HP launches StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium tape solutions

By siliconindia   |   Friday, 09 April 2010, 22:36 IST
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Bangalore: HP is expanding its Linear Tape Open (LTO) technology portfolio with the upgraded HP StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium tape drives, which deliver improved data transfer speeds and management capabilities. Available with the HP StorageWorks MSL tape libraries, these new archive solutions enable businesses to better manage information through enhanced data protection, disaster recovery as well as long-term data retention operations. HP StorageWorks LTO-5 tape solutions improve backup performance and reduce data loss with built-in encryption. This prevents unlawful access in the event of theft or malicious use by encoding data to ensure it is unreadable to unauthorized users. With nearly double the capacity of LTO-4 tape drives and encryption support, HP LTO-5 drives can store more data at a lower cost while meeting data security requirements. HP LTO-5 tape solutions offer easy-to-use management tools that automate maintenance tasks, providing clients with improved operational efficiency through the new HP TapeAssure software that proactively monitors the status, performance, utilization and health of drives as well as backup media. Simplified data backup and recovery with HP StorageWorks MSL tape libraries that automatically backup and consolidate drives through an easy-to-manage network. Lowered operational costs as the tape drives' increased capacity reduces the amount of media, time and human intervention required for daily tape backup. HP StorageWorks Enterprise LTO-5 tape library will be available mid 2010.