Tape: Backup, Archive, Secondary Storage Solutions

A proven performer for backup, archive, secondary and hierarchical storage management (HSM) applications, tape technology developments continue to raise the bar. Datalink's tape offerings include enterprise-wide, departmental, and desktop solutions incorporating DLT, AIT-2, 9840 tape drives, tape libraries and autoloaders.

Digital Linear Tape

A half-inch tape technology, DLT drives offer transfer rates ranging from 1.5 MB/sec to 6 MB/sec (native). Tape capacities range from 20 GB of data to 40 GB (native) of data.

Datalink's DLT tape libraries are configured to meet your requirements for capacity, performance, and scalability. At one end of the spectrum are the entry-level DLT tape autoloaders. These can be configured with a single drive and up to 15 cartridges with a maximum capacity of 525 GB. The opposite end of the spectrum includes enterprise-wide DLT tape library solutions. These can be configured to offer up to 23.7 TB per library, with up to 20 DLT drives. Multiple libraries may be linked together to further scale the system to meet your enterprise storage, backup, and archive requirements.

AIT-2 (Advanced Intelligent Tape)

AIT-2 tape technology features 50 GB of storage with a backup rate of 6 MB/second (native) in a 3.5-inch half-height form factor. Spectra Logic offers a wide range of automated tape solutions from the entry level TreeFrog with a single drive and 15 cartridges to the enterprise class 64k Gator™ library with up to 32 AIT-2 drives and 640 cartridges for up to 32 TB of storage.

9840

The 9840 tape drive stores and shares information reliably and quickly. It offers the kind of speed, capacity and access demanded by today's storage-intensive applications and active users. Mainframe-class reliability allows continuous and confident operation. Utilize space more efficiently by attaching more drives to a new or existing library. Unrestricted connectivity and adaptability support unlimited growth for open system to mainframe, Ultra SCSI, Fibre Channel and ESCON.

Features Include:

• Faster backup and restore operations. Move or retrieve data with simultaneous read or write to each controller transport unit. First access to data averages 8 seconds.
  
• Store more data. Each cartridge holds up to 20 GB uncompressed (80 GB with compression).
  
• Migrates easily to present and emerging technologies. Takes full advantage of Fibre Channel and Storage Area Networks (SANs).
  
• Flexible. Mix media within an automated library. Attach additional drives to new or existing libraries.

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