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Tape drive - DLT - SCSI - 5 MBps

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DLT (Digital Linear Tape) uses advanced linear recording technology, a highly accurate tape guide system, and an adaptive control mechanism to provide high-capacity, high-duty...
more...cycle backups. High End DLT Tape Drive that provides up to a maximum 36 GB/hour backup rate and protects Departmental, High End servers and Professional Workstations up to a maximum of 70 GB with a single data cartridge. Design enhancements like Symmetric Phase Recording (flexible tape head) and Parallel Channel Architecture (4 Read/Write heads transfer data at the same time) have driven DLT technology upwards in capacity and performance capabilities. It utilizes industry standard DLT tape format and has a built-in DLZ hardware compression for improved performance (2:1 compression typical). This drive is fully tested on a variety of Compaq ProLiant Servers and Professional Workstations. The kit contains a tape drive, a tape cartridge, a mounting hardware, documentation, and Live Trial Partner software.

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Review of Compaq DLT Drive 3570 35 GB 70 GB by stelladrinker

Advantages: easy to use, very robust, major storage capabilities
Disadvantages: tape headers tend to break off, pricey to buy new

the tape drive is a pleasure to use, it gives good reliable backups at tremendous speeds and is excellent for restores. Usually only ever used in major company servers I have found you can pick up a second hand one very cheap indeed. I use it on my home system because cd\dvd backups still dont have major capacity like a tape unit. Tapes are cheap to buy also and you can reuse them about 30 times before needing to replace them. What I have found ... Read review

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20.11.2004

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