12 Reasons to Select the LTO 4 Tape Drive
Posted by Eric Bornfriend on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 @ 04:36 PM
If you are wondering if the LTO4 tape drive can handle your data – we offer 12 reasons to select the LTO 4 Tape Drive. With the glut of easily transferred information comes the necessity for more efficient, larger, and faster methods of storing data. While servers and personal computers store plenty of data, the possibility of a system crash is always a daunting one. Backing up your data is a necessary precaution to losing critical business and personal information to natural disaster or power surges. One of the best means of storing invaluable data remains the LTO4 Tape Drive. Here are 12 of the many benefits to using an LTO4 as a means of keeping and maintaining data. They include:
Capacity of 800 gigabytes- Data transfer rate of up to 120 megabytes per second
- Drive level encryption with a 256-bit Authentic Encryption System and Galois/Counter Mode to ensure software security
- A tape durability of fifteen to thirty years
- 260 full file passes (Ability to rewrite the entire tape 260 times)
- 5000 cartridge loads and unloads
- Features such as files and directories, drag-and-drop files to and from the tape, file level data access, and easy, accessible data exchange that are a custom feature of linear tape file systems
- WORM (Write Once Read Many) capability for legal and financial documents
- Internal tape cleaning mechanisms for hygienic/ functionality purposes
- A specific compression mechanism that condenses raw data, allowing for the most information possible to be stored
- A custom error detection and correction algorithm
- Security encryption for privacy and protection
There are plenty of benefits to using an LTO4 drive to save important electronic records. It is essential to be able to back-up your business and personal files to ensure your financial and legal security and safety. Do you have questions about the LTO4 tape drive and how it would work for your company? Call us at 866-994-3931.