Compaq 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive

The new 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive, available as an internal or external kit, offers a transition from the 15/30 GB DLT Tape Drive to a higher capacity and performance tape device which has become the de facto standard in the industry. The 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive provides up to 20GB of native capacity on a single DLT Type IV tape and up to 5.6GB per hour data transfer rate without compression in native mode. With a 2:1 compression rate the 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive provides up to 40GB of backup capacity on a single tape at up to 10.8GB per hour data transfer rate. The 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive continues to offer configurations for Compaq Servers in tower or rack mount environments, DLT tape array, or as a standalone drive.

The Compaq 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive features backward read/write compatibility to lower capacity 10/20 and 15/30 GB DLT tapes. This feature offers investment protection for current customers that have standardized on DLT.

The 20/40 GB DLT Tape Drive is a thoroughly tested and integrated Compaq hardware option with support for major industry leading backup software solutions. With this technology being provided by Compaq, it is a very logical choice in a workgroup, departmental server or professional workstation environment with capacity needs in the 20GB-35GB range with the knowledge that data capacity continues to grow.

Product Specifications:

• 20GB native capacity and 40GB compressed (at 2:1)
• Recommended Media - DLT Type IV media to achieve 20/40 GB capacity
• Maximum native data transfer rate of one drive is 1.5MB/Sec (equates to 5.6 GB/Hr.)
• Maximum compressed data transfer rate of one drive is 3MB/Sec (equates to 10.8GB/Hr.)
• Backward-Read\Write compatibility with 10/20 and 15/30 GB DLT media tape cartridges
• 500,000 media passes, 10,000 hours on head life and 80,000 hour MTBF.
• Internal Kit includes an internal 20/40 GB DLT tape drive with mounting rails, 20GB data cartridge, cleaning cartridge, user documentation and live trial backup software