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In order to protect your business from unforeseen system crashes, you need to backup your important data regularly. Backing up your data regularly could mean saving you thousands...
more...and thousands of dollars or could even save your company from going out of business. If you are an MIS or network manager or LAN administrator in a medium to large organization looking for safe, reliable backup for distributed networks, Hewlett Packard provides the ultimate backup solution with their SureStore DDS-3 DAT24e tape drive. The SureStore DAT24e external tape drive is designed to meet the backup needs of PC servers, workstations, and small multi-user systems. It stores up to 24GB of compressed data on a single tape in just over three hours. The external SureStore can hold up to 24GB per DDS cartridge with compressed. It features up to 2MB per second transfer rate (with data compression) and has an internal head cleaner to reduce clogging. It has a DDS-3 format providing high reliability, capacity, and performance. The DAT24e comes with HP Colorado Backup II software, which provides a complete solution for desktop systems running Windows 95/98 and Windows NT Workstation and Replica Single Server software, which provides One Button Disaster Recovery for servers running Windows NT Server and NetWare 3.x and 4.x. The DAT24e also comes with HP TapeAssure, which guides you through the installation process and TapeAlert, which monitors the state of the drive and media and automatically notifies you when maintenance or media changes are required.

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Review of HP SureStore DAT 24e 12 GB 24 GB by Gonzoid

Advantages: Quiet, Compact and Reliable
Disadvantages: Occasional difficulty initialising tapes

...not anticipate any problems. The HP SureStore is a well-established and well-respected brand. The 4mm DDS tapes are very compact and easy to store and label, allowing simple library organisation. For larger capacity backups the drive supports compression which will extend the tape capacity to 24GB. Installation was simple requiring no software install. It is an external SCSI device, so a simple cable connection completes the physical install and ... Read review

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