The Travan Tape Drives

The travan tapes were viewed asand ease of use. Travan data storage drives and
desktop-workstation data-protection device, but nowtape cartridges have been hailed for providing
Travan tape drives are installed in entry-servers andexcellent performance for backing up and restoring
connected to notebook PCs and Apple Macintoshdata quickly.The travan tapes provide outstanding
systems.Imation and Segate launched the "Travanreliability thus ensuring the integrity of mission-critical
40" .The travan40 is the 7th generation of Travandata, and for providing a cost-effective solution to
tape technology. The traven 40 has data transfermatch the budgets typical for entry-level servers.
rate of 4MB/s and provides storage capacity up toThe breadth of new interface support and features
40GB per cartridge (compressed 2:1). The Travan 40has added to increased system platform support and
tape drive products are designed to support and fulfilluser requirements. Internal Travan tape drives with
the needs of entry-level server and workstationSCSI-2 or ATAPI (IDE) interfaces are available today
users where price per gigabyte and reliability matterfor installation inside of PCs, workstations and
most.entry-level servers.
Travan backup tapes reduce the operational cost,Seagate has developed the extemal Travan tape
and are offer efficient reliable backup results to thedrives with a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface for users of
enterprises. It is also successful with networknotebook and desktop PCs, Apple Macintosh
workstations, medium and small enterprises. Travansystems and workstations.Many users including mobile
tape has the technology and the capacity to handlePC and workstation users want USB 2.0 connectivity
the increasing storage needs, with low operationaland a plug-and-play, high-speed backup solution that
costs. New Travan tape drive features continue toallows protection of their entire system on a single
be added to enhance use, reliability and productivity.data cartridge. With either 20GB or 40GB
A steel chassis for more durability, a soft-loadcompressed data protection per cartridge, users
mechanism to reduce normal wear and tear; a VR2have a choice in capacity for their business continuity
data channel device that enables higher densities; aprotection and disaster avoidance needs.
park feature to ensure track alignment if theThe industry-leading OEMs(original equipment
write-operation is paused or interrupted: and amanufacturer) have adopted Travan technology as
thermal monitor that activates a firmwareone of their standard backup options for entry-level
throttle-down feature when drive temperaturesservers. This wide availability is good news for the
reach predetermined levels.small- and medium-sized businesses looking for
The new tranan tape is designed to reduce thecost-effective solutions for storing vital business data.
media stress and hence improves the drive reliabilityWith a clear migration path based on the newest
and data integrity. The base of travan tapeTravan 40 drives and data cartridges, and
technology is the linear recording QIC. QIC stands forcommitment from industry-leading OEMs, Travan
quarter inch cartridge. Travan tape has advantagetechnology is poised to continue to deliver the
over other backup tape formats in terms of pricescalability and reliability the market demands.