A Low Cost Backup Solution Offered by Exabyte VXA-2 Tape Drive

Exabyte tape storage products provide increaseddrive.
cost effectiveness and unparalleled data securityVXA is the most cost effective and scalable tape
features at lowest cost. This technology has proventechnology for servers. It has the capability to take
to be the most efficient and reliable tape storagethe challenges of the high demanding storage
format. It has added advanced technologies to itsenvironments. It offers 160 GB compressed capacity.
second generation VXA-2 tape drive. This technologyThese drives read & store the information in the
has been intelligently designed for rapid speed of 6form of data packets. Data packets enhance the
MB/s and greater native capacity of 80GB. Itdata reliability and cost effectiveness. It records the
provides outstanding compatibility. Unprecedentedaddressable data packets along the entire tape reel.
reliability of VXA tape makes it superior than otherData packet technology is far superior to other data
tape storage formats. It offers scalable tapestorage technologies. Exabyte VXA tape cartridges
capacities, which have established new standards inoffer exceptional compatibility and advanced features
tape storage industry.which lead to low cost storage solutions in
VXA technology is best suited for small businessautoloaders, libraries and tape drives.
enterprises workstations, desktops and entry-levelExabyte uses the AME (advanced metal evaporated)
servers. Exabyte VXA 2 drive offers investmentmechanism in the production of its VXA tape
protection feature of backward compatibility. Thiscartridges. AME mechanism boosts the recording
drive can read/write the VXA-1 tape cartridges. Thedensity and robustness of this media cartridges.
compatible VXA-1 and VXA-2 tape cartridges are:When compared with the MR (metal particle) tape
11100221, 11100206, 11100103, 11100100 and 11100106.cartridges, these drives deliver low ownership cost
Exabyte VXA-2 drive ensures low ownership cost.and longer working life. Smooth and robust medium
Majority of the test suites and tool sets that areof highly reliable VXA cartridge allows stable tape
used in the development of VXA-1 tape drive aretracking, superior restore integrity, high speed
also utilized for the manufacturing of VXA-2 tapebackups, long term data protection and up to 500
drive. Exabyte has employed new ferrite recordingread & write passes. High speed Exabyte drive
heads which has enhanced the output characteristicsdelivers increased storage capacity and stable
and capacity. In order to ensure precise tape handlingtracking, which ensure increased efficiency in high
and improved signal processing, Exabyte hasdemanding environments. Shelf life of high speed
employed active rotor and PRML (Partial ResponseVXA tapes is 30 years.
Maximum Likelihood) mechanism to its VXA- 2 tape