Storageworks Dat40 USB External Tape Drive: Description
Based on industry-standard DDS technology -- the most popular server backup technology of all time, providing customers will all the benefits of an open standard including better pricing, wider availability and faster development cycles
Proven reliability -- HP has increased reliability specifications for HP DAT drives based on real field data. Mean-Time-Between-Failure rates (MTBF) are now more than 1 million hours at a typical duty cycle of 12%
Low-cost of ownership - Lowest media price (in $/GB) of any tape backup technology
Up to 36 GB native capacity on a single tape -- 72 GB at 2:1 compression -- with DAT 72 tape drive
Up to 3.2 MB/s native data transfer rate -- 6.4 MB/s with 2:1 compression -- with DAT 40 and 72 tape drives Where 1KB = 1,000 Bytes
Plug and Play - USB 2.0 interface available for on all drives provides universal native plug-and-play capability and enabling customers to be ready for backup in less than 60 seconds straight out of the box
SCSI interface also available to enable SCSI system connectivity if required
Flexibility of solutions through a wide choice of models - internal, external, USB, SCSI hot-plug, offline hot-swap array module, and rack-mount configurations
Small size drives and media for easy physical storage -- small, half-height 3.5-inch form-factor
Low ongoing maintenance -- automatic head cleaning minimizes the need for cleaning. Intelligent cleaning monitors the performance of the drive and cleans accordingly when a cleaning tape is loaded
Dependable disaster recovery -- HP StorageWorks One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) restores your entire system at the touch of a button
Supporting tools -- HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools included with the drive to make installation, performance tuning and trouble-shooting even easier
Broad compatibility with a wide range of servers, operating systems, and backup software
Includes a single-server copy of Yosemite TapeWare XE backup software with disaster recovery option
Also Known As
Storageworks Dat40 USB External Tape Drive
Part No.: DW023A
