StorageWorks Ultrium 920 SCSI External Tape Drive

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 920 Tape Drive is the highest capacity, fastest performance half-height tape drive in the StorageWorks family based on HP's third generation LTO technology. The Ultrium 920 delivers a compressed storage capacity of 800 GB per data cartridge and a compressed data transfer rate of 432 GB per hour, two and a half times faster than the previous generation Ultrium 448 tape drive. Multiple drive models are available for the compact, half-height Ultrium 920 Tape Drive including internal, external, and 1U rack-mount model. The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive is fully read and write compatible with all second-generation Ultrium media and offers further investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with first-generation Ultrium media.

Product Features:

• Agility - High Capacity: The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive stores up to 800 GB of data on a single data cartridge using 2:1 compression. High capacity drive reduces the costs associated with data protection by requiring fewer data cartridges to complete backups
• Agility: Higher Performance with dynamic data rate matching: Ultrium 920 Tape Drive 120MB/sec compressed data transfer using 2:1 compression, allows customers to scale their backup capacities without having to increase their backup windows. HPÂ’s exclusive dynamic data rate matching feature which can match the throughput of the host – ranging from 20 MB/sec to 60 MB/sec (native)
• Simplicity: Half-Height Form Factor for easy installation and integration: The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive has a half-height form factor allowing for installation into all standard 5.25-inch media bays
• Value: One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) supported: Firmware-based disaster recovery feature that can restore an entire system using a single Ultrium 920 tape drive and data cartridge
• Value: investment protection built in: HP StorageWorks Ultrium 920 Tape Drives ship with HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Single Server Edition backup/recovery software and the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option

Product Specifications:

• Dimensions - 22.3 cm (W) x 29.5 cm (D) x 7.7 cm (H)
• Weight - 4.65 kg

Box Content:

HP StorageWorks Ultrium 920 External SCSI Tape Drive; HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM (contains HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools utilities and localized user manuals); HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition software and its Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option; HP Ultrium 3 Data Cartridge (800 GB); power cord; 68-pin HD to 68-pin VHDCI multi-mode SCSI cable; documentation.

Software Included:

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives include HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition software. This easy to use backup application, based on Data Protector Express, robustly protects a single Windows, Linux or NetWare server. Also included is the Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery (BMDR) option which provides automated system recovery of the server following a major hardware or software failure. The fastest method to recovery the server is to use the Data Protector Express BMDR option and the One Button Disaster Recovery feature of the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives. As well as getting the Data Protector Express Single Server Edition software as part of the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives solution, purchasers can easily and economically upgrade to the class-leading Data Protector Express backup/recovery software. This is a special part number, only available for registered users of Data Protector Express Single Server Edition, that gives a significant discount off the regular price of Data Protector Express, to recognize the value of the in-box software. If the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive is for a large environment that requires UNIX support and/or enterprise class application and feature support then HP Data Protector software is the recommended backup/recovery software.