| Tandberg Data's award-winning technology VXA | | | | rate of 6 megabytes per second to 12 megabytes |
| drives are more secure and easy to deal with. VXA | | | | per second. Helical drives rely on constant track angle |
| packet read and write data on the tapes using digital | | | | for efficient recording while on the other hand |
| packets. Working of these data packets is just like | | | | constant tape-to-head speed is required by linear |
| the data transferred through the Internet. In short, It | | | | devices for data reliability. Tracks in the linear devices |
| is highly economical and secure tape format designed | | | | are written parallel to tape media's edge while in |
| for cost effective storage and exchange of data. | | | | helical scan drives the information is recorded at an |
| New Packet technology provides un-matched data | | | | angle to the tape reel's edge. Therefore In both, |
| transfer speed along with greater storage capacity. | | | | there are chances that backhitching might occur. |
| These Tandberg VXA drives are specially designed to | | | | Backhitching increases the tape tension that leads to |
| check errors after every write and read tasks. | | | | media wear. |
| VXA Tandberg drives use 4-level Reed-Solomon | | | | VXA uses an innovative method in which the drive |
| error Correction technology. VXA-2 Tandberg | | | | rests and enters ready-mode when the transferring |
| cartridges have been robustly designed to extract | | | | of data stops. VXA-2 Tandberg drive features 4 |
| data even from those VXA tapes whose media has | | | | heads and all are utilized for reading the stored data. |
| been severely damaged. Tandberg drives are | | | | This special mechanism assists the Tandberg drive to |
| compatible with almost all major operating systems | | | | read the data packets during the recording process. |
| which include Novell Netware, MS Windows, Linux, | | | | The drive scans it multiple times. This new |
| Maces etc. These drives come with 3year limited | | | | mechanism of VXA2 drive is called over-scanning. The |
| warranty. Exabyte and IBM VXA tape cartridges are | | | | over-scanning process ensures that at least once |
| incorporated with latest technologies which result in | | | | each of the data packets is read by the tape drive. |
| unparalleled performance in VXA libraries and | | | | Fluctuations in track pitch and track geometry do not |
| auto-loaders. | | | | effect the data reliability and the tape drive reads |
| Exabyte cleaning cartridge (part number 11100209) | | | | each data packet. This mechanism of Tandberg |
| will be the best option for long term durability of | | | | VXA-2 tape drive is very advantageous and valuable |
| VXA-2 tape. Recording capacity offered by the | | | | as this enables the tape drive to read the data which |
| VXA-2 Tandberg is 160 GB (compressed) and 80GB | | | | has been recorded by another VXA tape drive. |
| (un-compressed). It can drive reads/writes data at a | | | | |