| DLT (digital linear tape) tape technology is cost | | | | and transfer speed of 300GB & 36MB/second |
| effective, robust and highly reliable. DLT is one of the | | | | respectively. Transfer of partial file and file |
| most successful and popular backup tape formats. | | | | metadata's fast access is possible with the Quantum |
| Based on the technology of DLT, Quantum has | | | | SDLT-600A. The Quantum drive accesses SD |
| introduced SDLT 600A tape drive system (video | | | | content and High Definition format quicker than "real |
| centric). Quantum SDLT-600A has "DLT-exchange", | | | | time" because the data transfer speed of the tape |
| which enhances the work flow effectively and | | | | drive is faster than compressed video's speed of |
| reduces the cost. Quantum SDLT-600A when | | | | data. For example, HD content of 100MB/second (like |
| connected to network through Gigabit Ethernet | | | | DVCPRO-HD) can be 3 times faster transferred than |
| having FTP access (built in), provides SDLT-600A | | | | real time and SD content of 25MB/second (like V25) |
| interoperability like SDI (serial digital interface) video. | | | | can be 12 times faster transferred as compared to |
| On the tape of SDLT-600A has a special file system, | | | | real time. |
| which makes any tape cartridge readable & | | | | The audio & video files on rugged cartridge |
| accessible anytime, anywhere by any OS and | | | | provide a reliable mechanism for transferring of |
| platform. | | | | content from & to the "play-out servers" in |
| As soon as the tape cartridge is loaded initially in the | | | | environments that are mobile like in sporting events |
| Quantum SDLT-600A, the table of contents of the | | | | the mobile trucks. It is easy to move the SDLT |
| tape is loaded into the tape drive's RAM memory. | | | | tape-IIA between video facilities and libraries. Risks |
| Table of contents can be viewed by the user via | | | | that are associated with application dependencies and |
| browsers (FTP client or Window explorer) and | | | | vendor can be minimized because there is a file |
| Ethernet connectivity. This accessibility has given user | | | | system (built-in) in each SDLT tape-IIA cartridge. All |
| has the choice to specify the files that are to be | | | | applications can access this file system. |
| transferred or to restore sub clip's time segments in | | | | In situation of disaster recovery, tape cartridges |
| partial "file restore", then the tape drive will access | | | | from archive can be inserted into any tape drive to |
| that specific files. The users had to access whole file | | | | retrieve the content. The benefit of the SDLT |
| with the previous video tapes, then they viewed the | | | | random access technology over the other storage |
| contents and then afterwards had to determine the | | | | systems (hard disk or optical disk) is the cost. In |
| segments they wanted to restore. This was very | | | | comparison to the data storage technologies like the |
| time consuming & manual intensive process. | | | | hard disks and optical disks, the DLT & SDLT |
| SDLT-600A along with the "DLT-exchange" utilizes | | | | tapes are more cost effective. |
| the media of "SDLT II-A" offering native capacity | | | | |