Effective Workflow With Quantum SDLT-600A

DLT (digital linear tape) tape technology is costand transfer speed of 300GB & 36MB/second
effective, robust and highly reliable. DLT is one of therespectively. 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 hasSDLT-600A. The Quantum drive accesses SD
introduced SDLT 600A tape drive system (videocontent 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 anddrive is faster than compressed video's speed of
reduces the cost. Quantum SDLT-600A whendata. For example, HD content of 100MB/second (like
connected to network through Gigabit EthernetDVCPRO-HD) can be 3 times faster transferred than
having FTP access (built in), provides SDLT-600Areal 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 andprovide 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 theenvironments that are mobile like in sporting events
Quantum SDLT-600A, the table of contents of thethe 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 viathat are associated with application dependencies and
browsers (FTP client or Window explorer) andvendor can be minimized because there is a file
Ethernet connectivity. This accessibility has given usersystem (built-in) in each SDLT tape-IIA cartridge. All
has the choice to specify the files that are to beapplications can access this file system.
transferred or to restore sub clip's time segments inIn situation of disaster recovery, tape cartridges
partial "file restore", then the tape drive will accessfrom archive can be inserted into any tape drive to
that specific files. The users had to access whole fileretrieve the content. The benefit of the SDLT
with the previous video tapes, then they viewed therandom access technology over the other storage
contents and then afterwards had to determine thesystems (hard disk or optical disk) is the cost. In
segments they wanted to restore. This was verycomparison 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" utilizestapes are more cost effective.
the media of "SDLT II-A" offering native capacity