gbps SAS and U-320 SCSI interfaces. The included drive options are HP StorageWorks L&TT (Library and tape tools), Hewlett-Packard OBDR (one button disaster recovery), HP data-protector software and HP Express data protector single server software. The new HP SAS LTO4 drives can be directly connected to the servers based on SAS, because these tape drives feature SAS interface of 3 GB/s.

HP LTO4 drive can record large data volume of 1.6 terabytes (compressed information) on LTO-4 cartridge. The hard encryption process of LTO4 drive assures accurate data compressibility and superior performance. The ultrium tape drive provides highest security level. So the user’s valuable information is kept safe from unauthorized access and theft. It efficiently protects the confidential and precious information.

The transfer rate of HP 1840 tape drive reaches 240 MB/second and has the capability to backup data at lowest cost with unprecedented performance. The HP LTO-4 drive employs the new technique called DRM (Data rate matching). The main purpose of this technique is to continuously and dynamically make adjustments to the drive speed between 40 to 120 megabytes per second, so that the tape drive keeps streaming.

Data rate matching dramatically reduces start/stops and maximizes the performance and output. HP LTO media and tape drives are more robust, durable and offer increased reliability. The SAS & SCSI models of HP tape drives offer superior server compatibility and they have qualified on both non-HP and HP vendor platforms. HP LTO4 tape drive supports numerous leading archiving and backup software from VERITAS, CA, Tivoli, Legato, HP and many more.

The WORM technology enables the LTO-4 ultrium drive to meet the regulations of SEC 17A-4, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA. The architecture and design of HP 1840 tape drive has been leveraged from the prior version of HP ultrium data tape drives to provide cost efficient results with elevated level of performance. The HP drive performs its operations efficiently and accurately even under harsh conditions. An entire system can be restored quickly by the help of a single cartridge because of the OBDR (One Button Disaster Recovery) system of HP LTO-4 tape drive. This recovery technique helps to reduce the recovery time and also lowers the overall cost.