HP Trade-Ready Tape Drive DDS-4 20 GB 40 GB

Advantages: easy to use, the price
Disadvantages: no monitor

...In my experience this HP compaq bussiness desktop DX2300-pentium D 952 3 GHz was desighed specifically for bussinesses with essential computing needs, the HP compaq dx2300 microtower comes with practial features and award-winning HP support, so you can focus on your business instead of worry about your PC. The reliability of the machine seems superb, I've never seen any problems with it at all, then again if you did HP are well known for there good customer support and excellently detailed manuals. Main Specification - Windows vista premium ready - Processor: 1 x intel pentium D 925 / 3 GHz (dual-core) - Cache memory: 4 MB L2 cache - Cache per processor: 4 MB (2 x 2 MB) - RAM: 1 GB (installed) / 2 GB max - Hard drive: 1 x 160 GB - standard - serial ATA-300 - Graphics controller: Intel GMA 3000 - Audio output: Sound card - stereo - OS... Read review

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Advantages: Good points. Obscenely easy way to rebuild a corrupted server.
Disadvantages: Bad points. Limited hardware and software support. Make sure your operating system can read all partitions.

...the appropriate termination. HP TapeAssure is provided on disk to check your SCSI configuration in Windows as well as other back up software, utilities and drivers. The same tape drive can be used for Unix and NetWare systems. Once that is done it is a mere snip to make a complete back up of all files on your server and create a disaster recovery “CD-ROM” on your back up tape. The SureStore DAT40 works best the tape standard DDS-4; the tape can store up to 40 GB of data from multiple disks and RAID arrays. And is fully backward compatible with DDS-2 and DDS-3. However, don’t bother using your old DDS-1 tapes, they won’t be written to on this machine. HP recommends that you test your server for compatibility before instituting any disaster recovery policy based on this hardware. Again this was just a case of rebooting the server and tape drive whilst... Read review

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Advantages: decent pc, good RAM
Disadvantages: none

...The HP dx2300 has a 1.8ghz processor and has two 512mb memory chips which makes the overall RAM over 1gb with a possible expansion up to 4gb. The hard drive is a decent size as well as it has 80gb of space. The operating system is windows xp which is ok but won't be able to keep up with vista soon! It also comes with a one year warranty. The HP dx2300 is an ideal business class desktop that is full-featured and value-priced. Featuring the power of an Intel processor and ample RAM, the dx2300 gives you all the strength you need to power through the toughest applications. A large hard drive gives you ample room to store all your important files. The micro tower also gives you excellent expandability in a compact form factor. As your business grows, the HP dx2300 will grow with you. The price ranges from £300 to £600.... Read review

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