Moving away from DAT
DAT customers to move to a better location
Later this summer, the final stocks of DAT 320media will be shipped and you will no longer be able to buy media for your DAT 320drives. This is a great opportunity to migrateto newer storage technologies with greatercapacity and performance.
- DAT 320 tapes are being phasedout: DDS/DAT has been a hugely successfulformat but is now superseded by much morepowerful and cost-effective alternatives.
- Recommended alternative solutions include RDX or LTO Ultrium, based on your data storage needs andbudget – today and tomorrow.
- There are features and benefits to both RDX - Removable Disk Storage and LTO Ultrium Tape Storage.
- There are drawbacks of relying on external HDD's or cloud services.
For most DAT users, RDX will the mostappropriate solution, although a minoritymay have a usage model and budget to justifyupgrading to HP LTO-5/LTO-6 drives and media.
Key considerations:
- How many copies of your data do you need?
- How does your business maintain productivity while backup and restore processes are taking place?
- Doe you have a disaster revocovery plan in place? How quickly do your business operations require access to backed up or archived data?
- Do you require encryption for your data?
RDX - Removable Disk Storage
RDX technology is great for single-server organizations that generate andneed fast access to large amounts ofbusiness-critical data using workstationsor servers, but don’t need to keepnumerous cartridges.
A removable hard disk drive (RHDD) storagetechnology that combines some of the bestfeatures of disk and tape in a complete, affordabledata protection solution.
•320 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB capacityremovable disk cartridges.
•Drag and drop file access makes backup easyand convenient.
•Compatible with leading CDP/ISV backupsoftware applications.
•Warranted for 5,000 load/unload insertions –around 10 years.
•Portable, durable and shock proof cartridges.
•Broad compatibility with a wide range of serversand operating systems (using RDX internal orexternal docking stations).
•Long lasting design means cartridges areinterchangeable in any RDX docking stationnow and in the future - good for ROI.
Why should you choose RDX?
It’s fast.Backs up data at hard drive speeds (up to360 GB/hr) and restores critical files in seconds.
It’s great value.
Durable design and a greatprice delivers an unbeatable return on investment.
It’s 1000X more durable than DAT tape.
Specified for 5,000 load/unload cycles(insert, backup, eject) compared with 50for DAT media.
It’s scalable up to 2 TB.
It’s automatic.
Every change made on yourcustomer's system can be captured and backed upas it happens using HP Continuous Data Protection(CDP) or scheduled routines.
There’s no more guesswork.
Seamless cartridgerotation makes sure data is always properlyarchived. The media cannot be removed whilebackups are running or scheduled. Staff cansafely run local backups and rotate media withoutspecialist skills or training.
There’s minimal exposure to wear and tear.
A closed interface between the drive head andthe media means:No media or drive wear. •No head/media track alignment issues. •No debris build-up.
It fits anywhere.
Half-height external, internal,or rack-mount models are available.
It has a 25%-40% lower TCO than DAT.
Through superior product quality and lowoperating overhead compared with expensivemanual intervention for tape (maintenance,media rotation, media replacement, labeling),backup verifications/reruns.
It’s trusted.
With more than 90% of the RHDDmarket, RDX is the most popular RHDD solutionfor SMEs.
LTOUltrium Tape Drivesand Autoloaders
An entry-level LTO Ultrium solution willbe a better DAT alternative than RDX fororganizations with more sophisticatedbackup and archiving needs. LTO Ultriumcartridges cost far less than RDX cartridgesand are designed for media rotation,automation and long-term archiving.
What is it?
As part of the LTO open standard, all HP tape drivesand media offer the same standards of compatibilitywith tape drives and media manufactured by otherLTO vendors. HP is one of the LTO TechnologyProvider companies which define the requirementsfor each generation of Ultrium products and is themarket leading LTO drive manufacturer today with54% share of the LTO tape drive market worldwide.On the media side, the HP Brand specification for LTO Ultrium data cartridges is the industry’s mostdemanding quality requirement and plays a majorpart in HP LTO drive performance and efficiency.HP's precision-engineered storage media has movedwith the times to challenge and outclass the very bestdisk technologies. Small organizations can benefit fromLTO’s high performance backup and archiving solutionsfrom standalone tape drives to autoloaders and the midrange automation family.
Key Features:
•Rewritable tape cartridges ranging from 800 GBat LTO-3 to 6.25 TB at LTO-6.
•Highest capacity and lowest cost per gigabyte.
•Outstanding performance and reliability - betterthan conventional SATA HDD.
•Data encryption to FIPS140-2 Level 1 certificationfor enhanced data security (LTO-4 upwards).
•Scalable up to 6.25 TB (compressed) forbusinesses creating large data assets.
•Ideal for automated, hands-free data protection,from eight slot autoloaders to libraries thatcan expand to hundreds of slots for media.
•Warranted for up to 30 years archival life.
•Exhaustively qualified for use with HP and non-HPLTO products (2.6 million test hours a year emulatingreal-world environmental conditions and usage).
•Interchangeable, color coordinated cartridgesproviding backwards compatibility (twogenerations read and one generation write).
Why should customers choose LTO Ultrium?
Scalable up to 6.25 TB.
An LTO-3 800 GB cartridgeoffers more twice the compressed capacity of anHP DAT 320 GB cartridge and costs less to buy.
High performance.
Backup speeds of 576 GB/hror 864 GB/hr (compressed). Later generationsincorporate the Linear Tape File System (LTFS)to make data recorded on tape searchable andshareable, and provide simple drag-and-dropfunctionality.
Lowest total cost of ownership.
HP LTO is themost economical way to protect large amountsof data, especially when taking energy-efficiencyinto account. It requires a fraction of the energyfor writing and reading data, and none at allfor a cartridge in a slot or on a shelf. An LTO-41.6 TB data cartridge can cost little more than$40 compared with $200 for 1 TB RDX.
Longest archival life.
Proven by archivaltesting as in excess of 30 years.
Automated loaders and libraries.
Unattended backup activities can be run withone or more computers/servers, change tapesautomatically and minimize the risk of operator error.
High security.
Data is offline to threats, and LTO Ultrium offers the added security ofWORM and hardware-based data encryptionwith LTO-4 and upwards.
Tough and portable.
Data can be safely takendata off site for disaster recovery, archive, or datatransfer. HP carries out accelerated life testing ofboth drives and media to deliver quality, durabilityand reliability in excess of the LTO specification
